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Yourself in the room of the north korean advisers to kim jong-un theyre saying hey, mr. chairman, this guy relishes and rewards just the photo-op. it incentivizes them delivering a photo-op and they dont have to deliver substance as long as hes praising them for the symbolism. >> so we mentioned bin salman and president trump declined to place any blame on mbs for the murder of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. they were seen chatting before the class photo in japan where president tr...

Exactly happened inside that bilateral meeting with kim and trump, because all weekend the president had said well just meet for two minutes, it will be a handshake, it seemed like nothing but a quick photo op. they were in there for 53 minutes. we asked repeatedly on the plane ride home to white house officials who was in the room? who were the senior officials in there? it was a very small room so there was not a lot of room for other senior officials. we dont know what happened and thats goin...

This president is doing. i mean, we have talked a lot about north korea and thats obviously an incredibly historic and important part of this. but think about what happened in the days leading up to that step into the dmz. the president was joking around with vladimir putin about russian meddling. he was shaking hands with mbs who the world community has basically declared killed a "washington post" journalist and chopped him up into little pieces. he was meeting with president xi of china. this...

Something previously band and on the trip provided cover for crown prince mohammad bin salman. do you think this was a successful trip and do you think those moves were worth it for the united states? >> no. huawei is a problem. huawei is a very serious national security problem not only for us but allies around the world. it is the ultimate way china can snoop and find out whats going on. thats a real serious problem. with regard to saudi arabia, frankly this president seems to want to do every...

Easing of international sanctions. trumps meeting with kim came after several days of cozying up to other dictators and strong men at the g-20, including saudi crown prince mbs and president xi and turkey president erdogan and russian president vladimir putin who he joked with about election interference. >> dont meddle in the election -- >> reporter: and, wolf, moments arg reporters were called into the oval office with president trump for a bill signing. this is an opportunity for the report...

Once again, the president preferring the company of dictators and authoritarian leaders, not only calling them great friends and applauding them. what he said about mbs was really remarkable. he was also asked about vladimir putins deck collar thagz ma western style liberalism. thats the belief of democracy on the most basic level. with all of that, please watch this question and answer from the president. >> the financial times right before arriving here was that western style liberalism is obs...

Of the way he embraces foreign leaders? >> distasteful as it might be. and i think it is diss tasteful that he fronted for the saudi crown prince. he is a real player and in political terms the key to the sunni powers in the region. his work with the team in the white house and allies in egypt and jordan who educated this thaw in the region is integral to the region. i dont see a grand strategy there. i see the president engaging in political terms. i see the american press talking about this in...

With him. >> reporter: that prompted a sharp rebuttal from former obama national security adviser susan rice with this tweet. this happening the same day that iran has exceeded its uranium stockpile limit set in the 2015 obama administration nuclear deal with iran. the move is tehrans first major breach of the accord since trump withdrew from the agreement last year. the deal limited irans ewe rur enrichme enrichment. trumps meeting with kim came after several days of cozying up to other dictato...

Driven progress, prosperity, safety for americans. he doesnt get that. he cant defend it. thats very sad. >> all of us are old enough to remember the reaction on the right when president obama suggested he might meet with another leader. imagine what they would think if he sat down with putin, mbs. >> great to have you. >> any time. he made this emotional plea just weeks ago. >> their families would love to have time with them. i made mine have time with me. >> the 9/11 survivor who tried to g...

To do what i want to do in terms of that, right, we can declassify, unlike hillary clinton, she decided to just give it out. we can declassify. the truth is i dont want to talk about intelligence. >> republican senator mitt romney is bagiweighing in on president trumps comments, writing the presidents praise for mbs, the man who u.s. intel says ordered or authorized the heinous murder of a "washington post" columnist sends the wrong message to the world. its past time for congress and the admini...