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They are a great economic partner, but theres lot of work to do. that basin, to negotiate relationships with those who would otherwise do business with china. and japan is really the crown jewel of all the trade to discussions that he will successfully navigate in the coming months. >> harris: the president having to to do with north kor, and its ramp-up, if you will, of missile testing. how do you view, in terms of going forward -- i know we talked about the president taking a different turn, a...

Missiles, in terms of violating you insecurity council resolutions there is no doubt about that. those launches, such as they were, certainly riled japanese administer shinzo abe as well. but president trump didnt seem terribly moved, repeating as he has, harris, his confidence in the future of u.s.-korean relations especially when you consider the recent successes. >> a lot of good things are happening and very importantly there has been no nuclear testing for two years. i looked at a chart the...

>> not at all. im sure that donald trump is are anxious to get back to the united states so he can resume his usually routine of tweeting, lying, and golfing, which he had to forego in japan. obviously im being facetious, theres absolutely no difference in his behavior when here or there. i think hallie touched on an important point, which is, look, he can have whatever opinion he wants about north koreas intentions and kim jong-un in terms of their missile testing, not about joe biden. but hes ...

Low iq individual. he probably is, based on his record. i think i agree with him on that. but at the same time, my people think it could have been a violation, as you know. i view it differently. i view it as a man, perhaps he wants to get attention, and perhaps not, who knows? >> reporter: so thats the fallout there on the domestic politics front, craig. as far as the foreign policy front, theres also fallout, because president trump had a notable split, not just with his own advisers, includin...

Members of the senate i worked with. i know from firsthand experience that thats just not true. nice try, it wont fly. >> and president trump says he doesnt view the latest north korean missile test as a violation of u.n. resolutions. could that embolden kim jong-un, do you think? >> absolutely. its almost an invitation to keep it up. on its face, its clearly a violation of u.n. resolutions, calling for a complete halt on missile testing by the north. whether they be short-range missiles, interm...

United states and japan, but again the issues of trade and security, there was some daylight that seemed to be apparent. >> yeah. lets be honest. the united states and japan have had a very close relationship, an alliance for many decades now. as we discussed some days ago, the issues of trade and national security were always going to dominate this trip. when you look at issues to do with north korea, for example, and the suggestion that donald trump is in some disagreement with perhaps john bo...

Its going. intelligent people agree with me. >> youre not bothered at all by the small missiles? >> no, i am not. i am personally not. >> president trump says hes not bothered by north koreas recent missile testing. his security adviser is and so is japans prime minister who says there is, quote, no doubt north korea violated u.n. resolutions. congressman tom malinowski joins us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> did north korea violate the u.n. resolution? >> yes. its repeatedly done so in ...

Where he said he takes kim jong-un, the murderous dictator, at his word that there will be no more testing. at that point he said hell do no testing of rockets. not going to do testing. well, now theres been testing. the second thing we played was the way he, i guess justifies to himself saying its not ballistic missiles. thats not what his security adviser said. he said there is no doubt it was ballistic missile testing. >> its going overseas, undercutting his advisers, the intelligence communi...

Prove to his countrymen that hes willing to take a strong stance against the world and that he is not being affected by international pressure. but possibly the issue of the abductions is something where trump might be able to make some inroa inroads. he was able to return the body of otto warmbier. theres a chance that theyre going to be able to make some improvements in that area because there is this personal relationship. thus far, trump hasnt really been able to do much in terms of getting ...

Strength. and this is a strong alliance, indeed, the u.s.-japan alliance is steadfast and iron clad. >> that phrase one of the clear take aways from the meeting, president trump saying he was moved by japanese familyies impacted by abductions be the north korean regime. he supports shinzo abe and not bothered by recent short-range missile testing by north korea, japanese defense will sell japan the biggest fleet of, if 35 stealth fighters of any u.s. ally but security just one of many topics the...