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We cannot accept a deal sorry to the deal we cut with iran which may be in a previous situation and different reality trump would have eagerly accepted and called it a victory. we cant do that now. and kim jong-un also is watching whats going on with trump supporters, egging him on and saying that he already deserves a nobel peace prize, that a deal is already baked in the cake. and so the trump administration is very much dependent -- the trump administration is now dealing with a kim jong-un w...

Conversation twibetween the president and the special counsel -- >> you think they could do it in six hours? those 49 questions seem like days. >> that could be a negotiating position. if youre doing those questions, whats the possible benefit for the president to sit down? the only possible benefit the president gets by volunteering and giving up his rights is if he can narrow the questions, he can refuse to answer questions in certain areas, but if theyre going to ask him about everything, mig...

Personnel. and then he follows that up and says well, and under those circumstances i might have to take action setting him up to one, in his mind to have a stronger negotiating position in terms of narrowing the scope and two to, politically build the support to potentially refuse to sit for the interview at all. >> and say this is not what the probe was supposed to be about. i this i most of his people will say this probes about russia or its about nothing. >> heidis right. the tweets were sig...

Going to be open to looking at it in trying to see if it could be made stronger and how is that not better for the united states? if you look at trade, obviously the negotiations have only gone our way, yes, there were tariffs and costs in the short term but countries like south korea have changed trade laws to be friendlier to the united states and we hear about china and those negotiations. the elephant in the room with north korea, things are more hopeful than they have ever been, when you ha...

If theyre not ready and willing to get rid of their nuclear weapons he said hes gonna walk way so say that he does walk way. that would be a disappointment could he really accomplish? >> president trump is in the dominant negotiating position. he can afford to walk away. in the event that kim asked too much then trump can walk way and say call me back when you want to be more reasonable. north korea is in a tight situation with sanctions. >> extort times. thank you sir. >> ebony: mike pompeo is ...

My client was not involved in the leaking of this information. my client could not be more upset that her personal life in this regard has been made public in any way. >> and legal scholars have told us the person demanding the silence is usually the side that drafts the deal because they want to make sure the deal is airtig airtight. that b didnt happen. but conversely, the attorney who has the client whos being silenced would be giving up a lot if they draft the agreem. they would put themselv...

These two countries? >> well, they are bold goals that were set today. but they are not unfamiliar to people here. there is a healthy degree of skepticism. and its warranted. people have been down this road before. these expressions of intent have been made before. and the promises have been broken. we have to unpack what they said today a bit. that joint declaration saying they will move toward the common deal of -- goal of denuclearization. they are offering no specifics no definition of what ...

Testing. well, the fact is south koreas president told reporters last week that north korea has expressed willingness to discuss the possibility of denuclearization, thats it. still, raising questions over whether he was overconfident heading into the upcoming meeting with kim. but on morning joe, richard haass said its too early to evaluate the american negotiating position. >> everybody needs to take a deep breath here. trump is being criticized for having given away the store. he has not give...

He hopes the meeting will be a great success. but on two occasions this week, hes implied the summit may not happen at all. >> maybe we wont even have a meeting at all. >> if i think that its a meeting that is not going to be fruitful, were not going to go. >> is he leaving himself an out to not have the summit at all? >> he is, but more importantly, hes trying to boost his own negotiating position in the run up to the summit. he wants the north koreans to know they have to deliver on the key pr...

Reputation. its actually about the legitimacy of the u.s. negotiating position. she is the point person who when were talking about sanctions against north korea or russia is the one who is out there. if you undermine her legitimacy and her authority, were actually harming our own negotiating strategy. >> all right. thank you to both of you. lindsey ford and jane harmon. great conversation. thank you. yesterday i saw steve schmidt said nikki haley hurt her credibility. i dont think thats the c...