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Predecesso predecessors, president bush, president clinton, indeed president obama. president trump said he would be different. that is yet to be known. he made clear the improvised remarks earlier in the week are indeed the policy of this administration. >> thanks. president trumps heated words coming moments after north korea threatened the united states with a shameful defeat and final doom if it continues to apply military and economic pressure. north korean officials releasing a stamtemen...

Keane. ive been saying on the air, no real good solutions by the listening to the president today. and i do think that the president could be any stronger. the likes of which we have never seen. and maybe what he said the first day was not even strong enough. this is a statement, effect. not a dare. this will happen, what are your thoughts? >> absolutely. the president is totally fed up now that he has a taxi and what the last 25 years have been like with the kim dynasty. he knows full well that...

The -- keep in mind, as well, one of the major criticisms of the administration is they lag far behind their predecessors who themselves were not particularly praised at appointing and nominating and confirming people to the top positions. and there are a number of key positions in the state department that the administration has not chosen someone for, let alone managed to get them through the senate confirmation process. i wrote a story on monday which was trumps 200th day in office, about how...

It leaves others to try to calm things down and talk to them and stay this is where were at. it will be okay. you see real divisions within this administration. look what happened with sebastian gorka. he tells bbc radio that we shouldnt be listening to secretary tillerson when it comes the military matters. he is just a secretary of state and doesnt have anything to do with that. wait a second, he is fourth in line to the presidency. he carries a big stick. and he says, well, i was only critici...

Those that are now quite unfairly, in my judgment, attacking general mcmaster to make an issue where there is not one. >> have you been in touch with him? >> i think i would rather not answer that. i think let us just say it is customary for sitting national security advisors, i know from my own experience twob. in touch with predecessors to understand what challenges and issues they wraetle ld with and what options they considered. >> thank you so much for joining us, deeply appreciate it. >> g...

>> reporter: absolutely right, there was a statement from president moons office this morning. calling on north korea once again to stop its provocations. but every time they say that, they add that the door to dialogue is still open e. and president moon would like ideally to engage with pyongyang as some of his predecessors used to do. i was speaking to some young people on the street this morning. they were saying under north koreas previous two leaders, they felt rather more secure because t...

With north korea and say what are the military options, there are no cost-free military options, and we shouldnt make ourselves believe that there are. this is not a matter of snapping your fingers and saying ill turn the military loose and theyll fix it. thats not the case here. >> gentlemen, were out of time. but what i hear you both saying is, of course, blaming some of the predecessors forgetting us into this mess, but also that you both favor some sort of direct talks, and thats interesting...

Beyond what i said. there are no mixed messages. >> reporter: but again, there has been a sense, jake, of the administration looking to find a policy after the president made those comments earlier this week that were simply improvised. some of his aids were surprised by them, others were not because he had said similar things in private. jake, the president also mentioned the three predecessors in the office, president clinton, president bush and president obama by name, criticizing all three o...

For cover. >> president trump snook jabs at his predecessors today. >> i will always consider negotiations but theyve been negotiating for 25 years. look at clinton. he folded on the negotiations. he was sgaek ineffective. look at what happened with bush, look what happened with obama. obama, he didnt even want to talk. but i talk. it is about time. somebody has to do it. >> and ruth, thinking about what ambassador richardson was saying about how the north koreans may be potentially respond to v...

United nations ambassador who said, look, there are lots of ways this can still be handled. bolton, more hawkish and somebody up for a job in the trump administration and so far hasnt gotten one. its true. he laid out two choices. those are the ones the trump administration like its predecessors have to grapple with. >> and i spoke of the former senior u.s. intelligence official who made this point about the trump approach to north korea. they came in, said status quo is not tolerable. that is a...