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Does something different, how can you do that? the old pattern didnt work. donald trumps bluster is different. its shocking to the ear. we can have the same results if we dont shock some people. s that what donald trump is pushing up against. the country that needs pushing is china. if china is convinced that donald trump is different, they will put pressure on north korea. if they think hes the same as the three predecessors, they wont do anything differently and north korea will get away with ...

Only affirm that to north koreas mind why they need to have nuclear weapons. >> reporter: but there are those who say the rhetoric from previous american presidents hasnt worked, and tougher talk is needed right now. one analyst who has supported president trump in the past says this is a more dangerous moment than trumps predecessors faced with north korea. and the presidents language sends a necessary message to kim jong-un that america can act with force if pushed. wolf? >> brian, the adminis...

President for unprecedented threats towards north korea. are they forgetting moments like this? >> its pointless for them to try to develop nuclear weapons. if they ever used them, it would be the end of their country. >> ed henry is here next on how president trumps language isnt outside the norm versus his predecessors. mitch mcconnell charging president trump with excessive expectations of congress. tonight reaction from the president himself. we examine what if anything this signals. plus, h...

making. his administration has been fairly firm and proactive on north korea, more so than his immediate predecessors. yesterdays statements are hard to write up solely as strategy. thats where were seeing what has been a lot of peoples concerns for some time. most of the crises affecting this administration have been self-inflicted. the job involves dealing with larger crises, now the two seem to have collided. >> chris cillizza, i heard the presidents words yesterday as deliberate. he repe...

>> south korea initially shut down part of the shipment of the thaad missile system based on the new president getting into office and he had concerns about it. wanted open diplomatic negotiations with north korea. none has succeeded as it failed with his predecessors. the missiles will flow again in south korea. north korea is just trying to react to the comprehensive sanctions imposed on them by the entire u.n. security council to include russia and china. and his bellicose language is part of...

In any capacity where he would have any experience. so from the outside as a campaign, you know, candidate basically, you know, he was able to criticize the incumbent and criticize predecessors, and now he has, facing the exact same set of limited options, the exact same, you know, intractable situation with no more tools than the other guys had. so i dont think that he has anything that the previous presidents had. he has the same terrible choices. and the question is how hes going to use them....

Artillery barrage against seoul. so most people have discredited the idea that there is a credible military threat from the united states. well, donald trump, in a way, has put that right back on the table right now by issuing such inflammatory threats against north korea, even though i think youre both right, the policy doesnt seem to have changed very dramatically. >> peter baker, talk a little bit about how donald trump thinks hes different in all of these situations. he thinks that hes follo...

>> it would be perfect for the president to say, this strategy has failed by my three predecessors. >> bill clinton presented an >> presented kim jong-uns father with that. the president is doing things for a lot of different reasons. i mean, part of this, you got to look at this from, i hate to bring this up, but you have to view this from the context of where his head is this week. we have revelations about mueller and hes been incredibly sensitive to that hes taking this 17-day vacation. peop...

President. 1 in 4 americans trust most of what they hear from the white house. 1 in 4. and the presidents near constant tweeting is part of the problem. 71% of those polled say the presidents tweets are a risky way to communicate. we have a lot to break down. lets get to david for more on this. a lot to learn in these numbers, 200 days in. david, break it down for us. >> yes, indeed, kate. take the 38% approval that you noted and put it in context with predecessors at this stage in their preside...

This signal to the intel community of how he wants the analysis to come out really political sizes the intelligence process. >> there has been some criticism of mike pompeo, the new cia director, that he has been former congressman, that hes been more political, so far no evidence that hes changed any analysis. but that hes been more political than his predecessors. >> i think both director pompeo and director of national intelligence director coates come to their jobs from a political backgroun...