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If you talk to sanctions experts who work with the office of foreign asset control within the treasury which is the agency that handles the sanctions, they will say this is a very complicated deal and does inflict some harm. he is significantly worse off than before the sanctions. they admit he is better off having the sanctions lifted against his compan even as he himself remains under sanction. interesting this is why it has atracked so much attention. he remains a peripheral figure because of...

A short while ago, german multinational automaker gave a fox news statement that reads in part, we spend our activities in iran until further notice. european government officials have rally slammed the reading position of sanctions. germany, france, the u.k. saying that yesterday they deeply regret the move. according to one e.u. official, european companies that follow the u.s. lead may face sanctions from the union. the greatest >> we didnt pretend it was a perfect deal, but it did deliver a ...

I hope president trump doesnt -- >> what are you the most worried about? >> what we were discussing earlier. that president trump without any -- theres no record of it, what he would offer kim jong un, what he will offer on the table before were going to see any kind of real completely verifiable denuclearization of north korea. so i dont want him to offer a peace treaty. that would be my nightmare scenario. and i dont want him to offer what japan is worried about, some sort of half measure deal...

Diplomatic experts. the types of people who would have spent months plowing the ground to make this a successful summit. they have not been present for this. instead we get the pageantry. we did have mike pompeo do some premeetings. but you know, not clear what has been going on at a lower level. and now you have president trump showing up for really what is a spectacle. >> sloppy wording by me a moment ado. i didnt mean to say these gentlemen were equivalents. that was not a chosen word. just -...

We had in the iran deal -- >> can you just say what you mean there? >> victor cha was going to be the nominee for our ambassador to seoul. he said something along the way that upset somebody in the white house and got his appointment yanked back. just like weve had lots of unfilled slots at the state department including many of the people who would have been doing the prep work for this summit. secondly, we had in the iran nuclear negotiations ernie moniz, a world-renowned nuclear physicist who...

Ambassador kim and wh representatives from the department of state and the department of defense, experts in the area of energy and nuclea the national security council. who have been meeting withth korean counterparts over the last few weeks. multiple sessions a week. some of that was done at the demilitarized zone. they then of course have moved here. e have been a few orbits that have been below the surface and notetng as much of the atn as theyve been trying to lead this time. of course we k...

Treasury sanctions policy, what do you know about diplomatic context in asia, what do you know about the nuclear program? i dont see trump doing that preparation at all. >> what kind of advice would you be giving? >> first of all, i would think you would spend many months in preparatory meetings. you dont put the president in a spot like that unless youve many meetings. secondly, a lot of meetings with a big team. he knew what we need to do application with inspections. we had sanctions experts ...

Now today on h.r. mcmastmaster last day, the treasury department designates a realist. they couldnt exclusively say it, dont upset the president. whether or not that preamble matters in terps of its exact verbiage, the list they put out for the enough sanctions is aggressive. it includes putins son-in-law, who he set up with billions worth of shares in former live state-run entities when he married putins daughter several years ago and it sanctions the head of a key source of energy to western e...