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Them. this is typical. they bluster. they flex their muscles. they dont show up at meetings. they insult. they insulted the vice president. so what you have is because they dont think like we do. they think in their little own cocoon, and i dont know if the presidents people have experience dealing with them. obviously i think there have been some mistakes because too many of the administration people are speaking with different voices. i think secretary pompeo, hes been there twice. he establis...

Based on the recent statement of north korea, i have decided to terminate the planned summit in singapore on june 12th. while many things can happen and a great opportunity lies ahead potentially, i believe that this is a tremendous setback for north korea and, indeed, a setback for the world. >> president trump has officially canceled the highly anticipated june 12th summit between the united states and north korea. in a letter to kim jong-un, trump blamed the cancellation on tremendous anger a...

Obviously i think there have been some mistakes because too many of the administration people are speaking with different voices. i think secretary pompeo, hes been there twice. he established an intelligence channel with the north koreans. he should be speaking out. he should be the only one. but then youve got the vice president. youve got john bolton talking about the libya model where gadhafi ended up dead after they put his nuclear weapons out. im sure kim jong-un got a little nervous about...

Up looking bad. china is strengthened because they probably, you know, are messing around with the north koreans and us. so, you know, hopefully it will be put back together. but this is a setback. >> you put your finger on something that nbc and "the washington post" and multiple news organizations have reported out tonight, sort of the different stakeholders on the american side. and we have some reporting at nbc news that new secretary of state pompeo was frustrated with john bolton, that the...

A great opportunity lies ahead potentially, i believe that this is a tremendous setback for north korea and, indeed, a setback for the world. >> president trump has officially canceled the highly anticipated june 12th summit between the united states and north korea. in a letter to kim jong-un, trump blamed the cancellation on tremendous anger and open hostility in a recent statement from north korea but left the door open to a future summit. meanwhile tonight, weve seen a huge shift in tone fro...

Media saying the world wants this summit and theyre willing to resolve any issues. the historic summit with kim jong un had been on shaky ground. >> i believe that this is a tremendous setback for north korea and indeed a setback for the world. >> a senior administration official says the president made the decision to cancel the summit after north korean statements threatening the u.s. with a nuclear to nuclear showdown and referring to vice president pence as a political dummy. the president d...

His decision. >> based on the recent statement of north korea, ive decided to terminate the planned summit in singapore on june 12th. while many things can happen and a great opportunity lies ahead, potentially, i believe that this is a tremendous setback for north korea and, indeed, a setback for the world. a lot of things can happen, including the fact that perhaps, and we would wait, its possible the existing summit could take place or a summit at some later date. >> the president is reacting...

War, and we know you dont get anywhere that way. there were some here that were nervous about the president going in there, worried that he would cut a deal way below the bar. >> you dont sit the presidents across from each other until you get there, and clearly one of the most basic issues were not solved before the president made this announcement. lo and behold, north korea does not change, does not turn on a dime, nor does the u.s.s core of national interests. it didnt suddenly discover it d...

North korea and indeed a setback for the world. a lot of things can happen, including the fact that perhaps, and wed wait, its possible that the existing summit could take place or a summit at some later date. >> keep in mind, all of this is happening, including our own will ripley, are deep in north korea. they just witnessed the dismantling of this nuclear test site. ripley calling in after reading the letter. listen to this. >> we were just sitting kind of wrapping up the day. its now late in...

President trump and kim jong un is dead, at least for the time being. president trump torpedoing this potentially historic moment with a single-paged letter. it reads in part, quote, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, i feel it is inappropriate at this time to have this long-planned meeting. were told the last straw was when an official called mike pence a, quote, political dummy and threatened a nuclear showdown. but the letter appeared to ...