aspect to it. i think there's a strategy going on. i think the united states is trying to help build up kim jong-un, give him some standing in the world, and to try to diffuse this crisis. one end deploying a missile interception system in south korea, on the other end praising him for being a smart cookie. i think they are trying to diffuse this a little bit and be totally unpredictable. i think that's what's going on here. you can hear in his voice how measured he's being. i think there's some strategy at work. >> i agree with you, david. a.b., i think the strategy -- i would be honored -- is a signature saying of president trump's. it is disarming for the person on the receiving end of it as i can tell you because he has said that at the end of one of our interviews. it's a nice thing to say. he can turn on the dime and the next day say he can't stand kim