if there were to be a change in the executive branch of the united states by that date can you imagine that there would be a change in u.s. policy towards young yeah. well the history suggests that there is always a risk of shifts in policy toward. frankly that i think is one of the factors that has made the prospect of achieving denuclearization with north korea more difficult because north korea points to policy inconsistency by the united states as a factor that would make north korea wants to hold on to its nuclear weapons in other words if they are able to reduce tensions with trump it's hard to say whether that would stick with a new leader in the united states and it is interesting if you know if you take that thinking even further mr snyder it would mean that having a u.s.