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Several months now since president trump walked out of his last summit with kim. in the interim, there have been no substantive talks between the north koreans and the u.s. about denuclearization. there have been, however, these letters exchanged between the two leaders, one from kim wishing president trump a happy birthday and another one reciprocated by president trump just a few short days ago. so president trump is trying something i think a little bit risky here where he's saying meet me here. if you see this, we know that according to the president kim has responded in some way but has n...

It has to be a fair deal, and he understands that. >> all right, that someone i want to bring in max baccas, he's on the phone, the former u.s. ambassador to china ask a former democratic senator from montana. all right, senator and ambassador, thanks so much for being with me. before i ask about china and what we heard from the president. let me ask you about this potential meeting by way of an invite from the president of the united states via twitter to kim jong-un of north korea. would it be wise in your view to have a meeting on the dmz, if it comes to fruition? >> well, raise our hopes a...

Mistake about it, the administration is clear and the ultimate goal is denuclearization and this a step in the right direction. >> doing it by tweet is not a good way to do anything with a relationship as complicated as north korea. again, the theme continues, victor. he looks weak. he makes america look weak. when he's saying, hey, kim jong-un, why don't you come meet me at the dmz, i mean that could not be not just more ridiculous, but it continues to paint america as a country that is looking to cozy up to dictators, to authoritarian rulers, to despots, which is exactly what kim jong-un is,...

Try to make a trip to the dmz. he tried to helicopter up there the last time. president trump would take the helicopter up but couldn't get on the ground. he always wanted to go. when we heard he would go to south korea we figured he would go to the dmz. today's tweet came as a surprise. he let on earlier this week he may try to contact him some other way other than having a one-on-one meeting. this morning's tweet was a bit of a surprise. i'm told typically with most presidents you wouldn't put something like that out unless you had the whole thing pre-cooked and all arranged. you put out the...

I don't know that it will, but it could happen. i think he'd like to do it, and i wouldn't mind doing it at all. >> you made this very public invitation to kim jong-un, would it be a bad sign if he doesn't show up? >> of course i thought of that. i know if he didn't everybody would say oh, he was stood up by chairman kim, no i understood that. >> we have two reporters standing by in seoul, south korea. we'll get to will ripley in just a moment. let's start with cnn's white house correspondent abby phillips. so why does the president want to do this? what is his motivation for wanting to presen...