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Send the president out, but he insisted on this very abbreviated process where he was going to fly in and he was going to be the one who could really do something that nobody else could. and again, at the end of the day, it's just not so. there's no substitute for hard work in these situations. >> well, president trump would say, or i shouldn't put words in mouth, but if you look at him over the last 24 hours, it's been all about reading the room, reading kim jong-un and making him feel good, leaning over, complimenting him, smiling and really build him up. does it seem like president trump is...

Brief well, who responds impettously. we've seen in washington he will go off track and suddenly assert something in meetings and his staff has to dial him back afterward. it's harder to do that to dial him back when you're conducting of an international negotiation. >> senator lindsey graham releasing a statement tonight saying in part, a word of warning to north korean president kim jong un, the worst possible things you can do is meet with president trump in person and try to play him. if you do that it will be the end of you and your regime. what do you make of that warning? >> well, i mea...

Credit does he deserve any credit for this. >> i think he deserves a great deal of credit. you know this would have been very difficult to imagine a few weeksing a. i think president moon was deeply alarmed at the prospect that there would be a war in which south korea would be the battle ground. south koreans were really alarmed by some of the tough rhetoric out of washington. and so any reached out to north korea. they managed to get in commitment to suspend nuclear tests and missile tests. which is a -- you know, that really is a very genuine accomplishment. and maybe they will figure out a...

I think it show that is diplomacy works. if there is a credible threat of military pressure and that's what we have here, if this was something that i believe the president thought was something that he should take credit for -- it just seems as though he would have been the one to make the announcement. moving forward i think we have to be careful, make sure there are some preconditions. we have to make sure that the north korean is staying true to promise, make sure they are not furthering the program while we wait for the talks. and we have to keep sanctions in place, have to cope the milit...

Test the north koreans, work things out. and offer a presidential visit as the outcome of a successful negotiation rather than giving it away right off the bat. i mean, i'm going to say don, it feels as if you are a president struggling with a russia investigation, struggle with bad news about a porn actress and all of a sudden some guys show up and you say let's change the subject with a summit. maybe that's too cynical. >> you do give them credit, you said does trump give credit for getting trump to make concessions such as suspension of testing. the answer is maybe he does. and you mention ...