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>> but dan, having said that, do you think the north korea thing could -- when you look at the time line, which has been written by "the new york times" and several other newspapers, i think "the washington post" as well, the time line how he reportedly sort of invited himself into the room with the south koreans, that this was a distraction to get stormy daniels -- that story off the front page? >> no, i don't think so because he had already signed the tariffs at this point, which also would have, you know, dollars placed the stormy daniels story. i think this is more about the fact that trum...

Drawn towards this kind of figure. and so we will hope it remains in the joke category. >> i also want to get your thoughts on this. we're learning tonight that the president will indeed get the military parade he wanted scheduled for november 11th, veterans day, but will not involve -- it's not going to involve any heavy military vehicles like tanks. how is this going to go, you think? >> i think dan drezner made a good point. this is the last thing that most of the uniformed military would like to be doing, spending their time practicing just for a downtown parade. it looks, from the contour...

In australia. there's something in in trump's personality that appears to be drawn towards this kind of figure, we will hope it remains in the joke category. >> i also want to get your thoughts on this we're learning the president will get the military parade he wanted. it will not involve any heavy military vehicles like tanks. how is this going to go, do you think? >> i think dan drezner made a good point, this is the last thing the military would like to be doing, spending their time practicing just for a downtown parade. it looks from the contours of the announcement, from the pentagon tha...

Behind sarah sanders adding a giant asterisk to the meeting in the first place? >> it's hard to say what the motive is. it was important to let people know we're not just giving up everything and kim jong-un has all the high ground here. i think it's important for people to know that we're not giving up everything without them sacrificing something. but that should have been stated yesterday. this should have been a beautiful rollout. this should have been something he could say with great pride, that his pressure, the sanctions he has imposed on north korea pout them into a position where the...

The white house trying to clear up its own confusing messaging this afternoon, insisting that president trump's meeting with north korea's kim jong-un is still on despite what sarah sanders said at today's briefing. back with me, van jones, alice stewart, larry noble, and dan drezner. so the white house can't seem to get their story straight on north korea. yesterday we learned that the president would meet kim jong-un by may. today sarah sanders added pre-conditions to the meeting. watch this. >> they've made promises to denuclear si denuclearize. we're not going to have this meeting take pla...