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That. now the white house press secretary sean spice err later walked that back saying that possibility is not here at this time. what are we supposed to make by this offer from the president? what mark was alluding to of business that sean spicer had to be the shovel brigade for the president. united states because the president said he d be honored to meet with kim jong-un who murders his own people. does that mean he would invite him to the white house? does that mean he would meet with him before there were were some kind of talks that you would normally have before a president actually entertains a meeting with somebody like this? does that mean that human rights doesn t matter anymore? you know, there are all kinds of questions raised by this, you know, and there are questions raised by duterte, him meeting saying he would meet with him. not only meet with him but invite him to the white house. invite him to the white house so you have a question of the president just sor ....
This weekend we also heard that president trump invited president duterte of the philippines to come meet with him despite the fact that duterte has massacred thousands of his own people in illegal killings as part of his war on drugs, that our president compliments that sort of leader and that he also compliments the leader of north korea troubles me and leaves me concerned about the direction that president trump is taking. in response to your statement among others, the white house press secretary said the meeting with duterte is in the national interest because of north korea. here s the question. could president duterte help the u.s. in dealing with north korea? president duterte could help the united states in dealing with north korea, but human rights are an absolutely fundamental part of america s values and america s interests, and to turn a blind eye to the sort of gross human rights violations that president duterte has been carrying out against his own people in the phi ....
And no indication tonight that kim can be trusted on any of this. u.s. officials say they know the foreign ministry statement out of the north koreans saying that they will continue to bolster their own program for preemptive nuclear strike potentially on the u.s. wolf. barbara, thank you. barbara starr at the pentagon. joining us is democratic senator chris coons of delaware, a member of the foreign relations committee. senator, thanks for joining us. thank you, wolf. do you believe that being open to ma meeting with kim jong-un is a good idea? well, wolf, this is just another weekend of stunning statements by president trump. he compliments president duterte of the philippines for his popularity, and he commends kim jong-un of north korea for his leadership. kim jong-un is a brutal dictator who has directly threatened the united states with an attack by an icbm. i can t imagine what the right conditions would be for a direct meeting between our president and kim jong-un but i ....
Wolf. jim acosta, thank you. as north korea vows to move at maxim speed on its nuclear weapons program president trump says nobody is safe from the north korean threat, even as he floats the idea of talking things over directly with kim jong-un. let s gets to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, clearly no letup intentions. reporter: no letup at all and today the conditions as the white house clarified may not be right right now for a meeting with kim jong-un but the president making an extraordinary proposal to meet with a world leader who kills off his opposition. on patrol in the waters between japan and the korean peninsula, the aircraft carrier carl vinson represents a show of u.s. military might. president trump s message. day for kim jong-un, rather unique, telling bloomberg politics if it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would, absolutely. i would be honored to do it. ....