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Holding up libya as a model, where libya under gadhafi gave up its nukes and then gadhafi was gone a decade later. how much sway behind the scenes are we seeing john bolton have here? >> he's an important voice, but the president has contradicted him on whether the libyan model is at play here. the president really wants denuclearization. that's what he's pushing for. the question is whether that's something that is achievable given that kim jong-un's security is paramount here. that's what the elites in north korea value the most. that's what he is most concerned about. and there doesn't seem...

Korean bottom line is denuclearization means we're the next libya, can you see any middle ground there? >> i can't see that those two things can really be reconciled. i think it's possible that there could be some kind of an interim or staged deal. that seemed to be what was under discussion at some point, and the president even suggested that maybe a staged deal was possible although he said it couldn't take too long. so it's hard to see how you can really square those two goals and have both sides come out saving face, but i could imagine something that could perhaps lower the tensions on th...

Containment. it's essentially what we had with the iran deal, and it's something that the president walked away from. so it's all about what is achievable and what the goals are, and they seem to be in different places at this point. >> yeah. josh, if the trump goal is denuclearization and the north korean bottom line is denuclearization means we're the next libya, can you see any middle ground there? >> i can't see that those two things can really be reconciled. i think it's possible that there could be some kind of an interim or staged deal. that seemed to be what was under discussion at som...

Boxing himself into a corner. >> ken, let's dig deeper in terms of what it is the president's looking for and what is shaping his thinking when it comes to that question what he's looking for. because i think a lot of folks are looking at his national security adviser, john bolton, some of the comments he's made publicly about wanting regime change in north korea, about holding up libya as a model, where libya under gadhafi gave up its nukes and then . how much. >> he's an important voice, but the president has contradicted him on whether the libyan model is at play here. the president really ...

Containment. it's essentially what we had with the iran deal, and it's something that the president walked away from. so it's all about what is achievable and what is the goals are, and they seem to be in different places at this point. >> yeah. josh, if the trump goal is denuclearization and the north korean bottom line is denuclearization means we're the next libya, can you see any middle ground there? >> i can't see that those two things can really be reconciled. i think it's possible that there could be some kind of an interim or staged deal. that seemed to be what was under discussion at ...