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Than expected, poppy. >> and the optics would be a big win for the president, right? if it happens, say, friday, marks 65 years since the armistice, that would be symbolic and he could say, north korea is doing this and things are moving along. will, thanks for the reporting, as always. let's talk more about this again. ron brownstein and colonel francona. when you look at this, who is right, the public trump or the private trump that reportedly is frustrated things aren't moving quickly, or the public trump who is saying it's okay, it's okay, things can take time, we'll get there, we're all...

Remarkably undiplomatic diplomacy. one of the british papers, "the daily mirror" headlined, the ego has landed, when he got to britain, and to see all of this entirely in terms of his own negotiating skill. that was a part of the interview i found most amazing. well, i wouldn't have done that way. i tried to tell her but she didn't listen to me. almost as if he was going to punish her for not following his tutelage and eager to show he knows how to negotiate. other people don't. it illustrates what an isolated position the united states has these days. >> yep. >> estranged from the european un...

. the way they say that you know if you're going to like mb in the first five seconds. you ever hear that one? well, i think very quickly i'll know whether or not something good is going to happen. >> well, ahead of the historic singapore summit with north korea, president trump says he'll know right away whether kim jong-un means business. >> our next guest wrote the book on president trump's negotiating skill. brad thomas, the author of "the trump factor." and joins us right now. you heard the president a couple of days ago on the south lawn on friday saying it's not about overpreparing fo...

Change? >> the reason that we haven't had peace in the middle is not because of lack of negotiating skill on the on behalf of the president. is because israel doesn't have a partner that wants peace. the palestinians do not want peace. the palestinians of the most radicalized population and the entire muslim world. support for suicide bombings have plummeted across the muslim world. according to the pew center, pakistan which is the home of al qaeda, only 3% of the population support suicide bombing. in palestinian territory, it's exceed 2%. knife attacks, there been knife attacks were palesti...

Man. but to sound an optimistic note, he does have the government of netanyahu's confidence. i think more than president obama did at the end. i think if he wants to press for something, he's got some credibility where the israelis are concerned and that's probably a sticking point for this negotiation but you also see that he shook abbas' hand twice and didn't shake merkel's hand once. maybe he already is deploying some of that negotiating skill. >> thank you for your time, sir. >> thank you. when we come back, the always outspoken john legend is joining me. he's fighting for a cause he bel...