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He is prepared to abandon his nuclear weapons if the united states agrees to formally end the korean war, and promise not to invade his country. jonathan swan, you have new reporting and your sneak peek out tonight. what do you know? >> well, we had very interesting series of events coming up and they all fit into trump's negotiating style. we talked a little about this earlier. if you take north korea, it's ratchet up the tension to 15 out of 10, and then bet that the other party will help you get to

Series of events coming up and they all fit into trump's negotiating style. we talked a little about this earlier. if you take north korea, it's ratchet up the tension to 15 out of 10, and then bet that the other party will help you get to something maybe -- >> try and essentially take the temperature down. >> yeah. that they will assume that he's willing to go places that they're not willing to go, and that -- >> or he'll do something completely unpredictable. >> north korea is a perfect example. we have a delegation leaving tuesday night for beijing. steven mnuchin, bob lighthizer, larry kud...

How he speaks. what his body language is like. when he says one thing, what do you take it to mean. these things are crucial in going into a negotiation. especially with someone who's had such little contact with outside leaders. kim jong-un's negotiating style, who knows anything about it because he hasn't really done it. this is what pompeo is going to be able, has related to the president. >> a very positive statement from kim jong-un, saying their suspending their nuclear tests, saying they're ballistic tests. they're going to shut down a key facility in the northern part of korea, preside...

What is the white house saying about this new tariff threat? because kudlow and trump don't seem to be on the same page but let's give them the benefit of the doubt. is this just the new negotiating style? >> it could be, stef. i think what you're seeing emerge is a good cop/bad cop strategy. first, from the president's perspective, he's been heightening his rhetoric. we heard that earlier today. really doubling down during this radio interview with wabc. take a listen to what he had to say, when he was asked about a potential trade war. >> we've already lost a trade war. we don't have a trade...

Republican orthodoxy. he did that with guns and with the dreamers. however, he ultimately backed off in both cases. anyway, the "washington post" reports lawmakers have learned to expect the unexpected from this president. peter king said of president trump's negotiating style, it's a zigzagging, something like a pinball machine. over the weekend the post also reported trump's quick change policies on trade and guns are fuelled by the scandals roiling the white house and trump's ominous moods. according to the post, trump's friends are increasingly concerned about his well-being, worried that ...