Editor at nbc news, and susan dell perfe percio. we have what u.s. intelligence have, and reporting at nbc news, and we have the president and the way he talks about being locked and loaded, needing preconditions, no preconditions, and history he has with telling the truth. how does the american public trust the president when he talks about getting into a potential armed conflict in the middle east? he hasn t had a good record talking about the weather. do we trust him to take us to war. this is something that should have a bipartisan issue, not sure it is or will be, but the cynical voter in me says he didn t get what he wanted with pre9/11 camp david summit, maybe it is his way of ramping up
not as far as i m concerned no preconditions. that is president trump putting iran on notice. what should the president s next move be. here is fox news contributor and cia station chief daniel hoffman. thank you for being here this morning. you see the decision that was made to not strike at the last minute. the warning to iran of obliteration, where do we go next? well, the president s maximum economic pressure on iran has crippled their economy. but it hasn t been enough yet to induce iran to return to the negotiating table and, remember, we are concerned about iran s nuclear program, the sun set clauses. but, also about their ballistic missiles and and as a state sponsor of terrorism. those are the three things we are really concerned about. and while we wait for the sanctions to bring iran to that off ramp, the exit ramp for negotiations, iran is threatening us with nuclear black male but threatening to enrich uranium to weapons grade levels within a couple of weeks if they don t receive relief and
So we did have to do a lot of work, and the reason we were able to do that is because we developed a policy, and then evaluated the negotiated outcomes against those policy objectives. right now what would be important is if the president is serious about potentially engaging with iran again, we have to develop a policy that takes into account all of the technical scope, the financial and sanctions issues that the treasury department can bring, the diploma that the state department can bring. and this has to be part of a coordinated strategy that brings in all of the relevant agent sis. that kind of preparation for a negotiation is vitally important if we want to reach an outcome that will be in the benefit of the united states and our allies. corey, is there you know, this business of no preconditions. nothing really happens with the president of the united states or leaders without preconditions. it doesn t really have a meaning to it. i would say preconditions are in the eye of the beholder. the preconditions, are they a
Line for the job. we have been clear that all options remain on the table in the defense of our nation. we do not seek or want with north korea. the united states will use all necessary measures to defend itself with north korean aggression. the hope remains that diplomacy will produce a resolution. a vague reference to diplomacy. earlier this week at the counsel he talked about negotiations and used the word no preconditions and then said some conditions. he said we will negotiate without north korea denuclearizing. that s the previous administration. and the white house said no. how can secretary tillerson sit with the security counsel at the moment the administration is critical when everybody else