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What you do, and then you try to figure out what you agree on. and if it's enough, you go forward with the summit. >> ned price, it seems the north koreans were watching donald trump nominate himself for a nobel prize, along with other republicans that were nominating him for a nobel prize based on his dealings with north korea, and they have decided that they have seen enough. >> well, i think that's right, lawrence. donald trump has done one thing very well. he has handed over all of the leverage to kim jong-un and the north koreans from the laudatory statements about kim jong-un that you pl...

Whatever confidence the president had in him and is unable, therefore, to exert even the minimal amount of influence over the president that he might have had in the past. according to politico today, the president announced he was firing the veterans affairs secretary in, quote, a snap decision that surprised his own chief of staff and knocked the government's second largest agency deeper into disarray. white house chief of staff john kelly had spoken with david shulkin by phone wednesday morning reassuring the now former va secretary that he wouldn't be fired by tweet that afternoon. hours l...

Several reports have indicated this week that white house chief of staff john kelly has lost whatever confidence the president had in him and is unable, therefore, to excerpt even the minimal amount of influence over the president that he might have had in the past. according to politico today, the president announced he was firing the veterans affairs secretary in, quote, a snap decision that surprised his own chief of staff and knocked the government's second largest agency deeper into disarray. white house chief of staff john kelly had spoken with david shulkin by phone wednesday morning re...

>> as we know, the president has had north korea in the back of his mind. it is one of the things that most alarmed him when he met about president on obama. that remains the case. i think he now has somebody who is going to -- let's pretend he didn't advocate. he has somebody who might be more receptive to saying go ahead and hold these talks. whereas almost the entire administration said that was a bad idea and another snap decision where he agreed to this meeting. we will see if it actually happens. but he agreed without any consultation. so -- >> and now what do we know? you are what you b...

>> i've never been shy about what my views are, but frankly, what i've said in private now is behind me, at least effective april the ninth. in the important thing is what the president says and what advice i give him. >> always a wise thing. supporting with the present things and the advice that i give him. this did seem to happen pretty quickly yesterday afternoon, in terms of the timing. this was definitely a snap decision, the process to get here took a long time. john bolton was on the office yesterday afternoon. he left the white house, knowing that he has a job, but he didn't expect tha...