Mr. president trump risks sending the message american promises are empty giving adversaries very little to make concessions. point being there's risk involved here for president trump. this is not a certain win. >> right. but i have to say that i think compared to what a lot of folks were fearing several mons months ago that we were virtually on the edge of a genuine confrontation, war confrontation, the fact that something seems to have changed, even if it's just an effort by north korea to try too pull the wool over our eyes again. if you measure these things more modestly, that is -- that'...