learn, too. the reality is, he's stuck between a rock and a hard place. i do think he has some leverage with the chinese. we trade a lot with them. and trump made a big campaign plank that he was going to change the trade relationship. so that is on the table and can be negotiated. so i think there's some significant leverage with the chinese. i think it's ironic that for him to influence the north koreans, he has to turn to the chinese and the russians, with all the concerns about russian collusion with the trump administration, you would think he could just pick up the phone and ask vladamir putin to do what he wants. >> you'd think. before the president made that address in seoul to the national assembly, officials in pyongyang said we will ever more strongly reforge the played blade of our treasured sword of rig shouse and open up a new era of prosperity with that treasured sword. which means they're not giving up their nuclear weapons. so michael, in the past, the