tahave that dialogue with the united states. that is not something that has been possible in the last few months at all. in fact, the rhetoric is something we haven't seen in years and that kind of continued. we do have a statement now from vice president mike pence. remember, he was at the olympics. came back to seoul. was in seoul when this meeting was going on. back at the olympic sites taking in some events before he heads back to the united states. a statement, nonstatement from his secretary saying the vice president is grateful that president moon reaffirmed his strong commitment to the maximum pressure campaign for his support for continued sanctions. the vice president's office trying to say invitation or no invitation, as far as we're concerned, this is business as usual. they disagreed in terms of actually directly responding to this invitation. you know, george, the united states has been pretty