president trump himself come out and say, you know, these exercises are important, south korea is a staunch ally, and explain and defend them. instead, you had this sort of, you know, this moment where they didn't say a whole lot, and when they did actually put out a statement, it was sort of tepid. to me it suggests what a lot of people are worried about with these negotiations is that president trump is so eager for a deal, any deal, that he's willing to sort of forget about what is most important from our national security and the national security of our allies in the region. >> yeah, well, that's what foreign policy experts believe the same thing, wondering the same thing you just said here, ryan, is he too eager. i'm wondering by doing that, josh, so giving kim jong-un more leverage? >> well, let's be clear here. north koreans are doing crazy stuff because that's what the north koreans do, right?