do, especially crude oil. and we should even deepen our partnership with the south koreans and japanese in terms of regional cooperation on these issues. so we should not take this as the final no. we should have a process that we put in place as immediately as possible in order to put a diplomatic pathway back into motion because the military option, which the president talked about today, is not a solution. it will become catastrophic very quickly. and so, yes, we do need to go back to the table as soon as possible. >> in recent days as you know, senator, president trump seemed to be suggesting that china had a role in changing the north korean attitude towards the summit. do you think the chinese leadership, president xi, has now met twice with kim jong-un.