the trump administration wasn't tapped into the idea. our rhetoric is forcing rcing h now ready to make a deal. that's not what happened. what happened was very traumatic. i think you were there. the president sticks his head into the briefing room, a big announcement is coming. it's playing to the idea that president trump wants the eyes of the world on him. he will do something hopefully that his predecessors failed to do and he will be able to say, i did it. >>john: jason was talking about how we got here. tim scott of south carolina things president plated pitch perfect all along. >> is what we saw in january and we're seeing the manifestation of it.- - have you deal with the north korean bully? our president is the right person at the right time in the right place. >>john: all of this talk of little rocket man and firing. and all that. it sounds like it was a strategy born of hubris and it worked. >> both the pressure campaign