jailing dissidents. he also gave him a white house invitation. we all know he has this, you could call it a bromance with president xi. he says they've bonded together. he has called him a very good man. highly respected. the big-picture question to the point of what yamiche was talking about, is it worth turning a blind eye to documented records of brutality and oppression if you think on the other side there is either peace on the korean peninsula or real progress in the fight against terrorism? >> i think we are seeing two different things play out here. one, the president has always had a shoot from the hip style with foreign policy. many republicans were reassured when he put the senior and widely respected team around him. sometimes the team seems to supply the tradition and consistency and background that you would expect. other times the president fairly acts on his own. his foreign policy views are rooted in an america-first foreign policy. it doesn't matter how foreign dictators treat their people, it matters what they can do for the