independent of the united states, yet still embrace this security pack that has been around since the marshall plan? >> well, richard, this is a challenge of channelling the sentiments, why are the south koreans feeling this way. there is a sense that south korea needs more. but with this there is an opportunity for president trump to channel that in terms of looking at the u.s. south korean alliance through the lens of greater alliance. but really the decision point is related to this point of denuclearizing north korea. this puts i think all the countries in the region on this path where you are going to look at efforts to redouble efforts on pressure tactics, but the fact is north korea is a regional nuclear weapon state. so we have to revisit what we can expect out of these at this stage. >> part of the messaging here, the president as he stops by in china, bringing up economic

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