corruption. when the ukranians exposed corruption on mr. plan fort, electioned officials in ukranian parliament, somehow we didn t like that, just wanted to focus on this particular story. but now they have pivoted because well, i don t know. but it appears i don t know what is obvious any more. but they have pivoted away from that. but i want to underscore what you start theed with. this is bad for american national security interests. and this is good for vladimir putin. we look wobbly in our support for ukraine. that serves putin s interests, not the american national interests. how, it gives him the cover to be more brazen, more aggressive? we look like we are indecisive, we look beilike we wobbling in our support for ukraine. but how does that truly make putin stronger? we might look foolish, but what
you re the superpower. but the iranians have a big toolbox of trouble they can make through hezbollah and other things around the world. trump s saying wait a minute, before i put a toe into a swamp here maybe i declare victory and go for the nobel humanitarian prize. one lesson of trump that i think all these foreign actors watch is the north koreans. they misbehaved, terrible, horrible regime, and what did they get? legitimization and a summit. sought iranians are like we ll shoot down an unpiloted drone, do a little sloppy fight but let trump go be the dealmaker, what he likes and maybe we get back to the table to get some of the things we wanted before. david, when you talk to your old friends on the hill, and it was very different when george w. bush was there with his a little bit more of a leeway to go, and now we have there gentleman in the white house, scary as far as xheexecutive privilege here. what do your friends on the hill tell you? sxl sxl. i think they re concerned
well, following the failed summit in vietnam, where does diplomacy stand between the u.s. and north korea? what is president trump looking for, and what is he willing to give? well, i don t agree at all that it was a failed summit. i think the obligation of the president of the united states is to defend and advance american national security interests, and i think he did that by rejecting a bad deal and by trying again to persuade kim jong un to take the big deal that really could make a difference for north korea. as the president said, sometimes you have to walk away, and i think he made a very important point to north korea and to other countries around the world about negotiating with him. he s not desperate for a deal, not with north korea, not with anybody. if it s contrary to american national interests. chris: well, i want to puck up on that, though, because apparently it had become clear in negotiations over the preceding weeks and finally days before hanoi that the north k
news sunday. well, following the failed summit in vietnam, where does diplomacy stand between the u.s. and north korea? what is president trump looking for, and what is he willing to give? well, i don t agree at all that it was a failed summit. i think the obligation of the president of the united states is to defend and advance american national security interests, and i think he did that by rejecting a bad deal and by trying again to persuade kim jong un to take the big deal that really could make a difference for north korea. as the president said, sometimes you have to walk away, and i think he made a very important point to north korea and to other countries around the world about negotiating with him. he s not desperate for a deal, not with north korea, not with anybody. if it s contrary to american national interests. chris: well, i want to puck up on that, though, because apparently it had become clear in negotiations over the preceding weeks and finally days before hanoi th
obstruction of justice or whatever they find are we, as a nation, going to move on? i would say yes. but of the political people on capitol hill? there are democrats who wanted to impeach before the mueller investigation fully ends. will they let go? larry: we are already in an election cycle paid the answer is no pay [laughs] harris: national security advisor john bolton defending president trump s second summit with kim jong un, saying the president was right to not make a deal with north korea because it was not in the best interest of the united states. watch. i think the application of the president the president of the united states is to defend and advance american national security interests. i think he did that by rejecting a bad deal, and by trying again to persuade kim jong un to take the big deal that really could make a difference for north korea. as the president said, sometimes you have to walk away. i think he made a very important point to north korea and the o