either democrat or republican, who support us. this is a big rift in the republican party. they were so dependable for republicans. they re not trump fans, period. i think the president just punched back. i hesitate to ever try to guess what is behind some of his tweets, but if he were to calculate this, you re not going to stop the koch brothers from weighing in, in a big way on the republican side. they re going to continue to do that no matter whether the president insults them or not. this is kind of a free shot for him. they re the republican establishment. they re for, you know, free trade. they re not for the tariffs. they think that it s a trade war that he s sparked by engaging in this tit-for-tat on trade. there also have been in the past support of pro-immigration policies, which obviously is very much at odds with what president trump has been saying.
to things that are at odds with the strategy. perhaps there s more coordination than we realize to those tweets, which i think is often the case, but interestingly, i think that we thought, well, gee, mike pompeo is going to be different than rex tillerson. obviously he s been more successful so far in managing his relationship with the president, but on this iran issue, if you listen to his remarkable testimony last week, it s very similar. he s saying, there is no change in u.s. policy. don t pay attention to exactly what the president of the united states says. i m going to fill in the blanks for you. so my question is, how long is that going to work as a trump management strategy? and then there s the question of the iranians. i think, you know, josh, they re going to be a lot less likely to come to the table right away than the north koreans were. there was a statement from the iranian foreign ministry broadcast on state television in iran saying not so fast, we re not yet ready
them, not so much. we let you keep an eye on your business from anywhere. the others? nope! get internet on our gig-speed network and add voice and tv for $34.90 more per month. call or go online today. there s new evidence, including satellite images, that appear to show north korea is building more missiles. the washington post is reporting that intelligence officials say work is under way on one or possibly two new intercontinental ballistic missiles, missiles that could theoretically reach the united states. after the summit in singapore, president trump declared that the nuclear threat from north korea was over. as recently as a couple of weeks ago, he also said there was no rush for north korea to dismantle its arsenal. susan glasser is a cnn global affairs analyst, staff writer at the new yorker.
josh rogan is a columnist for the washington post. thanks very much for joining us. what do you think? all of a sudden, the nuclear threat was over, everything is great, and now there are indications the north koreans are working on new intercontine intercontinental ballistic missiles. that s what happens when you eat dessert before breakfast. this process of the north korea nuclear deal was really a deal in name only. so secretary of state mike pompeo was still filling in the details. north korea never agreed to dismantle its missiles. that s what brought them to the table. in that sense, of course they re not going to give up that. their development of one that could reach the united states is why arguably trump was negotiating with them in the first place. this is what the north koreans do. this is what negotiating with north korea is like. pompeo knows that, okay. he bought the ticket. now he s got to take the ride all the way to the end. they re not going to give up anything