some people are doing. it s exciting new, there s a whole lot of tit for tatt on ths one. as hard as it is to get inside the president s head, donald trump s hetd, it s even hard tore get inside kim jong-un s head. we don t know how seriously the status of north korea is effecting him. to me, the big, big question mark here is how far is he willing to go once he realizes the consequences of opening up north korea, letting in investment, goods and ideas? that s a road he s seen before. libya decided to give up its weapons of mass destruction and what happened? the west ended up undermining kai gafgadhafiy any way. right because that s reality. everybody b knows regime change is the ultimate u goal here of pretty much everybody maybe but kim jong-un. maybe china, maybecluding the
reporting here that kim jong-un has decided the best path forward for north korea is to normalize relations and open up. this is a surprise on so many levels. it is. it s fair to say here at the pentagon, officials are cautious and watching, but tonight, u.s. satellites, aircraft, missile defenses and 28,000 troops remain on the korean peninsula watching very carefully. did you not expect to see the u.s. psimply back away from its effort to keep an eye on north korea, to depend south korea and japan. the real question is why is doing this. u.s. military intelligence will tell you he is feeling the pressure of economic sanctions. but opening up his country is off one big por worry, how to survive, how to keep himself in power in his regime in power. the u.s. intelligence community continues to believe at least now kim very much driven by his