perfecting those. y but be clear, the president is not seeking to go to war. so he doesn t think it s a waste of time? no. those diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. the relationship that secretary of state has with the president is one of the most important relationships in the world. nbc reported that you were frustrated with president trump over the summer and you called him a moron during the meeting at the pentagon. you ve dismissed the situation as petty. but this is one of the most important relationships between you and president trump. is it true, did you call him a moron? jake, as i indicated earlier, i m not going to deal with that kind of petty stuff. this is a town that seems to relish gossip, innuendo and they
and we are. the dip wlomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. here is more with cnn s jake tapper. you said recently that iran is in technical compliance with the deal. but president trump said on friday, that the iranian regime quote committed multiple violations of the agreement. which is it? is iran in technical compliance or has it committed multiple violations? the answer is both, jake. under the nuclear agreement, jcpoa, multilateral party agreement, there have been a number of technical violations. carrying too much inventory, materials to construct center fujs. iran has a significant period of time to remedy those violations so they have remedies the violations which brings them back into technical compliance. i think that demonstrated pattern of always walking right
president has made clear that he he wants it solved diplomatically and is not seeking to go to war. he doesn t think it is waste of time? no, sir. he made it clear to me to continue my diplomatic efforts which we are and we will, as i have told others, the diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. joining me now to discuss, this is cnn global affairs analyst david road. good to see you, david. tillerson saying the trump administration is unconventional. how is it to hear that they will have diplomacy until the first bomb drops, from secretary of state. very unusual. but the relationship is president trump is bad cop. he is there threatening north korea and iran and you have secretary of state tillerson and national security adviser mcmaster playing down those comments today. what is so unusual is, a, the rhetoric, but b, the president as bad cop. is there a danger that a
i do agree with that. i think the president does, as well. that is why he took the decision he took that let s see if we cannot address the flaws in the agreement by staying within the agreement and working with others and with our european friends and allies within the agreement. but that may come in a secondary agreement, as well. you were in china trying to resolve the dispute with north korea in a diplomatic way as president trump tweeted i told rex tillerson that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocketman and sent second tweet saying save energy we will do what has to be done. be clear the president has made clear to me that he wants this solved diplomaticity. he is not seeking to go to war. he does think it is a waste of time? no, sir. he made it clear to me to continue my diplomatic efforts. i told others the diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops.
we lose our majority and i think president trump will not get re-elect re-elected. reporter: there s a two-fold problem here, ana, not only is the president in need to repair these relationships with the members of the republican senate currently damaged but they also need to come up with a policy solution. you can repair all of the relationships you want. if you can t come to some sort of agreement how to move forward on big issues like health care and tax reform, the republicans are thank you. secretary of state rex tillerson also making clear that despite what president trump sometimes implies in his tweets, a war with north korea is a last resort. he is made it clear to me to continue my diplomatic efforts which we are and we will arizona i ve told as i ve told others, those diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. ted lou of california, he serves on the house foreign affairs committee. congressman thanks for being