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we also know that bank of china which is a very large bank, one of china s big four banks, has been involved in moeb lau mone laundering for the north koreans and there have been no punishments. beijing looks at that and says the americans don t have political will, they aren t taking it seriously, why should we take them seriously. they need to do more to the large chinese institutions that have been in violation of the patriot act. so there are more economic options on the table. huge number of things. the new york times had this story saying there are few things we can do. there s a lot we can do. even more important than that, because military force carries such horrific consequences, we have an obligation to try absolutely everything before we actually start to use our missiles. understood. thanks. good to see you. thanks very much. in just two days, president trump is set to go face-to-face with vladimir putin for the first time ever. coming up next, what the white hou