secretary pompeo certainly has tried to bring a lot of swagger to the state department, but i think more so than that, it s his positions that north korea is opposing. the north koreans recognize that pompeo has been very hard line about negotiations. pompeo has said, basically, that they will not provide sanctions relief until north korea denuclearizes. reporter: it s not like conk congress doesn t have his own top diplomat who runs his counterparts the right way. kim yong-chol, who has often been kim s point man with the trump team, is said to be so arrogant and abrasive as a negotiator that according to north korean leadership watch he once told south korean diplomats, quote, do you have another briefcase with you? maybe you have another briefcase of proposals. he s a character straight out of central casting when it comes to being the tough hard-nosed north korean negotiator. if i were kim jong-un, kim yong-chol is precisely the guy i would want at the table dealing with th