china says the right things but so far it hasn t done enough to aleve this crisis. so, if the u.s. were to have a policy to put more pressure on china, that s appropriate. i don t think we should start a trade war but we do need to pressure china. and we also need to draw even closer to our allies like japan and south korea. it s a little bit troubling that president trump is threatening a trade war with south korea. just as crisis has arisen when we need to be as close as possible to them when we have a coordinated military and diplomatic response to this crisis. >crisis. steve: morgan, president trump threatened to cut off. influence there is. that china better pay attention because we do $40 billion worth of trade with china every month. so if china wants our money, come on, help out. we spent the past three administrations running away from the chinese. running away from the north korean issue. no one has pressured china to the extent that they need to be pressured on this issue.
north korea promising more gift packages closed quote for the united states amid reports they have been spotted moving a missile to their east coast preparing for, perhaps, another launch this weekend. the u.s. declares enough is enough. his abusive use of missiles and nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. steve: begging for war. so what should happen next here for debate morgan ortega served in the state department under president george w. bush and david tafuri former state department official in the obama administration. good morning to both of you. morgan, let s start with you. president trump has made it very clear. he does not want north korea to have nuclear weapon that could possibly hit the united states. you are right. what we are looking at what and we saw u.n. yesterday and president trump s phone call to south korean president last night two significant new diplomatic measures that this administration is taking. first we saw nikki haley propose oil sanctions