happened in the middle of the night that may get lost in the headlines that say no deal. a few hours before things fell apart kim jong un went on camera and to questions from american reporters which he had never done before, dictator doesn t have a free press and when pressed, will you denuclearize? he said yes, i want to do that? otherwise why what i bother coming here? they don t have a deal. he s on camera, on the record both in singapore or piece of paper and on camera saying i want to denuclearize. that is why the president wanted it. kim jong un that is not a deal he could entertain. fascinating to see if they overplay their hand or didn t want a deal. we have to wait. they may come back in 6 months and the president may get a better deal like reagan did. jillian: these teams of gotten to know each other, they learn
emergency as relates to the border because the president was saying it repeatedly publicly. the president has said over and over throughout his life and career and i ve known them over two decades that he is going to walk away from a bad deal. the only deal that really make sense for the american people such as serious, significant issues, something that will impact the entire world, create more safety and security, denuclearize the korean peninsula, protect our allies in japan and guam and china in many ways and the continental united states for our kids and grandkids, the deal has to be right. pete: did chairman kim overplay his hand? he got the president to go to vietnam and ultimately when they are sitting across the table, no dice. think of it this way.
reality is that the united states specifically trump walked away from the iranian deal, which was already signed. so they have to know. kim has to know that there is a lot of power there. you just can t get what you want because you ask it. you have got to do something in order to follow up. that wasn t happening. as result, trump had to and know in advance this was going to happen. there is no doubt about it. steve: david, what kim wanted. he wanted a denuke part of my stuff but i m going to keep other stuff all lit up. he wanted all the sanctions lifted so clearly that s a sign that they are killing him. that s exactly right. and remember that dan coats at the end of january did an intel assessment that said that north korea did not really intend to give up its nukes. president trump didn t believe him. didn t believe his intel officials who informed him of that it turns out that probably was true. kim jong un had no intention of taking real steps going forward to denuclearize, esp
the truth is there is a win you re for the president of the united states. if you know if that is? if north korea decides to denuclearize. that s what this whole thing is about. anything short of that, anything short of that will render criticism to president trump. also, this has to be one of the most dysfunctional back-and-forth relationships we ve seen between two world leaders. it seems as if they break up to make up. at one point they are talking very positive about each other and then at other points they are talking very negative about each other. so i m trying to figure out what is the progress, what will happen, how will the needle move in a way that is appropriate and safe for everyone involved. i want to see a better relationship with kim jong un and his country. i want to see that. as an american i want to see that right now, i m only seeing platitudes and conversations and nothing more. shannon: some say as we talk with steve felton earlier, even the fact that they are h
i think you can find file this one under no deal, rather than a bad deal. seem to be making really good progress in terms of the relationship. every time we saw them together, they seem to be getting along. they seem to be making progress, but then when it came down to the actual negotiation, they were miles apart. that s when things began to fall apart. kim jong un offered to the president that you would close down the nuclear facility, there may nuclear facility, but he wanted president trump to lift all of the sanctions against north korea. president trump was just not prepared to do that for the yongbyong plan. at a certain point, you have to have sanctions. and he wants to denuclearize, but areas that are less important than the areas that we want. we know the country very well, believe it or not. we know every inch of that