his first term. he told me yesterday i m not going to pass this onto anybody else. what do you think of his point that if the diplomacy doesn t work, there is military, there is the military option, the military option being destroying the north korean regime? but everybody knows they have a million man army along the demilitarized zone with enormous missile it is and con vejsal weapons, forget about nuclear that would wind up killing hundreds of thousands if not millions of south koreans. exactly. and senator gram, john bolton and others despite those costs, we heard president trump make that point after his deer kim letter and it was on purpose if you don t come to the table in meaningful way we have all options on the table. so you have the diplomatic track ks financial pressure and military options. but wolf i think we are focused a lot on when the summit will happen, the date, the location,
jong-il. this is not unexpected. we heard during the olympics in pyeongchang that south korea would be sending a high level delegation shortly after the olympics wrapped up and that s exactly what will be happening on monday, local time. but, look, the north koreans, there are a couple of different factors at play here. one, the sanctions. they re really starting to kick in. i was meeting with a source today who described it, when there used to be 100 trucks going across the border between china and north korea, now there are just ten trucks. so that s starting to have a significant impact on the country s economy. and the medium and long range forecast have a devastating impact if the sanctions continue. there s also really troubling language from the trump administration for the north koreans. you heard president trump just last week talking about if diplomacy doesn t work that he d have to move into phase two, which a lot of people widely interpret as a military option. a strike aga
have all been outplayed by this gentleman. we ll see what happens. martha: this leader is in an untenable position. is it possible that the people of north korea, can he be toppled, if enough information in flow gets to the people of north korea? it s possible. we are seeing signs of instability. there are more defectors, their dvds are getting slept in, people are saying it, they understand more of the world out there. i got to tell you, the best thing we can do is hope that the chinese take this very seriously. i think that is what a lot of this is, compelling trying to make a difference. we cannot, president trump will not, i have confidence, accept a north korea with the ability to strike our allies or the united states. that only leaves one option if diplomacy doesn t work. let s pray tonight that diplomacy works. it can only work went back to the credible military threat. martha: thank you so much. good to see you, as always. for more on what we are hearing from the trump a