not upset him in any way, to allow kim jong-un to continuously escalate possibly to the extent that we just discussed a nuclear test or icbm test. we re giving kim jong-un a lot more running room and we re getting nothing for it. peter, this is from your colleague annie carny. from his particular fixation on biden to his con city gags of democrats overall, mr. trump underlined the reality that his unshakable bond was with his twitter megatone. it was evident that his main interest was not where his hosts had gone to such lengths to direct it on security and trade in asia, but instead was on fighting with his perceived political enemies. and peter, who is there? who is around the president to ask about the rigor of foreign policy to see if it s being carried out and upheld? that s a great question.
of this gathering or just what it is we re talking about here? well, brian, this was a very easy trip for the president to make. it was almost completely ceremonial to meet the new emperor which only happens once in a generation. the president had no big policy lifts. yet, he managed to absolutely whiff it. he stood up there on the stage. he said i don t know whether or not these missile tests were a u.n. security council violation. i agree with sue, these were violations. it shows the region and the world the president is hopelessly confused on north korea. he seems totally desperate to win kim jong-un s affection to not upset him in any way, to allow kim jong-un to continuously escalate possibly to the extent that we just discussed a nuclear test or icbm test. we re giving kim jong-un a lot more running room and we re getting nothing for it. peter, this is from your colleague annie carny. from his particular fixation on