doesn t work, gordon, or a thumb of the nose? i think it s a thumbing of the nose. they ve been working on missiles launched from submarines for a very long time. they actually launched a missile from under the sea of the japan august 24th, 2016. they have russian technology to do this. this has been a long-term project of theirs. i think they re accelerating what they ve done before. david, i appreciate your fair-mindedness on this. as you look at the prospects of this deal, because we all want it to work, is it an over 50% chance that it happens or are you pessimistic? i think it s 50% this is going to move forward in a productive way, but i think it s high stakes for the trump administration, because this is now their number one foreign policy objective, and they don t have much else to show on the foreign policy front other than north korea, which could be fantastic if north korea really does take legitimate identifiable steps to denuclearize.
is that a hedge in case this doesn t work or a thumbing of the nose? i think it s thumbing of the nose. the north kree aprils have fwn koreans have been working on missiles from submarines for a long time. they launched a missile from under the surface of sea of japan august 24, 2016. they have the russian technology to do this. this has been a long term project of theirs. now they re just accelerating what they have done before. appreciate your fair mindedness, david, someone who had to be defensive of a lot of things. as you look at the prospects of the deal, we all want to it work, is it over 50% it happens or are you pessimistic? i think it s 50% chance that this is going to move forward in a productive way. but i think it s real high stakes for the trump administration. this is their number one foreign policy objective. they don t have much else to show on the foreign policy front other than north korea. which could be fantastic. if north korea really takes legitimate, ide
specific note of the nato meeting to talk about the idea of joint security. i don t think that was an accident. i think she s saying she believes the alliance needs to stand firm in the face of russia. does president trump need to walk into the meeting with a stern message? absolutely president trump needs to walk in with a stern message. he needs to talk about meddling, these attacks in the uk. russia s whole foreign policy objective is to break up nato, unravel the european union and president trump needs to push back hard instead of trying conciliatory with this autocrat. he needs to represent the western alliance forcefully. it s scary to hear about this stu stuff. this is 20 minutes away from
day. he hasn t done so. the statement that concerned me the most is when he said it might be a good thing if south korea, japan and saudi arabia got a nuclear weapon. to me, that demonstrated a lack of understanding of the history of nuclear weapons, first how unique they are. so vastly different from any weapon that s ever been devised or used in armed conflict. but secondly, how the united states has led the world in enacting a regime to restrain the dissemination of nukes because that s been a principle foreign policy objective of the united states over half a cently, largely successful. there are dozens of countries that have a capacity to build a nuclear weapon. the majority of them have refrained from doing so in reliance upon the united states and the nuclear nonproliferation regime. we should not be trying to expand the number of nations. we should be trying to contract it an reduce the number of weapons. and here we are now with a president about to take a step with respect to
to me, that demonstrated a lack of understanding of the history of nuclear weapons, first how unique they are. so vastly different from any weapon that s ever been devised or used in armed conflict. but secondly, how the united states has led the world in enacting a regime to restrain the dissemination of nukes because that s been a principle foreign policy objective of the united states over half a cently, largely successful. there are dozens of countries that have a capacity to build a nuclear weapon. the majority of them have refrained from doing so in reliance upon the united states and the nuclear nonproliferation regime. we should not be trying to expand the number of nations. we should be trying to contract it an reduce the number of weapons. and here we are now with a president about to take a step with respect to iran that will place us in a perilous situation