maker when it came to real estate in atlantic city and new york city so he might be a good negotiator, do you think there is any relevance. that is one of the strongest brand assets he brought to the campaign and the presidency, that a lot of people believe that because he s good at negotiating over golf courses, he ll be good at negotiating over other things. and when it comes to something like north korea, which is a very complicated problem, the very smart people have been trying for a very long time to solve, the fact that you ve had the smartest guys in the room for decades but unable to solve the north korean problem, you could kind of understand why supporters of the president might say, yeah, this sounds crazy, but kim jong-un is crazy, maybe it takes crazy to deal with crazy. but the problem is when you default on a bank loan or you don t get that real estate deal and you walk away, that building doesn t have nuclear weapons. there is not there aren t the kind of giant
their offers, they do deliver. nobody actually thinks that kim jong-un is crazy, he s very rational, and the north koreanss are very shrewd, it s a win-win for north koreans too, they get to have an image makeover by sending this delegation. there s 20 athletes and 200 cheerleaders. they get to properly use this as an insurance for future provocation and how is the u.s. going to respond to north korea s provocations? it does seem to add to what terry said, and this handful of athletes have totally dominated the media landscape and coverage. i mean donald trump must be at some level envious of them being able to dominate the media. they have, and people call it
ignore south korea, and then you make this overture which is what kim jong-un did in his address, and you demand concessions where we are now, and if you don t get what you want, you three tantru tantrums, and after the olympics, president moon won t be able to give kim jong-un what he wants, and that s where things get nasty. we missed the overture. i noticed in the region, it was taken much more seriously. this is the north korean overture, and kim jong-un s overture. does this suggest that you that the north koreans are rational than they think? they make threats and then they make offers. if you take them up on their offer, they deliver. it seems much less crazy than people think. any korea watcher thinks kim jong-un is crazy. he is very rational, and calculating and i think north koreans are very shrewd, and they are taking a beautiful game right now, and it s a win-win
jong-un is crazy. i don t think he s suicidal. if prices had nuclear weapons, i d be more concerned. he wants to live with his women, his cognac, and his luxury. sandra: thank you for joining us. we are waiting for the state department briefing the star at any moment now. as tensions and north korea escalate, and we will bring that to you live it begins. benghazi back in the spotlight. why a federal judge is ordering the state department to look again for hillary clinton s missing emails. plus, democrats just can t quit the clintons. could they be signaling their role in the midterms with a rare joint appearance?
stationed in guam, some of it works, but only about 50% of the time at best, so it s not perfect. that is a question that the national security team will have to make. if a couple missiles landing outside of guam and the ocean is enough to put millions of south koreans and american troops that are stationed in south korea in harm s way of north korean missiles, i m not sure that the calculation will make. going back to the first thing you said, you said kim jong-un is crazy. if he is, when i worry about is how he sees trump s rhetoric. we can all look at it and say we understand he is saying, but if you can get him ahead of a madman, that s what worries me is we don t know how he s reading it. sandra: how you doing so far, joe? hanging in there? critics are claiming we are hearing mixed messages on north korea from the president, the secretary of state, and the defense secretary, but the trump administration says everyone is on the same page, whether the