tweet saying, like, what about human rights? or i care about the north korean people, and the leadership in pyongyang will just be mindful of that. you know, iv ve been dealing wih north koreans for years with defectors and they ve all told me when there s been a human rights push, there are some improvements. very small improvements, but this is a regime that s very mindful of its external image. so they do pay attention. and before we go to break, a reminder it s a high stakes summit but also a lot of summits bring a little bit of a circus. a late night celebrity sighting in singapore, basketball star dennis rodman arrived. he s spent time with kim jong-un. he said he wanted to be in singapore for this moment. more about him.
i mean, if you were to try to device a scenario in which north korea would click ever more fiercely and ferociousel to its nuclear women s, donald trump has written it. what you really need now is a very careful strategy of containment of deterrence and then maybe a human rights push, a push towards negotiations, but how can we do any of that? we don t have an ambassador in south korea. we don t have an as ant secretary of state for asian affairs. we don t have an as antd secretary of state for human rights. the secretary of state is busy ut canning the state department by 30%. the president is welcoming the packet that vladimir putin is deciding which diplomats are going to be fired and which are not. i mean, we re in the middle of a kind of chaotic situation diplomatically and what trump is doing is adding to the uncertainty as chris was saying but also the sense much insecurity. and it s important to think about the world from other peoples point of view. and ask yourself does nort
united states seems erratic, paranoid, aggressive and hostile toward you. i mean, if you were to try to devise a scenario in which north korea would cling ever more fiercely and ferociously to its nuclear weapons, donald trump has written it. what you really need now is a very careful strategy of containment of deterrence and then maybe a human rights push, a push towards negotiations, but how can we do any of that? we don t have an ambassador in south korea. we don t have an assistant secretary of state for asian affairs. we don t have an assistant secretary of state for human rights. the secretary of state is busy cutting the state department by 30%. the president is welcoming the fact that vladimir putin is deciding which diplomats are going to be fired and which are not. i mean, we re in the middle of a kind of chaotic situation diplomatically and what trump is doing is adding to the uncertainty as chris was saying but also the sense of insecurity. and it s important to think