blue to red. the president is thinking about the domestic political map that he believes was the key to his getting elected. the international fallout from this was immediate and overwhelming from beijing to berlin, leaders labeled the decision reckless and irresponsible, said it was another sign the united states was abdicating its global leadership. listen here while traveling in asia, jams mattis sounded almost apologetic. to quote british observer of us from some years ago, bear with us. once we ve exhausted all possible alternatives, the americans will do the right thing, so we will still be there, and we will be there with you. you listen to secretary mattis there, i m not sure what the point he was trying to make but in this climate decision, and it is reinforced i think today by the president s response to the london terror attack in his tweets this is in my view, please jump in if i m wrong, the president going to back to basics.
see going on. let s start again with president trump s remarks and the secretary of state rex tillerson responding to that. north korea best not make anymore threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. i think americans should sleep well at night. i have no concerns over this particular rhetoric over the last few days. reporter: if you were thinking about sleeping well at night, you might want to first consider the statement from the defense secretary jams mattis, putting out a written statement that says in part, and let me read it to you, the dprk must choose to stop isolating itself and stand down its pursuit of nuclear weapons. the dprk should cease any any