The First Time Ever a sitting u. S. President has met with the leader of north korea. On monday, before the summit, the president met with singapores Prime Minister. The city state is hosting this historic meeting, and for now, its the center of the diplomatic universe. North korean state media have reported the goal for these talks will be denuclearization and lasting peace. All of this has been a stunning turn arnd for the relatively young kim jongun from a reclusive international pariah, ready to negotiate a end to his missile and Nuclear Program in return for guarantees a. John ripley has reported extensively from korea over the years. He joins us with his analysis. Will, there is a strong belief that kim jongun has already got what he wanted, which is an audience with u. S. President , the leader of the free world, and that by doing that, this will make him a ledge legitimate International Player and cement his Leadership Back home. Youve been to north korea. Youve met with the pe
show of weakness on the trip to negotiate with north korea, nor should he. so this was about north korea? of course it was in large part, absolutely. as trump was going to singapore well, you know, one thing leads to another. they are all related. kim must not see american weakness. but the most incendiary comment came from the white house trade adviser with what appears the harshest words a u.s. trade delegation has ever used to attack a foreign leader. there is a special place in hell for any foreign leader who engages in bad faith diplomacy with president donald j. trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door. kaline heldman and john thomas join us now. john is a cnn political