then i m confused because on the other hand you say it s a big win for kim jong un not as much for president trump? right, this is a process as everybody says and at the end of the process, arthel, north korea gives up weapons, then no one will complain about what happened today, but if kim doesn t give up his weapons, people will look back at a day like today and there s been days like this and say these were missteps, so really up to president trump to use american leverage which has and able to get north korea to give up its weapons. a lot of people say, arthel, kim won t do it, it s up to trump because trump doesn t have the power to force kim to do things that he would never thought he would do. arthel: and what s the pow they re the president have? we can first of all start enforcing sanctions to a maximum extent. go after the russians, go after the chinese, go after the south koreans who have also been violating the sanctions and, of course, go after the north koreans, we on
united states threat. this is a global threat, which is why we are calling on everybody to step up and do more. and we are going to continue working with a lot of different leaders and other countries to help do that we are going to keep all of our options on the table. as we have said time and time again, our policy on that front hasn t changed. mike. to follow up on that point. if the policy is denuclearization and kim won t talk to the u.s. about that, how can it be good news as the president suggested in his tweet that north korea wants to talk to south korea about the olympics? i m sorry, what was the last? how can it be good news that north korea wants to talk to south korea about the olympics? in what scenario is that good news for the white house? our alliance with south korea remains stronger than ever. we are in close contact with those people about a unified response. we are going to continue to work with south korea to put maximum pressure on north korea and work
mission. crocker, excuse me. and he i m sorry. i just mixed both of you up. i apologize. america s top diplomat now visiting resident at princeton, university. guys, welcome. talking about north korea, ambassador, when you hear that the north may be preparing to launch another missile to test another missile even after kim jong-un is coming out and saying i would like to go to the olympics, how does the u.s. respond? north korea is not my area of expertise but that won t stop me from offering all kinds of opinions. look, sooner or later the north
we are going to continue working with a lot of other leaders in other countries to help do that. we are going to keep all of our options on the table. as we have said time and time again, our policy on that front has not changed. follow up on that point, if the policy is denuclearization and kim won t talk to the u.s. about that, as trump suggested in his suite that north korea wants to talk to south korea about the olympics? secretary sanders: what was the last part? the news that north korea wants to talk to south korea. what scenario is that good news for the white house? secretary sanders: our reliance and friendship with south korea remains stronger than it ever has been. we are in close contact with those people by a unified response. we re going to continue to work with south korea to put maximum pressure on north korea and work towards the ultimate shared goal that we all have. thank you. this is a follow-up. does the united states support north koreans athletes