involved in the particulars when it comes to the substance of these negotiations. his administrations has for months preparing for the summit behind the scenes. his comments serve as a reminder it s a president that places more value on optics than substance. regardless of what preparations has team has made, if he doesn t believe he s winning, he s prone to quickly reversing course. i also think it reflects his attitude toward international relations in general. you ve seen it with the iran nuclear deal. you ve seen it with the steel and aluminum tariffs. he likes to project the aura of toughness. he believes that will get the other party to bend to the united states. we ll see if it s been successful. it s been problematic for his administration so far. a sensitive moment, samantha, right now. in the lead up to this summit, especially after the president s new national security advisor john bolton saying they were looking at the libya model. there was no more gadhafi.
lawyer but the face and i think that s how donald trump likes it. his willingness to go far afield, whether a joke or not, i don t know how well that translates literally or figuratively to kim jong-un in north korea that they were begging on their hands and knees. if it s a strategy cooked up between donald trump and rudy giuliani, not going to rule that out, i don t know how smart a strategy it is, particularly because everything we know about this president as it regards kim jong-un and the summit he wants it to happen. even in the letter where he canceled it, it made clear there s an opening it could happen. and the opening did occur. some u.s. officials as you know and we have reported it before believed that the president s new national security adviser john bolton tried to skutd l the summit mentioning the libya model. gadhafi gave up the weapons of mass destruction, nuclear
to an interesting future. could be a domino effect. could be the next, maybe iran is next, maybe venezuela. i think iran is probably next up. you have to see a certain kind of thought going on. the barrier to all of this, the belief that you could end up like libya. that s the thing. what trump is trying to say in making clear, that s not what we want. it s not about regime change. it s about a reduced threat in return for the reduced threat, you get a seat at the most plentiful table on earth. that s why it s important. dana: when john bolton talks about the libya model, it wasn t the later libya model. it was the initial libya model. he gave up his chemical and nuclear ambitions because of what happened to saddam hussein. and then later on there was the arab spring. greg: these people have to understand that s not what we are doing. dana: can i add one thing? to greg s point about how they are analyzing everything.
facts right and rudy giuliani also, repeated publicly and that causes the lawyer to lose credibility both in court and with respect to the prosecutor. so when they have to go in and plead the case to the special counsel office and their lawyers and investigators and say you have this wrong or here, or my client deserves the benefit of the doubt. they have reduced credibility every time they say something that turns out to be false and that is to the detriment of the client and also the process. preet bharara. thank you. did president trump s national security adviser try to sabotage the meeting with kim jong-un. john bolton s libya model comments. stay with us. as his horse loves snacking. that s why he uses the chase mobile® app, to pay practically anyone, at any bank. the first survivor of ais out there.sease and the alzheimer s association is going to make it happen. but we won t get there without you.
because bolton has the libya model. if you remember the libya model. moammar gadhafi gave up the nuclear weapons and h was deposed and he died. this is not just bjohn bolton. pompeo did not like the words. watch. did he agree to give away the weapons before you g any concession? i that i is right. we are looking at the libya model of 200 and 2004. if you look at the model wit. think i kim jong-un i think kim jong-un will be very happy. there was talk of the libya model. the president made clear this will only end like the libya model ended if kim jong-un doesn t make a deal.