president s summit in singapore which was largely photo opportunity, a vague communique we re trying to understand better. i think the white house is wrong to say that journalists or the country generally has been dismissive of what was done in singapore. any sensible person, i think views diplomacy as much preferable to the threat of nuclear conflict with north korea. the question is how these details are going to work out. it s been interesting to watch secretary of state mike pompeo travel the capitals of asia in the days after the summit trying to make clear to people that, well, this is conditional that we ll stop military dpexercises for as long as north korea is negotiating in good faith. that s a crucial clarification. i think pompeo is similarly trying to say to china yes the president may have tweeted that the north korean nuclear threat