from the administration. but has the president already fanned the flames. fire and fury rhetoric or fiery and furious rhetoric. i got tongue tied there. gordon, so where do we stand now? i mean, we have this hope that they re going to attach down on all of the tension. is that possible? well, i think it is. what you have, for instance, is the walking back of that rhetoric and also the lock and loaded. and that mountain advertise tillerson on the part he had in the wall street, you know, that clearly laid out the administration s policy. and indeed, you know, you look at that and clearly the adults are driving policy now. also on the north korean side, it s interesting because therld their ambassador to moscow, their one to beijing and that means that they re rethinking things as well. i don t know if they re going to go in a bad direction, but nonetheless it shows a reassessment in pyongyang as you
secretary of state tillerson emphasized a quote, peaceful pressure campaign and no interest in regime change. cia director mike pompeo knocked down the idea that the u.s. is on the cusp of nuclear war over the weekend. joint chiefs of staff chairman general dose ef dunn ford told reporters that diplomatic and economic pressureization comes first with military options to back it up. and here is what h.r. mcmaster told chuck todd on sunday s meet the press. the president was asked are we going to war and he said i think you know the answer to that, we don t. what s the answer? well, the answer to that is that the most effective way to prevent war is it ask to be prepared for it. the president doesn t draw red lines. what he does is he discuss to make sure that we have viable options for him. options that combine diplomatic and economic and military capabilities. we re hearing a tone shift