cover for this. let me pick up your point about the fact that the president is leaving the summit by both estimates as a failure in diplomacy. what are the implications of that when you re about to try - it s obviously a bilateral issue, if you need the support of alous, if going to try to force any deal. first of all, you want a united front, when you re going into a high stakes meeting like this. we re going in weaker if the world sees usually our best friends, and don t forget that. the second thing is china is going to try to pick apart these divisions. they re thinking we re going to go for the europeans and canadians and say, trade with us, we can replace the americas. in the context of the north koreans summit, that puts china in the driver s seat.
he as been trying to is that a sane or wise strategy going into these talks? do you think the new yorkans will have done their due part? they planned all of this starting from the new year s eve message through the olympics to this. so i think they have it on a road. that s not to say if you re using your gut you can t prevail, because we have much more leverage, but the point is we should have had a commitment from thenoicance to do the things that are necessary before we even have the summit. for kim jong-un, and bobby is absolutely right. there s a domestic audience for kim jong-un. he needs a good summit, and basically just shoufg up is good, because that s legitimate mization. we have handed that to them without anything in return. that s a big mistake on the part of the united states.
house diplomacy really works. lots to cover. here we go. donald trump is not going to capitula capitulate, so there s really only two options peace or war. they have already gotten a concession by the president. they are trying to fit a nuclear warhead on an interconnell ballistic missile. when they do it gives them the possibility to hit the united states. we have not been included in any of the preparation for this negotiation. so that s where we begin this hour. it s 4:00 a.m. monday morning in singapore. the summit between president trump and sim jeong eun just 24
obama white house. ben t. thank you for being here. a lot to talk about in this fascinating book. as you heard president trump talking about the summit. he obviously sells himself as a deal master. what is the reading of his policy, strategy going into tomorrow? how do you rate it? incomplete, because i don t think it s gone on. you mentioned iran and cuba. it takes a lot of time to plow the ground with a country you have no relations with, like cuba or north korea. i worry they re rushing to get the summit on the books. they haven t been clear about what they re trying to achieve. it s not just your instincts, it s also what you know about
atmosphere for the talks. bobby, there s a loot of criticism going around, that the summit is not necessarily substantive, we ve had very little time to prepare for it. this is according to reuters that kim jong-un is reportedly departing 2:00 p.m. tuesday afternoon. that means he will literally be there to participate for maybe half a day s worth of meetings. is that serious enough for what is at stake that s trying to be accomplished here? it doesn t ounce like it, but we have to make allowances that he s doing some grandstanding himself. just like president trump has said if i don t feel like i m getting a deal this could be kim jong-un s way if he feels like he s going to get it around he came in on a commercial flight. he can catch the next one