for talks with south korea this week. their top goal? to get into next month s winter olympics which is held in south korea. that kromptprompted a tweet froh carolina s senator. quote. that suggestion of another u.s. olympic boycott likely triggered a certain reaction from fencing olympian greg who is on the phone bus and we also have historian julian zeleny. i want to start with you, julian. how is this you wiultimatum fro senator graham? it s not like north korea is hosting the olympics which
happened in 1980 in moscow was hosting the olympics. i imagine if somehow momentum built for this, there would be a lot of blowback not just from athletes who want to participate but also from the public who don t necessarily see the clarity of doing this right now. greg, to you. on the phone bus. you were at the peak physical shape in 80 for the moscow games. president carter announced the u.s. would boycott the games. you, obviously, do not participate. help us understand what a boycott this time around would mean for those members of the u.s. olympic team. well, it s a tragic situation because you train for an extended period of time. people say four years but in reality you re training for 10, 12, 14, 16 years sometimes. the reality is that when you have this one moment to, you know, especially in a lot of