the risk that s going to be involved with premature engaging with kim jong-un right now. when we are prepared, that s fine but it s a little bit too premature. north korea already said denuclearization is not on the table. what actions do they need to take? they re not going to take any more actions. if mr. trump really wants to see him, he will. in terms of the venue, dmz is fine. definite in ily mr. trump shoul go to north korea because the north koreans will spin this into legitimacy, the u.s. president coming to north korea to cowtow to their leader. do the dmz or a neutral country like switzerland or singapore. stanley, a quick thought on china. is china happy with the situation in they after all wanted a defusion of tension. this is sort of what the chinese want. i think they re happy but conflicted. of course anything that defuses
he handed over his presidency to the establishment wing of the republican party, which proceeded to attack obamacare, roll back regular layings, and pass a huge tax cuts for companies and wealth americans. but now he is moving hard on tariffs and also immigration. as is often the case, trump may be more in line with his party s base than most of its leaders. a recent poll finds that voters overwhelmingly oppose trump s tariffs, as does the republican establishment. but most republican voters support them. in fact, over the last decade, republican support for free trade has dropped a staggering 20 points. the new republican party is now coming into view. it is a party skeptical about free markets, from adam smith to milton friedman, every great theorist of capitalism has recognized that free trade is at the heart of what makes capitalism worked. and they have all pointed out that tariffs are precisely the kind of government intervention
best friends. second, expect surprises and try to think of how you deal with them. third, don t be provoked. the worst outcome they trade insults and it becomes a race to the bottom. fourth, stick with your plan. don t try to solve anything. that can be dangerous. remember reagan at rakia vick with gorbachev, one of the scariest in my government service. understand some words don t mean the same with each, denuclearization, you re not here to work out the details to come up with common definitions. try to get a plan for a negotiating process. sue mi terry it s possible this won t happen. trump s own national security council seems to be walking back the possibility, by putting on conditions we re only going to do the summit if there s denuclearization. i m getting already a sense nsc is trying to walk back this because before may, it is right around the corner. they understand the danger and
to the stadium. you say that, you don t think trump should go to pyongyang? i don t think that he should go to pyongyang and i don t think kim should come here. i would prefer the dmz, the peace house. i think it gives excellent access to the rok government. you have daily conversations after the negotiations and japan could send a delegation and it s great for coordination. but, still, even there, there s less capacity for major surprises. but even at the trivial level of protocol, what, if on the one hand, kim gives president trump a great big bear hug? how do you respond to that? an awkward moment. or a bad scenario, he gives him a diatribe about all the u.s. sins going back to the behavior in the korean war. the president has to be prepared for that. i think the important point is, one, do the right thing, you re here in an historic first meeting of leaders, shake hands, you don t have to be best friends, but don t create an incident. second, expect surprises and try to think t
after the way the president has publicly treated him three times? is this the right time for national security adviser mcmaster reportedly on the way out to be heading the delegation? you can t have the secretary of defense, so really, it is up to president trump to start it, but remember, the key thing, the point that i agree with the white house and i hope they stick to it, that this is not a negotiation. negotiation requires endless rounds of preparation and detail. this is a meeting, and if a meeting can start to form the beginnings of a relationship, and i m not saying friendship, if a meeting can somewhat reduce the tensions and most importantly if a meeting can end up with an agreement on a process for negotiations, it is then worth the risk. sue mi terry the north wanted this meeting for a long time because this is a very repressive regime and this provides incredible legitimacy to the regime. north koreans have sought a meeting with the u.s. president for years. president