decreasing the coal trade. they have been exposed in terms of some of their activities, whether it s supplying chemical weapons capabilities to syria or weapons to the egyptians and sudanese regime. we have to be cautious in that the north koreans have a playbook here. they have often wanted to get into negotiations when they are under more pressure isolation to try to get relief from sanctions or pressure or to even get concessions. a final point, too. we shouldn t be too pollyannish about a potential pause in tests. although that s important, it can be that the north koreans have gotten enough from recent tests to be able to mine that information, to be able to develop further their nuclear capabilities, missile capabilities, even absent a test. it s good to gain time in these negotiations but we shouldn t be overly optimistic or pollyannish about the north korean intent. just to finish this triangulated circle, china,
1798 a blot on john adams. it led to the revolution of 1800 with jefferson. you have the chinese exclusion act in the middle of the 19th century and no nothing part in the middle of the 19th century that raised up to immigration. and tr anarchists on a list we couldn t allow them in and roosevelt really bowed to pressure isolation as pressure in the 30s about the european and jewish refuges. harry truman remembered more favorably because he vetoed an act to ban refuges from the growing communist block. what we di about when we think about ronald reagan? the shiny city on the hill and not about closing the geates. on the pure optics of it, i think if president trump wants to try to put this back together, as mark was saying politically, i would argue historically, there has to be a way to be bigger hearted about