russia, but it s actually something that enjoy support from around the world. that positions him as a strong leader and a strong man. which is how he wants to be seen. so this is something that is a propaganda gift to putin. it s also just kind of absurd. but if we re honest about this, there are elements of the republican party that truly a meyer vladimir putin. he represents the kind of leadership, the shameless capacity and bold to power that he embodies is something that trump is sought to emulate. let s be honest to, the sort of f no nationalists authoritarian tendencies that vladimir putin is at the vanguard at, is something that we have seen elements of the republican party adapt in the united states. so there s a kind of mutuality here that has been part of the pun here, the elephant in the room for the republican party, since at least 2016. let s talk a little bit about where this is going. donald trump and some of his
paces into north korea. photo op or something more significant? well, a little bit of both. mostly a photo op. he is handing a huge propaganda gift to kim jong-un, to be honest. you can see how it was covered from the north korean side and how it was splashed all over north korean state media. but it will it will be sort of a kickstart to the negotiations. it did get these two countries back in touch. and so that s promising. we ll come back to those smiles on state-run media over in north korea in just a second. i ve got those pictures. but lindsey, what did you make of it? yeah, i have to be honest. i m a little cynical about where we go from here. to me, this was the policy equivalent of click bait. the president offered almost nothing that was substantive in terms of a deliverable coming out of this, other than to restart negotiations that, let s be honest, are in a no man s land, because he never had his administration do the homework up front to get real deliverables in t
lot of people were not happy about it considering who he met with and what they have done, but he seemed to have backed off a bit pushing you can tell he backed off from his crazy unrealistic expectations he was setting a month ago saying north korea was ready to denuclearize, which is flat out false. today saying we re basically not going to adheefb anything, it s just a chance to meet. today he was providing this propaganda bonanza, standing with this spy chief, and grinning broadly and holding this letter. i mean we can just imagine on june 12th he s going to have a similar photo-op with kim jong-un. you know, this is propaganda gift to north korea. it legitimates north korea, undermines the sanctions regime and they re not giving up anything in return. so once again we re saying he s
propaganda bonanza, standing with this spy chief, and grinning broadly and holding this letter. i mean, we can just imagine on june 12th he s going to have a similar photo-op with kim jong-un. you know, this is propaganda gift to north korea. it legitimates north korea, undermines the sanctions regime and they re not giving up anything in return. so once again we re saying he s not the world s greatest negotiator like he claims. you said in the beginning they re never going to denuclearize. to tread lightly, i m just sort of wondering if this art of the deal if that s working or not working? i don t see much of it. there is no art of the deal. look at that picture. he looks like one of the kids on willy wonka, he thinks he has the golden ticket in there.
but he asked the president if the summit planning was done and would it be at the dmz, where you saw the south korea-north korea meeting. the president saying it would not be there. but this meeting is on. it could still collapse, but there are a lot of questions would north korea show enough to convince the white house it was worth giving kim jong-un what is a giant propaganda gift, a meeting with the president of the united states of america. that is what kim jong-un wants, credibility on the global stage. the trump administration would argue, now we have three americans coming home. it s been a long time since they tested a missile. the u.s. and south korean forces conducted military exercises and not a peep from the north. so the president said, good will, let s test it. you have to give props to the administration for freedom of these americans. that does not mean kim jong-un is going to say, now i m willing to give up my nukes. and the question is, whether