i m going to offer you one hour on this program. i think we should have an open dialogue, sir. you see, in ten days, i m going to have a dialogue that i don t think you want people to have, really. i don t think you want me to say the things that have been transpiring. you know what i m saying? america doesn t know yet. don t worry, america. you ll know in ten days. i think maybe you should come on the show so we can have the call together. call me. i know you have my number. how do i know? well, it kind of ties into the thing that i m going to be talking about within the next ten days. the most dangerous time in a regime collapse in a
i m going to offer you one hour on this program. i think we should have an open dialogue, sir. you see, in ten days, i m going to have a dialogue that i don t think you want people to have, really. i don t think you want me to say the things that have been transpiring. you know what i m saying? america doesn t know yet. don t worry, america. you ll know in ten days. i think maybe you should come on the show so we can have the call together. call me. i know you have my number. how do i know? well, it kind of ties into the thing that i m going to be talking about within the next ten days. the most dangerous time in a regime collapse in a
experts and it was important to note that in a statement that was read out on north korean state media today, they made a point of saying all of the components were homemade, so this is underscoring the fact that sanctions to this point seem ineffective and that north korea s been able to make its progress and will continue to progress without imports. so it underscoring exactly how little room there is for the trump administration to maneuver on next moves. there is talk that perhaps there would be cyberattacks that would be possible, energy-related sanctions are also a possibility, but that would need to involve china and russia, and so far neither of those players has been willing to put too much pressure on the regime because they don t want regime collapse. china is the pivotal player here, but it s still not clear exactly how much leverage beijing has over pyongyang. it said that the relations have
technical capabilities. south korea has been preparing itself militarily conducting drills yesterday. more live fire drills today with its warships. also, a conversation with u.s. president trump yielded a promise from the u.s. that south korea would be able to acquire bigger missile warheads. as well, they agreed in principle to an arms and equipment deal worth billions of dollars. this is also the u.s. trying to give some security assurances to its ally, special after the tweets that you mentioned from president trump that seem to take swipes at south korea. the big question, of course, china. china holds the key. you cut off the oil, and you effectively shut down the north korean economy. the problem, of course, is that beijing does not want regime collapse. they don t want refugees across
seek to disarm the capabilities of the rocket launches, that kind of thing? as opposed to trying to occupy or challenge the regime. secretary of state rex tillerson talked about that delicate balance of the united states not trying to take kim jong-un out of office, but trying to stop what he s been doing. we do not seek regime change. we do not seek a regime collapse. we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula. we do not seek a reason to send our forces north of the demil demilleterized zone. if our options fail, our military option will be the only one left. so that gives you a sense of how dire the stakes are, especially when you consider it s been roughly a quarter century of american presidents trying to deal with this issue. and kim jong-un in the last several months being so provocative with repeated missile launches, and capabilities that seem to be getting closer and closer to