administration is actually going to respond to this administration. seema, to you now, the president tweeted this morning the united states is considering in addition to other options stopping all trade with any country doing business with north korea. of course, that means china. that s not going anywhere, is it? no, of course not. the united states and china, i think we do hundreds of billions in trade every year. if we were to cut off trade with china, our economy would be in turmoil, the global economy would be in turmoil. i think the comments from steve mnuchin later in partnering with china to use trade as a way to put pressure on north korea, that, i think, is the direction they ll end up going in. shaun, back to you. during an interview yesterday with republican senator lindsey graham, he commented on what he sees happening if diplomatic efforts with north korea fail. these comments coming before the north conducted that most recent test. take a listen. i am 100% certai
is a regime and here is a leader that is very, very unpredictable and we need to be very careful when we go into this. you re going to hear, i think, from the lindsey grahams of the world in the coming days and weeks, but that s not representative of where all of congress is and i think it s going to be more of a debate that happens in the coming weeks more than a consensus that suddenly develops. seema, even if they wanted to, could anyone disarm north korea even if they wanted to? i mean, the leader is a very unstable, unpredictable leader. i think it s going to take a really concerted effort between the united states, south korea, china, japan, russia. but the fact you have the secretary of defense making a statement he made today, which basically says we don t want to annihilate you, but didn t rule it out, that shows this could turn into a military measure if things don t get resolved. seema, shaun, thank you very much for joining us today. thank you.
refugee crisis and the people in north korea, you re talking about the potential of millions of dead in seoul, that s south korean citizens, americans, many americans live in seoul. the united states continues to have tens of thousands of troops based in south korea, so there are massive implications to discussions of regime change in the north and i think that s the kind of thing that should not be thrown around lightly by anybody proposing any ideas. certainly a frightening thought. laura, thank you very much. with concerns growing over the potential threat from a north korean regime that could be in possession of advanced nuclear weapons, which could also be capable of reaching parts of the u.s. mainland, the question that comes to mind is what the trump administration should do to stop this behavior from north korea. let s bring in congressional reporter shaun sullivan and political reporter for the los angeles times seema mayta. while leaving church earlier the