shannon: on this idea of north korea, the campaign we are waging via social media. there s that and then there s the campaign try to isolate north korea, get countries to remove their diplomatic presences. these statements is that campaign is showing results, though the goal is to convince north korea to hold its weapons program. kim just spent a year firing intercontinental ballistic missiles over japan adjusting nuclear bombs. this afternoon, the president tweeted: sanctions and other pressures are beginning to have a big impact on north korea. soldiers are dangerously fleeing to south korea. rocket man now wants to talk to south korea for first time. perhaps that is good news, perhaps not. we will see! china is the administration s focus here as well, it accounts for 90% of north korean trade. the administration says china has been helpful, though it can do more to isolate its ally north korea. shannon: rich edson live, thank you. north korean leader kim jong un appeared i
new developments in foreign policy in the new year, much sparked by tweets from our commander in chief. president trump refusing to back down from his support for the iranian people amidst the continuing protests. even as supreme leader ayatollah khamenei responded with harsh words, calling the u.s. an enem enemy. another tweet setting up pushback from pakistan as a country s top leaders call an emergency meeting to respond to president trump, saying that his tweet accusing them of lies and deceit struck at the trust between the two nations. as the president practices his own form of social media diplomacy, north korea s dictator kim jong un s testing relationships between the u.s. and its allies. the president responded site with nuclear comments of his own, and they are creating a firestorm. rich edson has more. president trump returned this evening to escalating rhetoric with the north korean dictator through twitter. responding to kim jong un kim jong un s new year s day pronounc
shannon: on this idea of north korea, the campaign we are waging via social media. there s that and then there s the campaign try to isolate north korea, get countries to remove their diplomatic presences. these statements is that campaign is showing results, though the goal is to convince north korea to hold its weapons program. kim just spent a year firing intercontinental ballistic missiles over japan adjusting nuclear bombs. this afternoon, the president tweeted: sanctions and other pressures are beginning to have a big impact on north korea. soldiers are dangerously fleeing to south korea. rocket man now wants to talk to south korea for first time. perhaps that is good news, perhaps not. we will see! china is the administration s focus here as well, it accounts for 90% of north korean trade. the administration says china has been helpful, though it can do more to isolate its ally north korea. shannon: rich edson live, thank you. north korean leader kim jong un
policy in the new year, much sparked by tweets from our commander in chief. president trump refusing to back down from his support for the iranian people amidst the continuing protests. even as supreme leader ayatollah khamenei responded with harsh words, calling the u.s. an enem enemy. another tweet setting up pushback from pakistan as a country s top leaders call an emergency meeting to respond to president trump, saying that his tweet accusing them of lies and deceit struck at the trust between the two nations. as the president practices his own form of social media diplomacy, north korea s dictator kim jong un s testing relationships between the u.s. and its allies. the president responded site with nuclear comments of his own, and they are creating a firestorm. rich edson has more. president trump returned this evening to escalating rhetoric with the north korean dictator through twitter. responding to kim jong un kim jong un s new year s day pronouncement that the united states
really social media diplomacy. here he is tweeting about the setment vote at the united nations, and you know, intervening in that right now. we ve got the tweet about nuclear weapons and then later in the day you ve got the tweet about lockheed martin and boeing sort of pitting those two companies against each other when it comes to fight jets, sending lockheed stocks down after hours trading and this is having a real impact. i think there s a need for discipline obviously. transitions can be useful to president-elects. it s a time to dig into the intelligence, get briefed on issues. form your team. get a sense of the strategy of the team and hit the ground running at noon on january 20th. our tradition, but also i think reason would dictate that that s the best way to do it. and this issue with nuclear weapons is so important, existential issue for the united states for russia, for china. you don t want to slip up. you don t want to say things that can be misunderstood.