You are talking about years of hostility, years of problems, years of really hatred between so many different nations. President trump met with north korean vice chairman kim yongchol for more than an hour yesterday. The president says they talked about many things including sanctions and denuclearization. Mike, the president said that he explained that removal of sanctions would only happen if they were willing to denuclearize. At this point it is still incredibly unclear if thats something north korea would ever agree to. The president did say that he hopes eventually he can remove sanctions that are on north korea. Mike . Mike Ellison Barber leading us off from the north lawn of the white house, ellison, many thanks. You bet. Mike one issue that wont be up for negotiation on june 12th is the number of american troops stationed in south korea. Thats according to defense Secretary Mattis, who says the deployment is strictly between the u. S. And seoul. Garrett tenney has more from was
the next few days. take it slow. mike: daniel from the weekly standard and free beacon. many thanks. thank you. mike: u.s. delegation back in beijing to talk trade as concerns of an all out trade war escalate. the negotiations coming after the white house moved to revive the threat of tariffs on chinese imports and slapped canada, mexico and eu with steep metal tariffs. we have more. commerce secretary ross is in beijing trying to substantially change the trade relationship between the united states and china. the commerce secretary is reportedly scheduled to have dinner with china s lead negotiator, vice premier tonight and then another meeting with him tomorrow. the trump administration says it wants china to dramatically reduce its 375 billion dollars trade surplus with the u.s. the president wants to cut that gap 200 billion dollars by 2020. the administration also wants china to allow american businesses greater access to its economy. earlier this week, the white
take it slow. mike: daniel from the weekly standard and free beacon. many thanks. thank you. mike: u.s. delegation back in beijing to talk trade as concerns of an all out trade war escalate. the negotiations coming after the white house moved to revive the threat of tariffs on chinese imports and slapped canada, mexico and eu with steep metal tariffs. we have more. commerce secretary ross is in beijing trying to substantially change the trade relationship between the united states and china. the commerce secretary is reportedly scheduled to have dinner with china s lead negotiator, vice premier tonight and then another meeting with him tomorrow. the trump administration says it wants china to dramatically reduce its 375 billion dollars trade surplus with the u.s. the president wants to cut that gap 200 billion dollars by 2020. the administration also wants china to allow american businesses greater access to its economy. earlier this week, the white house said it is moving forward
levels and it s not over yet. senior white house aide rob porter who eventually resigned. it comes in the same week the president sent shock waves by announcing steep metal tariffs, giving conflicting stances on gun control, had more departures from senior staffers at the white house. the situation so turbulent, his allies are worried about him. they say he s becoming increasingly isolated and angry. joining me now to discuss this is a maven who knows all about life inside the white house. david axlerod is a former adviser to president obama. david you look at gloria borger had an excellent column today where she s talking to people who want donald trump really to succeed. they support him. they support his agenda. yet they look at just, as she put it, the malocity of all the chaos and they re worried about his stability.