in case you missed it, president trump had a meeting with another world leader today with a history over one big point of tension. he was asked about the border wall. here is how president trump responded. you still want mexico to pay for the wall. thank you. it s a little hard to hear there but president trump said absolutely, in case you missed it, mexico said it will not pay for the wall. mexico isn t the only source of funds to pay for the wall. another one, the sun. we re thinking about building the wall as a solar wall so it creates energy and pays for itself. this way mexico will have to pay
doubt there about whether this was a priority for this president. well, i thought that was an interesting way to certainly bring a meeting to the importance of the public sentiment about this and the frustration that exists about what happened and did not happen and the effects of russian interference. so definitely interesting. what he did not say is that the president rebuked vladimir putin or accused him. pressed is the word he used. but he also said that vladimir putin denied being involved. so sort of i believe police mpl there was an accusation made and maybe lavrov is viewing the fact that after repeatedly bringing it up according to tillerson, they decided that they could not get to any resolution on this except to say that cybersecurity is a problem, that it s a problem if it affects the elections because of course the european elections are a concern, as well. and they moved on. so is moving on to other topics the lavrov way of saying that the president accepted vladimir pu
they would prefer it, they don t like the nukes, but if that is what it takes to distract the united states, they will take it. is that their view? it absolutely is. and they went to school on what happened in germany when the wall fell. germany combines and after ten years, you see the emergence of this german juggernaut in you re room. they don t want that on that peninsula knowing that ultimately that nation, that unified korean nation would be aligned with the united states are. that is a real nightmare scenario for themle and there is a tactical challenge as well. it s this idea of refugees flowing out in the event of a real war there. so they will do the minimum. they would like to just see the situation muddle along frankly. all right. so we know where the russians stand, we know where the chinese stand. let me ask you about the south koreans. the previous administration, the one that ended up getting impeached essentially, seemed to be wanting a more aggressive
so we ll see. the new answers from secretary tillerson were interesting even referencing that the first lady was brought into check on things, that is an unusual anecdote. that is an unusual one. a lot of people trying to read between the lines on that one. we ll just let that go and chew on it as well. kelly owe gone he wi donnelo do are one more thing. melania trump is sitting next to vladimir putin at tonight s dinner. so perhaps there is more follow-on first lady diplomacy to be had. perhaps. kelly o donnell, thank you. joining me now is somebody who has been in plenty of russi russian/be u.s. bilats. ambassador, good to see you. thanks for having me. it was certainly i was surprised that no member of the national security council, rex are tillerson is a member, but nothing from the official capacity in there. nobody else in that meeting.
fails to see the humor in the president trump s tweet. he writes that the russians stole his e-mails and helped expose the people he communicated with to harm. one could argue what russia did is something all of us should be talking about. we ll be right back. stry it brought us kosh delicious pasta marinara. but birds eye made it from zucchini. mmm! bird: mashed potatoes and rice. but made from cauliflower. looks like i need a fork! oh, no. (giggling) bird: new birds eye veggie made. so veggie good.