is telling kraoreans is you don have to speak with president trump. we see china assumptions are blatant when kim westbound to beijing they allowed to show the gifts given. 394,000 worth of pores listen and jewelry. you are not allowed to give electric items to north koreans. i will give you proof i m violating them and this is a challenge to the united states. and president trump met that challenge on monday and tuesday saying i m calling out the chinese. i wish he had done that earlier we would have not gotten to this place. trade thing is coming into play. all the issues on president trump s plate. the trade, tariffs. trying to get manufacturing back. trade deficit.
squeezing may be a few more concessions from him. the president has already gotten little rocket man to hand over american hostages and they have allegedly detonated that nuclear testing facility, although that he not be as big of a story as we had hoped. the ap is reporting that the north allowed the national inspectors to monitor the supposed implosion. but this was part of the reason why trump backed away from the summit table. the north korean dictator had also bristled at the talk of denuclearizing his country and that is nonnegotiable for trump. we also learned that north korean officials never showed up for preliminary talks in singapore last week, which was a surprise. but if he read the president s letter today, he clearly left the door open to a peace deal and told kim, if you change your mind having to do with this important summit, please don t hesitate to call me or write, like a pen pal. but by pulling the plug on the summit the president may well
is telling the north koreans, if you don t have to deal with the international community or speak with president trump. if we look back over the last few months, we see it has really become blatant. when kim went to beijing the first time, it allowed the north korean media to see all the gifts they had given kim, $390,000 worth of porcelain, silk and jewelry. that s a sanctions violation because you are not allowed to give luxury items to north koreans. for the president was saying was, by violating u.n. sanctions but even better, i will give you proof that i m violating them. this was a challenge to the united states and president trump met that challenge on sunday and tuesday by saying, i m pulling out the chinese. i wish he had done that earlier because i think we would not have gotten to this place. this trade thing is coming in here and all these different issues on president trump s plate. the trader, the tariffs. we are trying to get our manufacturing back, the trade deficit.
it was a little unrealistic. speak out the art of diplomacy is harder than the art of the deal. does the administration have a long-term game plan here? i think a lot of people are secretly relieved. i don t think it s a secret, i think there s lots of relief. let s go to peter alexander who is live at the white house. peter, this is a huge a while for us. laura: did you catch that? at least she s implicitly saying that media did not insist on reporting for trump but to revel in his miss perceived missteps. these people haven t been this happy since they thought oprah would run for president. they are thrilled today. well, trumped trump is if he df he doesn t. pope might i offer another possibility here? trump s retreat from the summit might have been a grand negotiating tactic, not an admission of failure at all. it might have been a way of testing kim s seriousness and
squeezing more concessions from him. the president gotten little rocket man to hand over the american hostages and they detonated that nuclear testing facility. a. p. is reports the north violates the mroej to allow inspect office to monitor the implosion. this was part of the reason trump backed away from the table. the dictator bristled of talk of denuclear iegz his counts real. we learned that north korean officials never showed up for talk in singapore last week. if you read the president s letter he clearly left the door open and tells kim. if you change your mind, do not hesitate to call me or write. like a pen pal. by pulling the plug on the