president trump, on the eve of this. he is not going to permit any show of weakness on the trip to negotiate with north korea. there s a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with president donald j. trump, and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door. this was the worst foreign policy outing that trump has had since he became president. i m confident that relationships between our countries, the united states and those g7 countries, will continue to move forward on a strong basis. we re just under ten hours away from the historic meeting between president trump and north korea s kim jong-un. despite the fact that it is approaching midnight there, kim jong-un is out sightseeing in parts of the city. we saw him walking with a large entourage, snapping a selfie with singapore s foreign minister ahead of the
welcome back lshi & ruhle. moment acs ago in singapore, ki jong-un stole the spotlight ahead of his summit with president trump. kim hit the streets with his motorcade, taking a sight-seeing walk among popular tourist sites in singapore. the foreign minister of singapore joined him for the drive. the two taking a selfie during the trip and postingt on twitter. as the leaders prepare for the summit, secretary of state pompeo is pushing back against the new york times report, suggesting that president trump could be handicapped during the nuclear talks because there are no top scientists in his administration or with him in singapore. we covered denuclearization. it is a scientific issue. the times reports that donald trump is the first u.s. president since 1941 not to name a science adviser. quote, people who have participated in past nuclear
bill, former u.s. ambassador to russia wrote that this summit is a tremendous achievement for north korea. the point he makes is that this was a tweet tomorrow, the entire world will be treating kim jong-un as a global leader on stage with the leader of the most powerful country in the world. human rights, assassinations, et cetera, will unlikely be mentioned. this is a tremendous achievement for north korean plodiplomacy. do you share that view? has kim jong-un been elevated to a status of world leader, as opposed to world pariah, as a result of this meeting? reporter: i think, ali, he s not only out of his hotel, he is out of international isolation. in that sense, it is already a win for him. he s met president xi of china, president moon, now singapore s prime minister. tomorrow, it ll be president trump. then he ll probably go to moscow and meet president putin. he is no longer an international
in the works for months now. most importantly, we re seeing on both sides, the u.s. and north korean sides, very comprehensive leadership groups. this isn t just simply the idea of single leaders showing up. rather, their entourage. this is what we re seeing in a lot of detail. the teeing up for the g, where we re basically anticipating this idea of a joint statement, and from that, the official opening of what is being framed as a denuclearization mechanism. pcess to deal with these contentious, complex issues, in the weeks, months, and years ahead. even sitting down for the summit, we articulated it is a win for kim jong-un, that he is there. it is also a win for the president and mike pompeo, saying, we re getting this meeting. the one white house meeting that president obama had with donald trump after he won was, north korea is a big issue. the fact that trump is just having this meeting, and tomorrow, there will be a coordinated headline wrapped in