all come to expect from president trump, that we are all sort of taking this in, that this bromance that he has with kim jong un is literally in front of our eyes, turning into a wedding ceremony, and indeed, that this has to be about more than photo-ops and love letters. it has to be about seriously concerning ourselves with the security of the united states of america. there are concerns that the president does not have that on his mind this morning. in about 10 minutes we ll be seeing live pictures of the two leaders having dinner together. the president saying the two leaders are in love and have a special relationship. moments ago, he said the best thing about what is happening in this summit is that their relationship is really really good. secretary mike pompeo will, at the dinner as well as chief of staff, milk mulvaney, and side
haass, it s good to have a conversation and develop a relationship. if there is anything about kim jong un, he is especially lethal and dangerous. he so far has outnegotiated the art of the deal, our president. i think that kim will probably get benefits coming out of this summit without really giving us anything. i would say we need to up our intelligence game, increase our cyber intrusion into north korean society, work more with the south koreans. we re too focused on the north. we need to work more with the south. we need to get japan into the game. we had plan for peace. i m all for that. we ought to be prepared, if this thing falls apart, to defend the south korean peninsula. that means no troop withdrawals and standing firm with our allies. the president is on a tricky
times during the lewinsky scandal. how does this president handle this pressure against the backdrop of this negotiation? is he tempted to give too much or claim too much in order to obscure what s going on here in congress? i think the actual evidence, checks and things like that are the most important. president trump, who is in vietnam, of course, for this incredible summit, a place that you re looking at right now that he wouldn t go to when it came to fighting for the united states of america. he claimed bone spurs and stayed away. he s there this morning for what many call made for tv moment and nothing more than that. foreign policy experts are actually concerned about events like this and what trump might say or do. trump is tweeting about michael cohen this morning, from hanoi. quote michael cohen was one of many lawyers who represented me, unfortunately. he had other clients also.
. 261 days were the day in which a lot of effort was necessary and a lot of patience was needed. s needed here we are today [inaudible] i want to say, it s an honor to be with chairman kim, it s an honor to be together in a country, vietnam, where they rolled out the red carpet and very honored to have us. it s great to be with you. we had a very successful first summit. i felt it was very successful,
here, the summit in hanoi with kim jong un. i think i heard correctly as the president offered those spray remarks around the dinner table, about a special relationship? there s nothing wrong with the president meeting with a foreign leader, even a tyrant, with blood on his hands, in the cause of peace. you have to negotiate peace or arms control with your enemies. i get that. it s another thing to speak about this guy, kim jong un in such glowing terms, talk about their personal friendship and so forth. second of all, you picked on exactly what made my head shake. to use the phrase, special relationship, that s a phrase of more than half a century of history, reserved for tour closest ally, united kingdom, a fellow democracy, a country you fought side by side with, in more wars than i can count, but to use that phrase with kim jong un, that s one i didn t expect.