denuclearization, more sanctions are relieved. is that right? jake, remember, the core sanctions, the core u.n. security council resolution sanctions, full, verified, denuclearization. that s the standard for relieving those sanctions. that policy has not changed since the day president trump took office. take a listen to what the president s director of national intelligence said just last month about the threat from north korea. we currently assess that north korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival. how do you convince kim to give up something that he thinks is critical to his regime s survival? what is the united states offering that s better than that? we ve made it very plain to chairman kim, the alternative to giving up his nuclear weapons is remaining a pariah state, a
its wmd capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival. how do you convince kim to give up something that he thinks is critical to his regime s survival? what is the united states offering that s better than that? we ve made it very plain to chairman kim. the alternative to giving up his nuclear weapons is remaining a pariah state, remaining a nation that is unable to trade, unable to grow, unable to take care of its own people. we ve made the argument that it would be far better for chairman kim himself, his senior leadership, all the people for north korea. we ve also shared with him that we are happy to make sure that north korea s security assurances aren t worried about china. that the security assurances they need can be provided in a way that is reasonable, and we ve also told them there will be real opportunities.
all of them. denuclearization, arguably, the highest priority, did not occur. we currently assess that north korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival. reporter: secretary pompeo says denuclearization is still the goal. our objectives are clear, our mission is clear. president trump s also said this is going to take time. there may have to be another summit. we may not get everything done this week. we hope i m turning in this down low senate democrats sent a letter to president trump sharing their desire for a diplomatic solution. they say congress has an important role here, and there needs to be some sort of an established process for regular and substantive briefings on u.s. policy and diplomatic engagements. we hope, the senators wrote, you
priority for the meeting making sure there are no nuclear weapons, that includes, yes, even testing, north korea claims it ended its nuclear testing program in 2017 however there s concern that that testing is being done in secret. here is director of national intelligence dan coats last month. we currently assess that north korea will seek to attempt capabilities and unlikely to give up nuclear capabilities and production capabilities because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival. but it s president trump who reportedly upset with coats testimony. we have had such a great relationship and china has helped us a lot with north korea and kim jong un since i got to office. if i were not elected president, you would have been in a war
we currently assess that is north korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival. that was just a few weeks ago, the director of national intelligence dan coats testifying that he doubts north korea will give up any nuclear weapons. buliston president trump s remarks just two days later. we ve made tremendous progress with north korea. when i came in, or let s say at the end of the last administration, frankly, it look like we were going to war with north korea. now, there s no missile testing. there s no rocket testing. there s no nuclear testing.