talks with north korea. including giving up those military exercises. is it a good thing just to sit down and talk? or are many of our allies right now, balkan leaders in particular, nervous? well, i think both things can be true, chris, and in this case, both things are. it is true that there is utility in sitting down to talk with both our friends and our adversaries and vladimir putin whatever donald ump might think is, in fact, an adversary. we can ask ourselves why is it necessary that donald trump has attached such urgency summit, a stand-alone summit when we can expect great pomp and circumstance follows president trump s circumstances. calling into question why it s necessary to vet president putin the way he has with this stand-alone summit, but there it be some utility in talking especially if donald trump does the what he failed to do in the