helpful at all to our relationship there. ambassador, one more to you before i go to anne. the president visiting japan, south korea, china, vietnam and finally the philippines, where we find him today. what do you think the president s successes so far have been on the trip? i think he s spoken clearly about north korea. and i think that was successful. i think the trade agenda was kind of horrifying to a lot of countries, the idea that we re going to back out and leave it all to china. the third effort, which was to get this buzz, it s a little wonkish, but a buzz about the idea that india is part of the pacific. you know, it kind of goes against several thousand years of history. i m not sure it was particularly successful. and i think the idea that somehow we re going to box china in with a more active india in the pacific, i think, is a little fanciful. but i do give him high marks on north korea, staying on message and making clear that we re not
if he s in seoul, he s 30 miles from the demill tearization zone. well within the range of north korea. it s a dramatic statement of him trying to raleigh the south koreans and raleigh the japanese, our allies in the region to stand up to north korea and the nuclear ambitions. there has been talk about the possibility and the president talked about it during various points of the campaign of south korea and japan developing their own nuclear programs. that s something china would not like to see. countries in the region, in the neighborhood having their own nuclear weapons. that will be interesting to see how much the president plays that. i think it s the most dramatic part of the trip. the most important part of the trip is clearly the visit to bay beijing to visit with the
is great for america. the senators complaining, bill, if they want wholesale tax reform i m with them. they have to change their rules and help us actually expanded what we can do in tax reform instead of fitting it into stupid senate rules. bill: you will have to take that up with them. sean duffy, thank you for your time. watching airforce one with the camera on andrews airforce base, ready to go. sandra: marine one landed and joint base andrews about to take off on this big trip. first stop, hawaii, bill. bill: not bad. sandra: they will visit the pearl harbor memorial. the first stop. going back to the interview with laura ingram saying the president may meet with putin. that sets up the draft it of the trip. bill: yes watch that and the first stop in japan.
more affordable child care, more women should be involved in science and technology job, and she spoke out against harassment for women at work. often our culture fails to treat women with appropriate respect. this takes many forms including harassment which can never be tolerated. the conference is part of the japanese prime minister s nicker tifinitiative to bring more womn into the work place. bill: what roll if any will she have during the president s ten, eleven day tour? ivanka trump is leaving japan the day before her father arrives. she has no official roll. her visit has no direct connection with the presidential trip. she is expected to return to her job, her work in the white house
real option here. actually that helps our diplomacy. we have had a round of un sanctions. the chinese have ordered their banking system not to do business with north korea. the chinese are fantastic at saying what the world wants to hear publicly but not doing anything privacy. they see this problem as a u.s., japan, south korea problem not their problem. i look for president strum to hold their feet to the fire. bill: now he elude today meeting potentially with vladimir putin when he talked to laura ingram. this lends that it s on the 51% side of it happening. he suggested the reason of meeting is he thinks putin can help him with north korea. do you see moscow moving that way. putin is i inserting himself into the process. it s a piece of leverage he will have. i know, across the spectrum of