Also, the cnn at town hall with nancy pelosi, that was a major backfire. Shes peppered with questions about crumbs, per agent or obsession with russia. Dont miss that. But first, the real summit embarrassment. Media reaction to President Trumps canceling the north korean summit mirrored the reaction to the announcement of the summit. It was scorn and derision. To them, a loss for the president is more important than a success for america, or even for world peace. Back on march 8th, when President Trump first delivered news of the summit, the left and the media were in shock. How could trump of all people suddenly have a shot at forging peace with this communist dictatorship . Maybe even force it to the nuclear rise, whereas are all e other president s had failed. Afterwards with little rocket man, the sudden prospect of peace was frankly just more than they could stand. And somehow they said it was dangerous. Our department, the closest allies, im sure nobody on the hill knew about this. Donald trump just decided this was the Reality Tv Show president to change the headlines. And, and that has been the dream of north korean leaders for decades now that they would advanced their Nuclear Programs and i dont know whether the administration intended to be be that kind of a gift. And donald trump agreed, kim jong un is like quote Richard Nixon going to china, but if nixon were a moron. Well, speaking of morons come up this crowd and the prospect of a summit to them was not only dangerous, but the president was a fool for engaging the North Koreans at all. Now they are shifting narratives again. The same chain of fools is saying the cancellation is really perilous itself and trumps impetuous diplomacy and inexperience of course are at fault. The headline on the Washington Post screamed, trump impulsively blows up the north korean summit. The Editorial Board blames trump for what it called a hasty strategy of improvisation that characterized handling of the diplomatic opening all alone. Along. The poster board, has such chaos affected the matter of such gravity. And here is how the Cable News Networks reactive. The president has raised expectations to the point where, im in charge here. It was a little unrealistic. Speak out the art of diplomacy is harder than the art of the deal. Does the administration have a longterm game plan here . I think a lot of people are secretly relieved. I dont think its a secret, i think theres lots of relief. Lets go to Peter Alexander who is live at the white house. Peter, this is a huge a while for us. Laura did you catch that . At least shes implicitly saying that media did not insist on reporting for trump but to revel in his miss perceived missteps. These people havent been this happy since they thought oprah would run for president. They are thrilled today. Well, trumped trump is if he df he doesnt. Pope might i offer another possibility here . Trumps retreat from the summit might have been a grand negotiating tactic, not an admission of failure at all. It might have been a way of testing kims seriousness and squeezing may be a few more concessions from him. The president has already gotten little rocket man to hand over american hostages and they have allegedly detonated that Nuclear Testing facility, although that he not be as big of a story as we had hoped. The ap is reporting that the north allowed the National Inspectors to monitor the supposed implosion. But this was part of the reason why trump backed away from the summit table. The north korean dictator had also bristled at the talk of denuclearizing his country and that is nonnegotiable for trump. We also learned that north korean officials never showed up for preliminary talks in singapore last week, which was a surprise. But if he read the president s letter today, he clearly left the door open to a peace deal and told kim, if you change your mind having to do with this important summit, please dont hesitate to call me or write, like a pen pal. But by pulling the plug on the summit the president may well have applied the needed pressure, and that tough stance along with continued economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation may ultimately convince kim jong un to actually make a serious deal. There are no now signs that the trump strategy could be working. North koreas vice foreign minister in a statement tonight says, our goal and will to do everything for peace and stability of the gran peninsula and mankind remains unchanged. We are always willing to give time and opportunity to decide with an open mind. There is an intention to sit and resolve any and all issues. Of course its, the North Koreans are still ruling out total denuclearization. My take . Let the media chair with the hope is another trump setback. Let them rally against peace and against American Leadership in the world. Behind the scenes, trump may pull off a peace deal yet, and he might just prove them wrong once again. And that is the angle. Lets discuss todays remarkable series of events with our first guest, asian politics expert gordon chang. North korea takes on the world. And harry because he honest, defense studies at the center of national interest. Gordon, your take . The important thing is what we heard from the North Koreans after President Trump said he was withdrawing from the summit, because it was a string of unusually consolatory messages. And then the messages that you just read, thats a indication that the North Koreans think they overplayed their hand. They really think they need a summit from President Trump. They want sanctions relief, they want a counterweight to china and of course they want the legitimization of a meeting with the president of the United States. So i think the North Koreans have really thought, maybe we went too far. And we are seeing a very good series of events that will occur and they may actually be a summit. So i think we will be on a good path. Laura i want to play something that nancy pelosi said today. We were howling earlier when we were editing this. Lets watch. I think its a good thing for kim jong un. Here you have a fog, a person who killed all of his own family members, a person who runs a police state being legitimized by the president of the United States. They were on par with each other. He got the recognition and regard. Hes the big winner. Then i got this letter from the president saying, okay, never mind. He must be having a giggle fit. Laura i have a giggle fit when i try to diagram nancys sentences. Go ahead. I think you have to give President Trump a lot of credit. Think about where we were going back to the summer, we were on the brink of nuclear war. Those are millions of people that would have died. North koreans every day, they dont need to sling missiles all across the pacific and those are getting closer to an ic bf. I think thats why they have stalled. I think the North Koreans are stalling and i do not rule out their duplicitous mess. Laura they lie constantly, they overpromise and under deliver or just violate their promises. I want to bring in the thing that you and i talk about a lot. And that is the role of the president of china in all of this. There were two trips by kim jong un to meet with him and the president himself mentioned that things seem to have changed from the north korean perspective after that meeting. What could be the role that china is playing as the stance continues . I think what beijing is doing is telling the North Koreans, if you dont have to deal with the International Community or speak with President Trump. If we look back over the last few months, we see it has really become blatant. When kim went to beijing the first time, it allowed the north korean media to see all the gifts they had given kim, 390,000 worth of porcelain, silk and jewelry. Thats a sanctions violation because you are not allowed to give luxury items to North Koreans. For the president was saying was, by violating u. N. Sanctions but even better, i will give you proof that im violating them. This was a challenge to the United States and President Trump met that challenge on sunday and tuesday by saying, im pulling out the chinese. I wish he had done that earlier because i think we would not have gotten to this place. This trade thing is coming in here and all these different issues on President Trumps plate. The trader, the tariffs. We are trying to get our manufacturing back, the trade deficit. I have been warning, you have been warning, do not go soft on china. They will not respond with respect if you go soft on them. The promises are the same as north korea and violating promises to do this or that. The most important thing i heard was a tweet from someone named loretta ingraham, thank you said it, hold the line mr. President. That was, i think, critical. And it didnt change the president s view on this. By the way company could have just given kim jong un like a Gift Certificate to shoneys, that would have been good enough. The allyoucaneat breakfast bar would have been fine for him. Lets talk about what hillarys top advisor Jake Sullivan said today about how this whole thing played out. Am i glad that donald trump did go to singapore and meet with kim jong un and have it all blow up in his face and spectacular failure . Yes, im glad he didnt do that. On the other hand, should he have not made an impulsive and rash decision with no preparation to announce the summit and the first place . No, he shouldnt have. So he got himself into a position that was not only predictable but predicted. What success did Hillary Clinton have the secretary of state have with kim jong un . None. As the Obama Administration going from 2008 through 2016. Those were the critical years with the North Koreans were building their icbms. Building their chemical weapons. The one hearing him pronounce on cnn, we are glad he didnt go because he would have done that. Are you kidding me . No one is buying that. We have the possibility of a phasedin nuclear development. With the Trump Administration go for that . It seems like thats where we may be going. Our initial position is that North Koreans give up everything and get the benefit of the back end. We heard secretary pompeo talk about that, and of course john bolton. This is going to take a little bit of time for us to work out with north korea but President Trump has a lot of leverage here and he can use it only not only against North Koreans but more important against the russians and chinese. Basically north korean is a big power sponsor. If President Trump does then yes, we get a denuclearize, disarmed north korea. Laura i always think of russia in the scenario. We talk only about china in the Korean Peninsula and how russia continued to send key goods and fuel and so forth into north korea. This is where a better relationship with russia would have served us well, also. The idea that china should call the shots and in the way we deal with north korea, i thought this was ridiculous. We should be working with to the extent that we can with eyes wide open to triangulate on this position with china. Absolutely. Imagine if things get worse in syria or we have some sort of Armed Conflict here. The russians could use the north korean as the ultimate bargaining chip. This is a billion dollars to buy arms, but we dont need that to be honest with you. A decent working relationship. I know john bolton, they are if they do and if they dont but its needed for our national security. By the way, hooton today said he wasnt happy about the cancellation of the summit, if you saw that. I want to ask you about the Foreign Policy elites who talk to trump, and when they came up with that list, they mocked donald trump. He was inexperienced, he didnt know what he was doing. He didnt know the ways of the world and he is new to all this. But i really think its interesting that a guy who came in with no experience in this arena has at least gotten us a lot farther in Holding China accountable. I can, we have to see where that goes. And maybe actually having this meeting with north korea that could advance our interest. Its pretty amazing. The important thing is that President Trump is taking on these issues and willing to advance american interests. We have the two preceding president s who just try to manage things and because they did that, a lot of the problems in the world got worse. The world did not become instantly dangerous when President Trump took the oath of office. I dont think it was more dangerous, it was more dangerous when america was getting weaker and weaker, and further and further in debt. The reason is, it didnt become dangerous then, it became dangerous over a long period of time. Trump has been dealing with it in a very disadvantageous situation, and there is a lot that has to be done and a lot that we dont know the park. But at least he is trying. Where do you think china gets that . From our deficit. Want to stay trump actually said, they dedicated a new aircraft carrier, and we pay for it. Exactly. We have paid for the rise of perhaps a future dominant superpower that eclipses the United States. That should scare every american watching the show tonight. Donald trump let in on that issue and should let up. The question was even more important than the answer. Does the breakdown of the summit raise the risk of war for north korea . We will see what happens. But we are in a very strong position. Laura the risk of war . The risk of war was allowing this to happen over the course of the last 20 years. There is a deal here and i dont think it take someone with a phd from princeton to figure it out. North koreans give up one or two nuclear weapons, we take off some sanctions. They give up chemical weapons, we take off sanctions. Stepbystep by step to build trust. North koreans cheat and maximum pressure comes back on. The key thing here, North Koreans give up first. Thats how we do this. And hes open to it. He expressed kind of pay you have to come out with everything you want and then you can back off a little bit. But im positive about this, im very optimistic. What we the tools, and if for instance we can get a good deal with kim jong un and verify that then we can ignore what the chinese have been doing. But if we have problems in talking with them then we have to go after the chinese and we have to go after the russians. We can do this, laura. But if people assume what do the chinese want, what do the North Koreans want, they forget the United States has a power to push these countries and other directions. After that period of decline, america is back. And by the way, the next time someone asked the president about a new ball down the nobel peace prize, he should say, i dont like i have the talent of barack obama. Fantastic discussion, and by the way, the deep state in deep trouble as charges of Political Science continue to emerge. I will describe how former intel chiefs are trying to bury the lede, and we will explain how that plot can be foiled. Mom you called . Oh hi sweetie, i just want to show you something. Xfinity mobile find my phone. [ phone rings ] look at you. This tech stuff is easy. [ whirring sound ] you want a cookie . Its a drone i know. Find your phone easily with the xfinity voice remote. One more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. Laura picking up where we left off in last nights angle, we are looking into the role former obama officials played in setting an intel trap against the trump chain. But the dam of evidence now bursting, former obama officials are trying to muddy the waters but doing so in confusion. Is there anything in the dossier that has been disproven . No, some of it hasnt been proven and some of it hasnt been no. I guess the short answer to the question, there is no cooperation of that to my knowledge. Laura nothing has been disproved . How would he know . He hasnt been the director for a year and a half. And thats opposite of the trees. None of the wild claims in the dossier have been proven, not publicly. You can bet if anyone were true, that would be found by now. Flappers statement isnt even accurate, the dossier incorrectly claimed that michael went to prague to meet with the russians. Of course hes never been to prague, no public evidence of that. But whats really telling about clappers remark is that he gives away the deep state strategy. What is it . Its basically create so much doubt and confusion that americans give up trying to make sense of any of it. To that end, clapper and fellow obama alums are pushing the line that, if a dossier cant be disproved, it must be true. Well lets discuss how well that strategy will work in light of all the recent developments with former cia analyst john kerry arco, republican congressman steve russell, and assistant attorney general robert district on mike driscoll. 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