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building comprehensive sustained pressure against north korea that s the way to go. the u.n. is the vehicle for that. that creates the international legitimacy for getting countries to take the actions we need them to take. again, by definition, this is not a problem we can solve alone. so i hope the president continues on the course that they ve already set at the u.n. they ve been doing good work at the u.n. on north korea. john, do you do you think the president needs to address his past remarks this week, the criticisms he s had for the united nations, the criticisms he s had for the body, the criticisms for the marble, does he need to address this in any way? are people expecting him to? i don t think he does. first of all what s gone is gone, as brett said, the campaign trail is one thing, governing is another. i think what the president understand and understand very well now is the united nations is a tool and it s a tool the united states is unusually well situated to us
let s discuss where his is headed. john alderman a senior vice president at the center for strategic and international studies, fred shafer a senior research fellow and tony is a global affairs stlanalyst and former deputy secretary of state under president obama. john, if you would, set the stage for this big moment on the world stage for president trump. how does america first meet the global mission of the united nations? well, i think already, the president has seen that a lot of things he wants to do, whether it s with iran or north korea, it is much easier if the u.n. is with you. there are a lot of things that the president has seen in iraq and elsewhere where having the u.n. out in front actually helps the united states and is cheaper for the united states. what i ve seen and i think we got in the clip that you played, is a sense from the president that wochb when you re the president and you have to get things done you don t want to destroy the u.n., you want to reform and m