that he s not working with allies and being too friendly and kind to someone like kim jong un. here s a statement, top democrats saying we are deeply concerned by the administrations sidelining of diplomacy and the president alienated our closest friends at a time when the united states should be affirming the western alliances is a cornerstone of global security. what do you make about? i didn t like all of the tone of the g7. people who said something about so-and-so who is going to rot in hell or has a special place in hell, i don t like that tone. saying that you want a better deal for the american people. they are saying they would ve done differently but i think this serious moment of saying this is what i m coming in for and then going to singapore with
mess. we know the economy is in tatters. interestingly enough, there seems to be a sense. this isn t a democracy. it s not like kim is running for election but one of the reasons kim is here is because the president s maximum pressure campaign, tightening the screws, getting china to dial back in terms of trade with north korea, it was having an impact. being felt by the man on the street. as i say, even though it s not a democracy, kim may have felt some pressure that he had to improve the situation on the ground in north korea if he was going to survive. that, as i said, it s going to be confidence building both ways. on fox news sunday, i talked with former governor bill richardson who has been on eight diplomatic missions to north korea and he said talk about a mcdonald s on every corner. the north koreans may see that more as a threat that an offer because yes they definitely want
as obstacles but we overcame all of them and we are here today. indeed an awful lot of obstacles. kim jong un singh they have overcome them and there they are today shaking hands and seeming to be at least cordial if not outrightly friendly. i remember the president calling me last november saying they have the critics, saying he s trying to start a nuclear war with the tough talk and all the tough actions. he told me john, i m not trying to start a nuclear war. i m trying to prevent one. now they are taking a step further down the road. there are some things that are unclear such as what the definition of denuclearization is. mike pompeo, secretary of state said the u.s. and north korea are closer together in the definition of that, though he woul tay with the definition is. i pompeo also saying yesterday things are being done differently in these negotiations that have been done before. in the past, the u.s. has pursued incrementalism.
and we have to remember how we got here. the president put on some pretty intense sanctions against north korea, isolating the regime, brought our allies and adversaries as part of it. showed a credible military option and was ready to use it to prevent a nuclear north korea. at that point, kim jong un was like no, i m going to get nuclear weapons. it s part of our constitution and duty of self protection. but it s in that moment that he saw the pressure come in and a real military option and the president willing to use it that compelled them to the table. what is denuclearization when you look like? i have to tell you kim jong un knows that the president has put a redline down which basically says, and pompeo has, that says it needs to be in her credulity in perpetuity. shannon: critics saying
a freeze or rollback or slowing down the development of a nuclear weapon. mike pompeo saying we are throwing out that model. saying they will be pursuing unique security guarantees for kim. one of the things kim is really worried about is making sure that his regime is not overthrown in the wake of any kind of nuclear deal. now the esident comes here to the poor after rancor between the u.s. and its allies at the g-7 summit. the president signed the u.s. officials did not sign the communiqué after justin trudeau roundly criticized the president. i am told by administration sources that in the bilateral meeting, justin trudeau have been quite deferential to the president and then turned around and as the white house had, stabbed the president in the back. safe to say that while relations between the u.s. and north korea may be on the upswing, relations between the and canada are