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Mexico and on the european union just two weeks ago tt really set off this entire feud. and while he was smiling and shaking hands at the g7, clearly that was not the ultimate feeling that he left canada with. yeah, it really was extraordinary. left so many people shaking their heads. jeremy diamond joining us from singapore. many thanks for that. now become to you, john, in los angeles. anna, thank you very much for that report. paul o carroll joins us from san francisco. he is a senior adviser for n squared and also an expert on nuclear security issues. and we re lucky to have you with us, paul. thank you. i want to play you part of a broadcast from north korean state television. it s reporting on kim leaving for the summit in singapore. at this historical first dprk and usa summit which is garnering the attention and hopes of the entire world, comprehensive and in-depth views will be exchanged on issues of common interest, such as ....
thank you, john. well, let s now go to cnn s jeremy diamond, who is in singapore outside kim jong-un s hotel where there is no doubt plenty of security. jeremy, i want to ask you about president trump. less than a day away, he is from making history and seems pretty confident that things will go well. what is at stake for the u.s. president? yeah, that s right, anna. the president has been striking a very optimistic tone head into this meeting. huge questions remain what can actually be achieved. as far as what s at stake, an enormous amount, of course. this could be something that could shape this president s legacy for years and years to come. if he is indeed able to be successful in his diplomatic summit with kim jong-un, this could be something that of course marks his presidency, defines it in many ways. and, of course, if he is successful in the way that most experts hope he would be in ....
Thing does kim jong-un believe this is his way out? does he believe the end is near, whether it s trump or the next president after him, that now is his window to make a deal to make north korean an economic power and not just a military power. there is a report in politico that since this summit was first proposed about a three months ago, john bolton, the national security adviser has not held a cabinet level meeting about these negotiations. since trump agreed on a whim to meet with kim jong-un march 8th, the planning has been unstructured, according to half a dozen administration officials. trump himself has driven the preparation almost exclusively on his own, consulting little with his national security team except for mike pompeo. i was always told if you re failing to prepare, then you re preparing to fail. absolutely. donald trump has shown he doesn t show he doesn t know how things work when it comes to diplomacy or for the policy process. so to hear that his team is as ....
What we re hearing here on the ground. especially as you can imagine from german diplomats. it s not a surprise anymore that president trump would react this way, but i think the fact that he signed that g7 communique and went back on it pulling the u.s. out still came as something of a shock to many people here. chancellor merkel in particular had a television interview in which she said that this was quite serious and sobering. and she said, you know, she sometimes thinks that president trump believes that there can only be winners and losers. so it s very clear that chancellor merkel at least says listen, europe needs to stand up for itself. it needs to show that it can take security into its own hands, and frankly needs to move on without president trump, even as it tries to maintain some sort of good transatlantic relations with the united states, anna. atika, thank you. nina, if i can now ask you, we ....
Something they can actually agree on when it comes to denuclearization. we know the two sides are very far apart. the united states would like to see it happen quickly. north korea thinks it s certainly not going to happen unilaterally and it s going to happen over time with steps take by the u.s. to end what they consider a hostile policy. well above that in priority, john, they put the security of their government, the long je t levity of their leader is far more important. what they have to convince the north koreans of is they are going to be safe and they re going to exist in their current form, meaning accepting north korea as it is, despite the criticism over human rights, despite the criticism over the way that the government of north korea stays in power and how it handles the lives of its citizens, how it steps into the lives of its citizens. they need guarantees that they ll be able to continue like that before they re willing to talk about denuclearization and then the econ ....