Taking part in any kind of sales of oil that would violate u. N. Sanctions. The Treasury Department note d last month that there were north korea ben shipping companies that were attempting these ship to ship transfers likely of oil to evade u. N. Sanctions, but the president is on vacation here in maralago. He was on the golf course when the tweet was sent. Weve reached out to a number of of his aides at National Security counsel. Was there something new that set off the president . Some new piece of information he had confirmed . Did he know there was a new Transfer Attempt and we got no response ch its Worth Remembering that the president travel wg a very thin staff when he goes on vacations like this. So its possible that even his own staffers dont knowd the pr to send this tweet today. All right, thank you very much. With me now, the author of nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world, gordon
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comby. look how he s maligning the assistant fbi director. look how he s now turning to malign michael flynn when he was you know, praising him just a few months ago. he hasn t said anything to malign michael flynn. in fact, he hasn t denied when people ask if he might pardon flynn. what are you talking about? what s being said now is that in the white house that they are starting to set a scenario up so that in fact, if he does speak more to mueller or to others, that they will you know, put on their campaign against michael flynn. just to be clear for our viewers, the washington post reporting that we have not confirmed or verified. i m sorry, i didn t hear. i was just saying that s washington post reporting that we have not confirmed or