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
chang. And cnn security analyst, bob. Gordon, let me begin with you. The word fs f
chang. and cnn security analyst, bob. gordon, let me begin with you. the word fs from the president today in his tweet, partly, there will never be a friendly solution if china continues to carry this out. this is nothing new. china is a large reason why north korea s economy can function at all. responsible for 90% of the trade, but you re glad to see the president calling out china. what i wonder though is anything different in terms of action? in that video we saw from meet the press 18 years ago, he says we must act now. he s not acting yet. is he? no, he s not. what you had, this is like evokes the june 20 tweet where he expressed disappointment with xi of china. about five, six days after that, there were five actions the chinese didn t like, but they were light. they weren t real close. they were just sending signals to beijing. so president trump needs to do more than just send signals. if he doesn t, the chinese are going to say, this is all just empty talk.