THIS IS TRUECAR.
KENNEDY: PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNED
NORTH KOREA WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
THEY TRY ANY FUNNY BUSINESS WITH
KIM JONG-UN.
>> IF THE MEETING WHEN I'M THERE
IS NOT FRUITFUL, I AM I AM I WIL
RESPECTFULLY LEAVE THE MEETING.
KENNEDY: POMPEO MET WITH THE
NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR EARLIER
THIS MONTH.
COULD IT LEAD TO A DENUCLEARIZED
NORTH KOREA?
LET ME ASK TARA MULLER.
WHY WAS THE MEETING A SECRET?
>> I THINK IT WAS A SECRET
BECAUSE POMPEO WAS TRYING TO LAY
THE GROUND WORK.
IF SOMETHING WENT WRONG THEY
WANT WANT THE -- THEY WOULDN'T
WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT.
THIS GOT OUT BUT SIGNIFICANTLY
AFTER THE MEETING.
IT GOT OUT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T
ANYTHING NEGATIVE THAT HAPPENED
THAT WOULD UNDERMINE THIS
NEGOTIATION PROCESS.
KENNEDY: WHAT SHOULD THE GOAL OF
THIS MEETING BE?
>> I THINK THE POLICY GOING INTO
THIS MEETING IS TWOFOLD.
IT'S HISTORIC THAT WE ARE
GETTING PARTIES TO THE TABLE.
THAT'S A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN
A SITUATION THAT'S BEEN
ESCALATING THE PAST YEAR.
HAVING SAID THAT, JUST GETTING
TO THE TABLE IN AND OF ITSELF
CANNOT BE OUR POLICY.
WE NEED CLEAR OUTCOMES.
WE WANT THE NORTH KOREANS AND
DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE
PENINSULA.
BUT THAT COULD MEAN A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT THINGS TO A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HASN'T
BEEN CLEAR AND IF THEY ARE LOOK
FOR COMPLETE DENUCLEARIZATION.
DOES THAT MEAN DISMANTLING
EVERYTHING?
DOES THAT MEAN ALL EQUIPMENT?
AND ALSO HOW ARE WE GOING TO
VERIFY THIS?
KENNEDY: I THINK THAT'S THE MOST
OF IMPORTANT QUESTION.
NORTH KOREA HAS COME TO THE
TABLE MANY TIMES IN THE PAST AND
THEY PROMISED TO STOP OR ABOLISH
THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
BUT THEY DON'T LET INSPECTORS IN
AND THEY CONTINUE THE PROCESS.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENT THIS TIME
WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION VERSUS
THE BUSH, OBAMA OR CLINTON
ADMINISTRATIONS?
>> THE DIFFERENCE HERE I SAY IS
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HIGH-LEVEL
TALKS.
GETTING PARTIES TO THE TABLE AT
THIS LEVEL MIGHT BE NECESSARY
BUT NOT SUFFICIENT TO GETTING A
POSITIVE OUTCOME.
WE HAVE VOLATILE PERSONALITY
TYPES THAT MIGHT MAKE IT MORE
UNPREDICTABLE.
THESE ARE TALKS THAT REQUIRE A
LOT OF PREPARATION AND GROUND
WORK AND EXPERTISE THAT OUGHT TO
BE BROUGHT TO THE FRAIBL THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
I'M TALL FOR THE TALKS.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD MOVE TO BE
OPEN TO HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS
MEETING.
I HAVE BEEN SAYING IN ADDITION
TO INCREASING SANCTIONS YOU WANT
TO GET PARTIES TO THE TABLE.
YOU CAN'T GET POSITIVE OUTCOMES
WITHOUT PARTIES COME TOGETHER
TABLE.
KENNEDY: THE PRESIDENT IS GOOD
AT READING PEOPLE.
GETTING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE IN
THE MANNER HE HAS BEEN DOING IT
HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL FOR HIM AND
PERHAPS FOR WORLD PEACE.
HE SIZES UP KIM JONG-UN AND
PLAYS INTO HIS EGO, I THINK HE
LIKED BEING PART OF THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AT THE
OLYMPICS.
I THINK HE LIKED THE WAY THAT
FELT.
I THINK HE LIKED THE LEGITIMACY.
IF THE PRESIDENT PLAYS TO THAT
AND LEAVES SOME OF THE OTHER
DETAILS UP TO THE SECURITY AND
DIPLOMATIC TEAMS.
DOESN'T THAT PUT THE COUNTRY IN
A BETTER POSITION?
>> I AGREE THE DETAILS ARE GOING
TO MADE TO TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE
THE WALLS OF THIS PARTICULAR
MEETING.
THEY WON'T BE SITTING THERE WITH
PENCIL AND PAPER NEGOTIATING.
BUT IF TRUMP AGREES TO SOMETHING
OFF THE CUFF OR ANNOUNCES
SOMETHING HE THEN DETRACTS CAN
CREATE INSTABILITY WITH NORTH
KOREA AND OUR ALLIES.
KENNEDY: THAT SHOW OF UNITY
TODAY WITH SHINZO ABE WAS
IMPORTANT.
WHERE SHOULD THE MEETING TAKE
PLACE?
>> I THINK IT NEEDS TO TAKE
PLACE IN A NEUTRAL THIRD-PARTY
LOCATION.
I THINK IT WILL BE STOCKHOLM OR
SINGAPORE.
SOMEWHERE NOT WITHIN THE