BLAKE BURMAN, YES.
BLAKE.
REPORTER: THEY'RE, THAT
PRESIDENT.
CHANCELLOR MERKEL, I WILL ASK A
COUPLE QUESTIONS OF THE
PRESIDENT FIRST.
I WANT TO ASK YOU STEP OVER THIS
IN HERE, COUPLE COMMENTS THAT
YOU MADE IN THE OVAL OFFICE
EARLIER WHICH YOU SAID ABOUT
NORTH KOREA THEY PLAYED THE U.S.
IN THE PAST LIKE A FIDDLE BUT
THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO
US.
DO YOU, AS IT RELATES TO
HOPEFULLY GETTING PEACE ON THE
KOREAN PENINSULA,
DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE KOREAN
PENINSULA, DO YOU FEEL YOU NEED
TO BE THE CLOSER IN THAT DEAL?
DO YOU WANT TO BE THE CLOSER IN
THAT DEAL?
OR DO YOU THINK THAT IS
SOMETHING SHARED BY ALL THE
MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THAT
REGION?
AND SECONDLY, INDULGE US IF YOU
MIGHT, YOU SAID THAT THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTH KOREA
HAS BEEN STRONG OR ONE OF THE
WORDS YOU USED.
HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH KIM JONG-UN
HIMSELF OR DO YOU PLAN ON
SPEAKING WITH HIM?
>>
REPORTER: DO YOU PLAN ON
SPEAKING WITH HIM BEFORE?
>> WE HAVE GOOD WORKING
RELATIONSHIP.
WE'RE SETTING UP A MEETING.
THINGS CHANGED VERY RADICALLY
FROM A FEW MONTHS AGO.
YOU KNOW THE NAME-CALLING, AND A