>>> JOINING US NOW FROM
SINGAPORE, NBC NEWS CHIEF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT
AND HOST OF "ANDREA MITCHELL
REPORTS."
ANDREA, WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM
THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND HIS
BRIEFING THIS MORNING?
>> WELL, SECRETARY OF STATE
MAKING IT VERY CLEAR THAT THEY
ARE PREPARED, MIKA, TO OFFER ASSURANCES AND SECURITYOFFER
ASSURANCES AND SECURITY GUARANTEES, UNLIKE ANY THAT HAVE
EVER BEEN OFFERED TO NORTH
KOREA, IF NORTH KOREA
DENUCLEARIZES.
THEYRE NOW TALKING ABOUT DENUCLEARIZING THE ENTIRE KOREAN
PENINSULA, WHICH HAS BEEN NORTH
KOREAS BARGAINING POSITION. HE WAS ASKED WHETHER THAT MEANS
THE UNITED STATES IS NOW
PREPARED TO WITHDRAW TROOPS, IN
FACT TO NOT FLY THE B52s AND OTHER BOMBERS AND SUBMARINES
THAT ARE NUCLEAR CAPABLE IN THE
REGION.
AND HE SAID HES NOT GOING TO SPECIFIC ABOUT TROOP WITHDRAWALS
OR MOVING ANY OF THESE ASSETS.
HES JUST SAYING THAT THEY ARE
PREPARED TO OFFER NORTH KOREA
NEW SECURITY GUARANTEES, UNLIKE
ANY THAT THEYVE EVER HAD IF THEY GIVE UP THEIR NUCLEARF
THEY GIVE UP THEIR NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
WEAPONS.
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT
GOING INTO THE SUMMIT JUST
TAKING PLACE TODAY.
THERE HAVE BEEN MEETINGS WITH THE EXPERTS ON BOTH SIDES.ITH
THE EXPERTS ON BOTH SIDES. TWO MEETINGS TODAY, IN FACT, LED
BY FIRST OF ALL THE AMBASSADOR
TO THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHERS ON
THE NORTH KOREAN SIDE.
INTERESTING HIS COUNTERPART ON
THE NORTH KOREAN SIDE IS THE
VICE FOREIGN MINISTER, THE SAME
VICE FOREIGN MINISTER WHO
INSULTED MIKE PENCE WHICH LED,
OF COURSE TO THE LETTER FROM THE
PRESIDENT TWO WEEKS AGO
CANCELING THIS AND THEN, OF
COURSE, RESUMING IT ONCE NORTH KOREA SHOWED THEY REALLY WANTED
THE FLEXIBILITY.
THE FLEXIBILITY.
BUT THE BACKDROP TO ALL OF THIS I HAVE TO SAY IS THE DISASTROUS
G7 SUMMIT WHICH WHITE HOUSE
OFFICIALS WERE SAYING WAS A SHOW
OF STRENGTH BY THE PRESIDENT,
BUT ITS ALSO CERTAINLY A SHOW
OF FIRST OF ALL THE FACT THAT
THEY ARE NOT GETTING ALONG WITH
ANY OF THEIR EUROPEAN ALLIES.
SO HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT AS
WELL AND ASKED ABOUT, OF COURSE,
THE U.S. TRADE ADVISER NAVARRO
SAYING THERES A SPECIAL PLACE
IN HELL FOR P.R. TRUDEAU.
THERE ARE ALWAYS IRRITANTS IN
THE RELATIONSHIP, BUT ITS VERY
CLEAR THAT MIKE POMPEO,
AMERICAS TOP DIPLOMAT IS VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED AT THE G7 SUMMIT AND
WAS UNPREPARED TO SAY SO.
>> THOSE COMMENTS WERE SO OVER
THE TOP.
THE TOP.
>> YES.
WELL, THEY WERE OVER THE TOP. >> THATS NOT EVEN THE WAY TO.
>> THATS NOT EVEN THE WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.
DESCRIBE IT.
IT REALLY WAS THE LANGUAGE OF
WAR.
>> THE THING IS WHATS
UNBELIEVABLE IS THAT THEY AGAIN
HAD A GOOD PRESS CONFERENCE WITH
DONALD TRUMP BEFORE HE LEFT,
BEFORE HE FLEW OUT.
SO, MY RELATIONSHIP IS A 10. MY RELATIONSHIP IS A 10. 10.
MY RELATIONSHIP IS A 10. AND THEN HE PLUNGES THE
U.S./CANADIAN RELATIONSHIP
U.S./CANADIAN RELATIONSHIP LITERALLY INTO ITS LOW POINT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> REALLY?
IN A LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG TIME. LONG, LONG, LONG,
LONG TIME. HOW DO YOU GET TO LOGGER HEADS
WITH CANADA?
WITH CANADA? ITS A REALLY, REALLY HARD THING
TO DO.
TO DO.
>> SHOULD WE BE A LITTLE
NERVOUS?
>> AS I WAS WATCHING REMARKS AND
SAW JUSTIN TRUDEAUS COMMENTS, I
REALLY -- I LITERALLY THOUGHT TO
MYSELF, THE GUYS AT SOUTH PARK
COULDNT EVEN IMAGINE THIS SORT
OF BLAME CANADA SCENARIO. >> IM SORRY.ADA SCENARIO.
>> IM SORRY. IT WOULD JUST -- IT WAS SO KIND
OF CANADIAN.
OF CANADIAN. >> THE PROBLEM HERE, GENE, IS
THAT AS WE GET TO -- AS WE TURN
NOW TO NORTH KOREA, DONALD TRUMP
AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, I
ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT BARACK OBAMA
WAS FAR TOO DESPERATE FOR AN
IRAN DEAL AND I THINK IT WAS A
HORRIFIC DEAL.
HORRIFIC DEAL. I DO.
I DO. IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO
GET OUT OF IT RIGHT NOW, BUT AT
THE TIME I THOUGHT HE WAS TOO
DESPERATE.
DESPERATE.
I THINK NOW DONALD TRUMP IS
DESPERATE FOR A DEAL.
>> UH-HUH.
>> ITS GOT TO LOOK GOOD FOR HIM.TS GOT TO LOOK GOOD FOR
HIM.
HE COULD WITHDRAW U.S. TROOPS
FROM THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
>> HE COULD.
>> AND HE WOULD BE PLAYING RIGHT INTO CHINA AND PUTINS HANDS.IGHT
INTO CHINA AND PUTINS HANDS. >> THEY WOULD JUST AAPPLAUD.
>> LOOK AT THE WAY THESE TWO
SUMMITS ARE INTERCONNECTED IN
THIS SENSE.
THIS SENSE.
THERE WILL COME A TIME --
ASSUMING THIS NORTH KOREA PROCESS CONTINUES.H KOREA
PROCESS CONTINUES. THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN THE
UNITED STATES WANTS TO HAVE ITS
EUROPEAN ALLIES AND G7 COUNTRIES
JOIN IN IMPOSING SANCTIONS,
THREATENING SANCTIONS OR RAMPING
UP PRESSURE.
UP PRESSURE. SO, HE HAS NOW TICKED THEM OFF
TO THE EXTENT THAT THEYRE NOT
GOING TO JUST KIND OF DO THAT,
YOU KNOW, OUT OF FRIENDSHIP.
AND WITH HIS TRADE POLICIES, HE
ACTUALLY IN A WAY IS MAKING IT
MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE U.S. TO
HAVE LEVERAGE TO COMPEL THAT
SORT OF COMPLIANCE BY THE FACT
THAT WERE THE RESERVE CURRENCY
AND THE BIGGEST ECONOMY AND
EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
THESE TRADE POLICIES ARE MAKING,
YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY PEOPLE
TURN AWAY FROM THE DOLLAR, TURN
AWAY FROM THE U.S. FINANCIAL
SYSTEM IN A WAY THEY HAVENT
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
>> SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE PHRASE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD MIGHT
BE OBSOLETE BASED ON WHAT WE
SAW.
SAW.
>> ABSOLUTELY. JEREMY BASH, JUMP IN.
ON THAT NOTE AND ALSO IF YOU
CANT GET ALONG WITH THE MOST
POLITE NATION IN THE WORLD
REALLY AT THE ON SET OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT NUCLEAR NEGOTIATION
AND THE FIRST SUMMIT WITH NORTH
KOREA, I DONT THINK THE SCENE
COULD BE SET IN A MORE WORSE AND
DANGEROUS WAY TO HAVE THIS
PRESIDENT WALKING INTO THAT
MEETING ONE ON ONE.
>> YEAH, IT CALLS INTO QUESTION
WHETHER OR NOT WERE GOING TO
KEEP OUR WORD.
YOU HEARD SECRETARY POMPEO TALK
ABOUT THE NEED TO BUILD UP
TRUST.
TRUST. I KNOW FROM POMPEOS
PRESENTATION AND WANT TO KNOW IF
THE OTHERS ON THE PANEL THINK
THIS.
THIS.
HE SEEMED TO WALK BACK A COUPLE
THINGS THAT TRUMP PUT OUT THERE.
FIRST HE BASICALLY SAID WERE
GOING TO DO COMPLETE, IR FIABLE DENUCLEARIZATION BEFORE WEIABLE
DENUCLEARIZATION BEFORE WE RELIEVE ANY OF THE SANCTIONS.
THATS NOT EXACTLY THE TONE THAT
THE PRESIDENT HAD LAID OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THE PRESIDENT BASICALLY SAID I WANT TO GET RID OF MAXIMUMID I
WANT TO GET RID OF MAXIMUM PRESSURE.
PRESSURE.
AND THE SECOND THING IS HE MADE CLEAR THAT WHAT NORTH KOREAMADE
CLEAR THAT WHAT NORTH KOREA SEEKS, WHICH IS THE DECLARATION
OF PEACE, A PEACE TREATY, THAT
WONT COME UNTIL WE GET WHAT WE
NEED ON THE NUCLEARIZATION
FRONT, DENUCLEARIZATION FRONT.
AGAIN, I THINK WE COULD SEE
TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, 8:00 EAST
COAST TIME A DECLARATION OF
PEACE, A STATEMENT, SOMETHING
COMING OUT OF DONALD TRUMPS
MOUTH THAT TALKS ABOUT PEACE.
THATS EXACTLY WHAT THE NORTH
KOREAS WANT OUT OF THIS.
>> JEREMY BASH, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
MUCH.
WELL SEE YOU TOMORROW MORNING ON SET FOLLOWING TONIGHTSNING
ON SET FOLLOWING TONIGHTS HISTORIC SUMMIT.
HISTORIC SUMMIT. >>> COMING UP, MITCH McCONNELL
COULDNT BE HAPPIER HOW
CONSERVATIVE VALUES HAVE FAIR
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WELL BREAK THAT DOWN.
>> 20 INDICTMENTS, LARGEST DEBT
SPIKE, BIGGEST SPENDING BILL
EVER, PAYOFF TO A PORN STAR,