DURING A RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE SECRETARY OF STATE
MIKE POMPEO ADDRESSED THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WITH NORTH
KOREA, AND HE WAS ABLE TO BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC EVEN THOUGH
IT SEEMS LIKE NORTH KOREA DID NOT GET THE SAME OR HAVE THE
SAME INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
BEFORE I GET INTO THE DETAILS LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT MIKE
POMPEO SAID.
>>LET ME BE VERY BLUNT, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLY CLEAR ABOUT THE SEQUENCING OF THE RELIEF FROM
THE SANCTIONS, HE HAS BEEN -- HE SAID THIS FROM THE BEGINNING, HE
SAID IT AGAIN TO CHAIRMAN KIM, AND SET IT IN HIS PRESS
CONFERENCE FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN KIM.
>>CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE SEQUENCING IS?
>>I JUST DID.
WE'RE GOING TO GET COMPLETE DENUCLEARIZATION,
ONLY THEN WILL THERE BE RELIEF FROM THE SANCTIONS.
>>THAT IS NOT THE WAY NORTH KOREA HAS INTERPRETED THE
OUTCOME OF THAT SUMMIT WITH DONALD TRUMP, IN FACT THEY ARE
UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THINGS WILL HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY, OR
IT WILL BE RECIPROCAL.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS --
>>
>>SO THEY ARE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION, WITH GOOD REASON BY
THE WAY, BECAUSE TRUMP DID SAY THAT HE'S READY AND WILLING TO
END THE WAR GAMES OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THEY THINK THEY WILL STOP
DOING THESE EXERCISES AND BRING U.S. TROOPS HOME AND WE WILL
START DENUCLEARIZING.
THAT SHOWS THAT THERE WILL BE TROUBLE
MOVING AHEAD AS THEY HAVE THESE FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS AND
NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE TRUMP GOT HIMSELF IN TROUBLE BY SAYING THE
THINGS HE SAID IN INTERVIEWS FOLLOWING THAT MEETING.
>>HE SET UP THE EXPECTATIONS TOO HIGH, AND SO NOW IF IT -- IF
HE FLOPS, THAN THE PROPAGANDA TAPE HE PUT OUT ABOUT HOW
AWESOME THIS MEETING IS WILL LOOK RIDICULOUS, THE WHOLE THING
ABOUT TRYING TO GET A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WILL LOOK FOOLISH,
SO HE HAS TO PRETEND THAT HE GOT SOMETHING GOOD OUT OF IT.
BUT
THE REALITY IS WHAT HAPPENED WAS, AND AGAIN ANA AND I HAVE
BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THIS FROM DAY ONE, WE WANT THOSE TALKS TO
HAPPEN AND TO BE FRUITFUL, WE WOULD LOVE FOR NORTH KOREA TO
END ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND IF TRUMP DID IT WE WOULD GIVE HIM
CREDIT, BUT WHAT HAPPENED INSTEAD SO FAR IS TRUMP SAID WE
ARE GOING TO END THE MILITARY EXERCISES, NORTH KOREA SAID
NOTHING.
THEY PROMISED NOTHING IN RETURN.
SO WE ARE SUPPOSED TO
GET SOMETHING FROM NORTH KOREA NOW.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
DENUCLEARIZING NORTH KOREA, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.
SO ARE
YOU GOING TO HAVE U.N. INSPECTORS GOING TO NORTH KOREA,
OR AMERICAN INSPECTORS?
I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THEY EVEN AGREED
TO U.N. INSPECTORS.
BUT IF YOU GOT THAT I WOULD GIVE YOU
CREDIT.
BUT YOU GOT NOTHING, THEY GAVE YOU A VAGUE PROMISE,
WE WILL LATER DO SOMETHING AFTER YOU GIVE US EVERYTHING IN THE
BEGINNING.
>>SO WHAT IS NORTH KOREAN STATE MEDIA SAYING?
BECAUSE THAT IS
WHAT KIM JONG-UN BELIEVES, THAT'S THE MESSAGING KIM JONG-UN
WANTS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY --
>>
>>BUT THAT CONTRADICTS WHAT MIKE POMPEO IS SAYING IN THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE, IT'S THE EXACT OPPOSITE, RIGHT?
AGAIN, IT'S
SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, AND ALSO, LOOK, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE FOR SOME REASON DON'T CARE, BUT YOU SHOULD CARE,
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR ALLIES,
AND TRUMP HAS CONSISTENTLY DONE THINGS WITHOUT ADVISING OUR
ALLIES, IN THIS CASE SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN, AND HE JUST
UNILATERALLY PROMISES THINGS TO A DICTATOR.
AND SO SOUTH KOREA
WAS CAUGHT OFFGUARD, JAPAN WAS CAUGHT OFFGUARD, AND JAPAN HAS
BEEN A LITTLE MORE OPEN ABOUT HOW FRUSTRATED THEY ARE ABOUT
THIS SITUATION BECAUSE THEY WISH THEY HAD AT LEAST BEEN TALKS TO
PRIOR TO TRUMP SAYING WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE MILITARY
EXERCISES, AND POSSIBLY BRINGING THE U.S., TROOPS BACK HOME, BUT
SOUTH KOREA, AT LEAST LEADERSHIP, IS BEING A LITTLE
MORE CAUTIOUS AND HESITANT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT TRUMP
OFTEN SAYS THINGS, YOU KNOW, IN THE MOMENT BECAUSE HE'S JUST
PASSIONATE ABOUT IT IN THE MOMENT AND THEN HE DOESN'T
FOLLOW THROUGH ABOUT IT.
BUT THE MEDIA, THE LARGEST PAPER IN
SOUTH KOREA, IS NOT HAPPY, SO THEY PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE GOING
AFTER TRUMP PRETTY AGGRESSIVELY, LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE --
>>
>>SO THEY ARE SAYING, LOOK, WE ARE OKAY WITH ENDING THE
MILITARY EXERCISES, BUT THAT IS WHAT KIND OF KEEPS US SAFE.
THAT
IS ESSENTIALLY A WARNING TO NORTH KOREA THAT IF THERE IS ANY
AGGRESSION WE WILL REACT TO IT.
AND SO IF NORTH KOREA DOESN'T
DENUCLEARIZE AND WE END THESE SO-CALLED WARGAMES FIRST THAT
PUTS US AT RISK SO THEY ARE WORRIED.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE --
>>
>>PREPOSTEROUS.
WHAT, YOU ARE GOING TO
PUT A TRUMP TOWER IN
NORTH KOREA?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WHY ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ON THE COAST?
WHAT
KIND OF A JACKASS ARE YOU?
THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO DO YOUR
HOMEWORK, YOU CAN'T GO INTO A NEGOTIATION AND GIVE AWAY THE
STORE AND THEN HAVE YOUR ALLIES GO, WHAT IN THE WORLD DID YOU
JUST DO?
THE LAST TIME HE ANNOUNCED SOMETHING COME A SOUTH
KOREA CAME OUT AND SAID WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE MEANS.
LIKE,
LITERALLY.
AND THEY ARE TRYING HARD TO BE ON TRUMP'S GOOD SIDE.
AND THE CURRENT LEADER OF SOUTH KOREA HAS A LOT INVESTED IN
THESE NEGOTIATIONS, BECAUSE OF SOUTH KOREA HAS A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT CAMPS AS EVERY COUNTRY DOES POLITICALLY, RIGHT?
AND ONE
CAMP WANTS TO BE TOUGH ON NORTH KOREA, THE OTHER WANTS A PEACE
DEAL.
>> WHAT KIND OF A JACKASS ARE YOU, THIS IS WHY YOU NEED
TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
YOU CAN'T GO INTO A NEGOTIATION AND HAVE YOUR ALLIES SAY WHEN
THE WORLD DID YOU JUST DO, THE LAST HIM HE ANNOUNCE SOMETHING
SOUTH KOREA CAME OUT AND SAID WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE MEANS.
AND THEY ARE REALLY TRYING HARD TO BE ON TRUMPS GOOD SIDE.
THE CURRENT LEADER OF SOUTH KOREA HAS A LOT INVESTED IN
THESE NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE SOUTH KOREA HAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
CAMPS.
ONE CAMP WANTS TO BE TOUGH ON NORTH KOREA, THE OTHER CAMP
WANTS A PEACE DEAL.
THE CURRENT LEADER IS IN A CAMP THAT WANTS A PEACE DEAL.
BUT EVEN HIM, THEY GO TO HIM SOMETIMES AND THEY SAY WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT TRUMP MEANS.
NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE.
THE MILITARY EXERCISES, IF WE GAVE THEM AWAY ñ SHOULD I SHED A
TEAR?
IT DEPENDS.
BUT IF YOU TELL ME IN RETURN WE GET BIG PROMISES FROM NORTH
KOREA WHICH HAS NEVER KEPT TO THEIR PROMISES.
THAT IS NOT A GOOD DEAL, THAT IS A TERRIBLE DEAL.
>> I AGREE WITH PEOPLE WHO THINK THOSE MILITARY EXERCISES
ARE A PROVOCATION.
I CAN SEE WHY NORTH KOREA WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
WE SHOULD REGARD MILITARY BACK HOME TO THE UNITED STATES.
BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, NOT ONLY IS SOUTH KOREA OUR
ALLY, BUT THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AND
THAT IS WHY THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN WHATEVER PROTECTION
THEY HAVE IN PLACE NOW UNTIL THEY CAN ENSURE THE
DENUCLEARIZATION IS TAKING PLACE IN NORTH KOREA.
I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR, I FEEL IT IS NOT BEING TALKED ABOUT
ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO DENUCLEARIZATION.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
HOW MUCH INTELLIGENCE DO WE HAVE IN
REGARD TO THEIR NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES?
WHAT DOES THE
NUCLEAR RISING MEAN?
IT IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE TO IRAN.
THOSE DETAILS ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT TRUMP SEEMS EVEN
VAGUELY INTERESTED IN.
>>I'M STILL HOPING FOR GOOD THINGS, AND AT LEAST WE'RE NOT
GOING TO WAR BUT MY PREDICTION ON HOW THIS ENDS IS THERE
IS NO WAY THE NORTH KOREANS LET INSPECTORS INTO THEIR COUNTRY.
ALL THEIR PROMISES WILL BE BS, UNVERIFIED, AND MEANINGLESS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE GREAT DEAL THAT OBAMA DID IN IRAN
ALLOWED INSPECTORS TO GO INSIDE IRAN.
THAT ACTUALLY WAS VERIFIED AND HE LIT IT ON FIRE.
HE IS A FULL.
THEN HE SAYS I WOULD LIKE TO GET CREDIT FOR BEING A GREAT
NEGOTIATOR.
WHAT DID YOU GET?
NOTHING.
VAGUE PROMISES FROM A NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR.
GREAT JOB AS USUAL, SCREWS IT UP ROYALLY.