JONATHAN?
>> Reporter: THANK YOU, MR. 
PRESIDENT.
TWO QUESTIONS, IF I MAY.
FIRST, DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING 
NEW ABOUT CHAIRMAN KIM IN THIS 
SECOND MEETING?
WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON, THE 
DRAMA BACK IN WASHINGTON, YOUR 
FORMER LAWYER, MICHAEL COHEN, 
WHO WORKED FOR YOU FOR TEN 
YEARS, HIS OFFICE RIGHT NEXT TO 
YOURS, RIGHT BY YOURS AT TRUMP 
TOWER AND HE CALLED A LIAR, A 
CON MAN AND A RACIST.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO MICHAEL
COHEN?
>> IT'S INCORRECT.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I TRIED
TO WATCH AS MUCH AS I COULD, AND
I COULDN'T WATCH TOO MUCH 
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT
BUSY, BUT I THINK HAVING A FAKE 
HEARING LIKE THAT AND HAVING IT 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS VERY 
IMPORTANT SUMMIT IS REALLY A 
TERRIBLE THING.
THEY COULD HAVE MADE IT TWO DAYS
LATER OR NEXT WEEK AND IT WOULD 
HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER, THEY 
WOULD HAVE HAD MORE TIME.
HAVING IT DURING THIS VERY 
IMPORTANT SUMMIT IS SORT OF 
INCREDIBLE.
HE LIED A LOT, BUT IT WAS VERY 
INTERESTING BECAUSE HE DIDN'T 
LIE ABOUT ONE THING, HE SAID NO 
COLLUSION WITH THE RUSSIAN HOAX.
I SAID, I WONDER WHY HE DIDN'T 
LIE ABOUT THAT TOO LIKE 
EVERYTHING ELSE?
HE LIED ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT 
THINGS.
I WAS ACTUALLY IMPRESSED THAT HE
DIDN'T SAY, WELL, I THINK THERE 
WAS COLLUSION FOR THIS REASON OR
THAT REASON.
HE DIDN'T SAY THAT.
HE SAID NO COLLUSION.
I WAS A LITTLE IMPRESSED BY 
THAT, FRANKLY.
HE COULD HAVE GONE ALL OUT, AND 
HE ONLY WENT 95% INSTEAD OF 
100%.
THE FACT IS THIS IS A WITCH HUNT
AND IT'S SO BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
I HOPE ANOTHER PRESIDENT NEVER 
HAS TO GO THROUGH IT.
IT'S A HOAX.
I CALL IT THE RUSSIAN WITCH HUNT
AND I ADD THE WORD HOAX AND IT'S
A VERY BAD THING FOR OUR 
COUNTRY.
I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT 
THAT -- YOU KNOW, THE MOST 
IMPORTANT QUESTION UP THERE WAS 
THE ONE ON COLLUSION, AND HE 
SAID HE SAW NO COLLUSION.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
IT WAS PRETTY SHAMEFUL, I THINK.
YES, MA'AM, PLEASE?
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP -- 
>> GO AHEAD.
HOW ABOUT ONE OF YOU INSTEAD OF 
THREE.
>> WELL, I DO HAVE THE 
MICROPHONE.
>> EXCUSE ME.
THE PERSON IN THE FRONT -- NO, 
NO, NOT YOU.
EXCUSE ME.
WE'LL GET TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE 
WHEN YOU WALK AWAY FROM THE 
NEGOTIATION TABLE?
>> I THINK IT WAS VERY GOOD.
IT WAS VERY FRIENDLY.
THIS WAS NOT A WALK AWAY LIKE 
YOU GET UP AND WALK OUT.
NO, IT WAS VERY FRIENDLY.
WE SHOOK HANDS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WARMTH THAT 
WE HAVE AND I HOPE IT STAYS.
I THINK IT WILL.
WE ARE -- YOU KNOW, WE ARE 
POSITIONED TO DO SOMETHING VERY 
SPECIAL.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MANY 
DECADES.
THIS IS NOT ME.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED 
DURING MANY PRESIDENTIAL RUNS.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT IT
AND NEVER DID ANYTHING.
I GET A KICK OUT OF SO MANY 
PEOPLE FROM PAST ADMINISTRATIONS
TELLING ME HOW TO NEGOTIATE WHEN
THEY WERE THERE IN SOME CASES 
FOR EIGHT YEARS AND DID NOTHING.
I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP WAS 
VERY WARM AND WHEN WE WALKED 
AWAY IT WAS A VERY FRIENDLY 
WALK.
MIKE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK TO
THAT FOR A SECOND.
>> I AGREE.
I TALKED TO MY COUNTERPARTS AS 
WELL.
WE HOPE WE CAN DO MORE AND 
EVERYBODY IS FOCUSED ON HOW TO 
CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THIS.
WE ARE CERTAINLY CLOSER TODAY 
THAN WE WERE 36 HOURS AGO AND WE
WERE CLOSER THEN THAN A MONTH OR
TWO BEFORE THAT.
I THINK EVERYBODY HOPED WE COULD
DO A LITTLE BETTER, BUT THE 
DEPARTURE WAS WITH AN AGREEMENT 
WE WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK ON 
WHAT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY 
DIFFERENT PROBLEM.
BOTH SIDES ARE RESOLVED TO 
ACHIEVE IT AND EVERYBODY WALKED 
AWAY IN THAT SPIRIT.
>> YOU AND CHAIRMAN KIM ARE FROM
A DIFFERENT POLITICAL SYSTEM AND
DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.
>> IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
I WOULD SAY THAT'S TRUE.
>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU FIND YOU
GUYS IN COMMON?
>> WE LIKE EACH OTHER.
WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEM 
TO PUT IT MILDLY.
WE LIKE EACH OTHER.
A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
GO AHEAD IN THE BACK.
GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: MR. PRESIDENT DO 
YOU THINK IT WAS PREMATURE TO 
HAVE HELD THE SUMMIT WHEN ALL 
THESE THINGS HAD NOT BEEN TIED 
DOWN.
THE WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE LAST 
NIGHT SAID SIGNING AGREEMENT 
TODAY.
I WONDER IF YOU CAN SKETCH OUT 
WHAT THE NEXT FEW MONTHS LOOK 
LIKE?
>> YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE 
PREPARED TO WALK.
I COULD HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT
TODAY AND THEN YOU PEOPLE WOULD 
HAVE SAID, OWE, WHAT A TERRIBLE 
DEAL, WHAT A TERRIBLE THING HE 
DID.
NO, YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO 
WALK.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A POTENTIAL 
WE COULD HAVE SIGNED SOMETHING.
I COULD HAVE 100% SIGNED 
SOMETHING TODAY.
WE ACTUALLY HAD PAPERS READY TO 
BE SIGNED, BUT IT WAS NOT 
APPROPRIATE.
I WOULD RATHER DO IT RIGHT.
I WOULD RATHER DO IT RIGHT THAN 
FAST.
YES, PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD.
GO, FIRST, GO, YEAH.
YOU HAVE TO SPEAK UP.
>> I'M A REPORTER FROM SOUTH 
KOREA AND I APPRECIATE YOUR 
EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE 
DENUCLEARIZATION IN THE KOREAN 
PENINSULA AND COULD YOU 
ELABORATE ON THE OPTIONS AND 
VARIOUS WAYS YOU DISCUSSED WITH 
CHA
CHAIRMAN KIM TO ADVANCE THE 
DENUCLEARIZATION?
>> WE DISCUSSED MANY WAYS.
THE DESTPNUCLEARIZATION, A LOT  
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS,
BUT TO ME IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE 
HAVE TO GET RID OF THE NUKES.
HE HAS ONE OF THE MOST 
SUCCESSFUL COUNTRIES, AN 
INCREDIBLE LOCATION, AND ON ONE 
SIDE YOU HAVE RUSSIA AND CHINA 
AND ON THE OTHER YOU HAVE SOUTH 
KOREA AND YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY 
WATER, AND AMONG THE MOST 
BEAUTIFUL SHORELINES IN THE 
WORLD, AND IT HAS TREMENDOUS 
POTENTIAL IN NORTH KOREA.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO LEAD IT TO
A VERY IMPORTANT THING 
ECONOMICALLY.
I THINK IT WILL BE AN ABSOLUTE 
ECONOMIC POWER.
YES, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
GO AHEAD.
YEAH.
>> DAVID SANGER FROM "THE NEW 
YORK TIMES."
>> I KNOW, DAVID.
>> EIGHT MONTHS AGO WHEN YOU 
SPOKE IN SINGAPORE, YOU SAID IF 
YOU DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING IN SIX
MONTHS WE SHOULD COME BACK AND 
ASK YOU ABOUT IT.
IN THAT TIME YOU HAVE SEEN 
CHAIRMAN KIM INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF MISSILES HE HAS PRODUCED AND 
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MORE NUCLEAR
MATERIAL AND THAT HAS BEEN A 
PRESSURE POINT ON YOU BECAUSE 
HE'S SHOWING THE ARSENAL IS 
GETTING LARGER WHILE THIS IS 
GOING ON.
>> SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT 
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE DENYING 
THAT.
THEY HAVE SHOTS FROM ABOVE, WAY 
ABOVE, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE 
SAYING THAT AND SOME PEOPLE 
AREN'T.
I COULD HAVE TAKEN THAT OUT 
TODAY, BUT I THINK YOU AND 
OTHERS WOULD HAVE SAID WE DIDN'T
GET ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE WOULD BE 
GIVING UP.
DON'T FORGET, WE ARE PARTNERS 
WITH A LOT OF COUNTRIES ON THIS 
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT WITH THE 
SANCTIONS.
WE HAVE A WHOLE BIG PARTNERSHIP 
WITH THE UNITED NATIONS 
INCLUDING, RUSSIA, CHINA AND 
OTHERS.
AND, OF COURSE, SOUTH KOREA IS 
VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS WHOLE 
THING.
AND JAPAN.
I DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING 
THAT IS GOING TO VIOLATE THE 
TRUST WE HAVE BUILT-UP.
WE HAVE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP.
>> GIVE US MORE DETAIL.
DID YOU GET INTO THE QUESTION OF
DISMANTLING THE COMPLEX -- 
>> YES, TOTALLY.
>> DOES HE SEEM TO TAKE IT OUT.
>> YEAH, HE WOULD DO THAT BUT HE
WANTS THE SANCTIONS LEFT.
THERE IS PLENTY LEFT AFTER THAT.
I SPENT A LONG TIME NEGOTIATING 
AND TALKING ABOUT IT AND I FELT 
THAT PARTICULAR, AS YOU KNOW, 
THAT FACILITY, WHILE VERY BIG, 
IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO DO WHAT WE 
WERE DOING.
>> HE WAS WILLING TO DO -- 
>> WE HAD TO HAVE MORE.
THERE WERE OTHER THINGS YOU HAVE
NOT TALKED ABOUT OR WRITTEN 
ABOUT BUT -- 
>> INCLUDING THE ENRICHMENT 
PLANT.
>> EXACTLY.
WE BROUGHT MANY POINTS UP THAT I
THINK THEY WERE SURPRISED WE 
KNEW, BUT WE HAD TO DO MORE THAN
JUST THE ONE LEVEL, BECAUSE IF 
WE DID THE ONE LEVEL AND GAVE UP
ALL THAT LEVERAGE THAT HAS TAKEN
A LONG TIME TO BUILD -- 
>> BUT HE'S NOT WILLING -- 
>> DAVID, I WANT TO TAKE OFF THE
SANCTIONS SO BADLY BECAUSE I 
WANT THAT COUNTRY TO GROW.
THAT COUNTRY HAS SUCH POTENTIAL,
BUT THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP -- 
MIKE, YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT 
THAT?
>> THERE WERE TIMINGS AND EVEN 
THE FACILITY, AND ALL OF ITS 
C
SCOPE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR 
SURE, STILL LEAVES WEAPONS AND 
WARHEADS AND WEAPON SYSTEMS, AND
THERE WERE ELEMENTS THAT WE 
COULD NOT GET TO.
>> AND A LISTING OF ALL OF THEM?
>> YEAH, AND A DECLARATION.
WE COULD NOT GET THERE TODAY.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU, MR. 
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: I JUST WANTED TO 
CLARIFY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 
WHAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO 
GIVE UP ALL OF THE SANCTIONS 
FOR, ARE YOU STILL THINKING THAT
YOU WANT NORTH KOREA TO GIVE UP 
EVERYTHING TO DO COMPLETE, 
VERIFIABLE DENUCLEARIZATION 
BEFORE YOU LIFT SANCTIONS?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT TO YOU 
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT 
MYSELF IN THAT POSITION FROM THE
STANDPOINT OF NEGOTIATION, BUT, 
YOU KNOW, WE WANT A LOT TO BE 
GIVEN UP.
AND WE'LL BE HELPING THEM ALONG 
ECONOMICALLY, US AND MANY OTHER 
COUNTRIES, AND WE'LL BE HELPING 
AND WE WILL BE IN THERE AND THEY
ARE PREPARED TO HELP.
JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, CHINA, AND 
SPEAKING OF CHINA WE ARE WELL ON
OUR WAY TO DOING SOMETHING 
SPECIAL, BUT WE'LL SEE.
I'M ALWAYS PREPARED TO WALK.
I'M NEVER AFRAID TO WALK WITH A 
DEAL, AND I WOULD DO THAT WITH 
CHINA TOO IF IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU CONCERNED 
IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO REACH AN 
AGREEMENT THAT THE TESTING WILL 
START AGAIN AND ALL OF THIS TIME
HE CAN CONTINUING TO DEVELOP 
THEIR PROGRAM?
>> HE SAID THE TESTING WILL NOT 
START.
HE SAID HE IS NOT GOING TO DO 
TESTING OF ROCKETS OR MISSILES 
OR ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH 
NUCLEAR.
ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT'S 
WHAT HE SAID.
WE'LL SEE.
YES, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
GO AHEAD, IN THE BACK.
RED, IN THE RED.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
JESSICA STONE FROM CGTN.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT CHINA.
YOU TALK ABOUT CHINA BEING 
WILLING POTENTIALLY TO HELP 
ECONOMICALLY AND THE FACT THAT 
YOU WILL TALK TO PRESIDENT MOON 
AND PRIME MINISTER ABE, HOW 
WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HAS 
HAPPENED SO FAR BETWEEN 
PYONGYANG AND WASHINGTON?
>> AS YOU KNOW, 93% OF THE GOODS
COMING INTO NORTH KOREA COME 
THROUGH CHINA, SO THERE'S A 
GREAT POWER THERE.
AT THE SAME TIME I BELIEVE -- I 
HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THAT NORTH 
KOREA IS CALLING ITS OWN SHOTS 
AND NOT TAKING ORDERS FROM 
ANYBODY.
HE'S A VERY STRONG GUY.
THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT 
ARE PRETTY AMAZING, AND 93% 
STILL COME IN FROM CHINA.
CHINA HAS AN INFLUENCE AND CHINA
HAS BEEN A BIG HELP.
RUSSIA HAS BEEN A BIG HELP, TOO.
AS YOU KNOW THERE'S A SMALL PART
OF THE BORDER BUT NEVERTHELESS 
SIGNIFICANT, ABOUT 28 MILES, AND
THINGS CAN HAPPEN THERE, TOO.
THEY HAVE BEEN A HELP.
YES, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> Reporter: THANKS, PRESIDENT.
JEN CHUN WITH THE MEDIA GROUP OF
CHINA.
IN YOUR MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN 
KIM THIS MORNING AND YESTERDAY, 
DID THE TOPIC OF CHINA COME UP?
IF SO WHAT CAN YOU SHARE WITH US
TODAY?
YOU PROBABLY WILL HAVE THE MARE 
ALARGO SUMMIT IN MARCH OR WOULD 
YOU LIKE IT ACCOMPLISHED THE 
AGENDA WITH CHINA?
>> WE DID TALK ABOUT CHINA A 
LOT.
HE IS GETTING ALONG WITH CHINA, 
AND SO ARE WE.
WE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR 
COUNTRY, WE PICKED UP MILLIONS 
OF WORTH, AND OUR UNEMPLOYMENT 
NUMBERS ARE AMONG THE BEST WE 
EVER HAD IN OUR HISTORY.
INDIVIDUAL GROUPS LIKE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN, YOU JUST
TAKE A LOOK AT ANY GROUP, 
HISPANIC, YOU SAW THAT, IT JUST 
CAME OUT, THE BEST IN HISTORY.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, THE BEST IN 
HISTORY.
SO MANY DIFFERENT NUMBERS ARE 
COMING OUT SO GOOD.
WE HAVE THE STRONGEST ECONOMY 
PROBABLY POSSIBLY THAT WE HAVE 
EVER HAD.
CHRYSLER JUST ANNOUNCED THEY ARE
GOING TO SPEND $4.5 BILLION IN 
MICHIGAN, AND THEY ARE BUILDIN
>> Announcer: THIS IS AN ABC 
NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
TRUMP AND KIM, FACE-TO-FACE, NOW
REPORTING, DAVID MUIR.
>>> GOOD MORNING.
WE'RE COMING ON THE AIR AT THIS 
HOUR.
IT'S 2:15 IN HANOI IN THE 
AFTERNOON, AND 2:15 IN THE 
EASTERN.
LET'S LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT AS
HE TALKS TO INTERNATIONAL PRESS.
>> VIETNAM, THE JOB THEY HAVE 
DONE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 
REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL SO I 
WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE OF 
VIETNAM FOR HAVING TREATED US SO
WELL.
WE HAVE, I THINK, REASONABLY 
ATTRACTIVE NEWS FROM PAKISTAN 
AND INDIA.
THEY HAVE BEEN GOING AT IT AND 
WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN TRYING TO
HAVE THEM STOP AND WE HAVE SOME 
REASONABLY DECENT NEWS, I THINK,
HOPEFULLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE 
COMING TO AN END AND IT HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
DECADES AND DECADES.
THERE'S A LOT OF DISLIKE, 
UNFORTUNATELY, SO WE HAVE BEEN 
IN THE MIDDLE TRYING TO HELP 
THEM BOTH OUT AND SEE IF WE CAN 
GET SOME ORGANIZATION AND SOME 
PEACE AND I THINK PROBABLY 
THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
WE HAVE VENEZUELA, AS YOU KNOW, 
HAS BEEN VERY MUCH IN THE NEWS.
WE'RE SENDING SUPPLIES.
SUPPLIES ARE GETTING THROUGH.
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IT'S NOT EASY.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE SOMEBODY 
WOULD SAY LET'S NOT DO IT.
WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD THAT MAKE 
EXCEPT IT'S GREAT FOR HIS PEOPLE
TO LET IT GET THROUGH.
BUT WE'RE SENDING A LOT OF 
SUPPLIES TO VENEZUELA.
PEOPLE ARE STARVING TO DEATH.
YOU WOULD REALLY THINK THE MAN 
IN CHARGE CURRENTLY WOULD LET 
THOSE SUPPLIES GET THROUGH.
WE ARE GETTING THEM INTO SOME OF
THE CITIES AND SOME OF THE AREAS
THAT NEED THEM THE MOST AND IT'S
NOT AN EASY JOB.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, ACTUALLY.
ON NORTH KOREA, WE JUST LEFT 
CHAIRMAN KIM.
WE HAD A REALLY, I THINK, 
PRODUCTIVE TIME, WE THOUGHT, AND
I THOUGHT, AND SECRETARY POMPEO 
FELT THAT IT WASN'T A GOOD THING
TO BE SIGNING ANYTHING.
I AM GOING TO LET MIKE SPEAK 
ABOUT IT.
WE LITERALLY JUST LEFT.
WE SPENT PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY 
WITH KIM JONG-UN, WHO IS -- HE'S
QUITE A GUY AND QUITE A 
CHARACTER, AND I THINK OUR 
RELATIONSHIP IS VERY STRONG BUT 
AT THIS TIME WE HAD SOME OPTIONS
AND AT THIS TIME WE DECIDED NOT 
TO DO ANY OF THE OPTIONS.
WE WILL SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING TWO 
DAYS.
I THINK ACTUALLY IT WAS A VERY 
PRODUCTIVE TWO DAYS.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WALK.
THIS WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE TIMES
AND I WILL LET MIKE SPEAK TO 
THAT FOR A COUPLE MINUTES, 
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
WE HAD BEEN WORKING -- OUR 
TEAMS, THE TEAM THAT I BROUGHT 
TO BARE AS WELL AS THE NORTH 
KOREANS FOR WEEKS TRIED TO PAVE 
A PATH FORWARD SO WE COULD MAKE 
A BIG STEP, AND WE MADE REAL 
PROGRESS AND INDEED WE MADE MORE
PROGRESS WHEN THE TWO LEADERS 
MET OVER THE LAST 24, 36 HOURS.
UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT GET ALL
THE WAY.
WE DID NOT GET TO SOMETHING THAT
ULTIMATELY MADE SENSE FOR THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I THINK CHAIRMAN KIM WAS HOPEFUL
WE WOULD.
WE ASKED HIM TO DO MORE AND HE 
WAS UNPREPARED TO DO THAT, BUT I
AM STILL OPTIMISTIC AND HOPEFUL 
THE TEAMS WILL GET BACK TOGETHER
IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD AND 
CONTINUE TO WORK OUT WHAT IS A 
VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM.
WE HAVE SAID SINCE THE BEGINNING
THIS WOULD TAKE TIME.
OUR TEAMS HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW 
EACH OTHER BETTER AND WE KNOW 
WHAT THE LIMITS AND CHALLENGES 
ARE, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK 
ON THIS IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS 
AHEAD WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS SO WE
CAN ACHIEVE WHAT IT IS WHAT THE 
WORLD WANTS, WHICH IS TO 
DENUCLEARIZATION TO REDUCE RISKS
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND 
PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
I WISH WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN 
FURTHER, BUT I AM OPTIMISTIC IN 
THE PROGRESS WE MADE AT THE 
SUMMIT AND THE PROGRESS BEFORE 
THESE TWO DAYS AND IT PUT US IN 
A POSITION TO HAVE A GOOD 
OUTCOME.
THE PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN KIM 
FELT GOOD ABOUT THE PROGRESS BUT
COULDN'T GET ALONG THE LINE ANY 
FURTHER TO MAKE A DEAL AT THIS 
POINT.
I HOPE WE WILL DO SO IN THE 
WEEKS AHEAD.
THANK YOU.
MR. PRESIDENT.
>> MAJOR, PLEASE?
>> Reporter: AS THIS PROCESS 
BEEN MORE DIFFICULT THAN YOU 
THOUGHT?
WAS THE NORTH KOREAN DEMAND FOR 
LIFTING OF SOME SANCTIONS THE 
REAL STICKING POINT HERE AND YOU
DID NOT WANT TO DO THAT AND THEY
DID.
>> IT WAS ABOUT THE SANCTIONS.
BASICALLY THEY WANTED THE 
SANCTIONS LIFTED IN THEIR 
ENTIRETY AND WE COULDN'T DO 
THAT.
THEY WERE WILLING TO DE-NUK A 
LARGE PORTION OF THE AREAS WE 
WANTED BUT WE COULDN'T GIVE UP 
THE SANCTIONS FOR THAT, AND WE 
HAD TO WALK AWAY FROM THAT 
PARTICULAR SUGGESTION.
>> WILL ALL THE CURRENT 
SANCTIONS REMAIN.
>> THEY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.
WE HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ANYTHING, 
AND I THINK WE WILL EVENED UP 
BEING VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH 
CHAIRMAN KIM AND NORTH KOREA.
I HAVE BEEN TELLING EVERYBODY, 
THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL, 
UNBELIEVABLE POTENTIAL.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE.
BUT IT WAS ABOUT SANCTIONS.
THEY WANTED SANCTIONS LIFTED BUT
THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO DO AN 
AREA WE WANTED.
THEY WERE WILLING TO GIVE US 
AREAS, BUT NOT THE ONE WE 
WANTED.
JOHN?
>> Reporter: AS WE KNOW, THERE'S
AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX SET OF 
ISSUES THAT ARE IN PLAY IN TERMS
OF LIFTING THE SANCTIONS AND 
WHAT DENUCLEARIZATION IS.
DID YOU GET ANY DISTANCE TOWARDS
WHAT KIM'S VISION WAS OF 
DENUCLEARIZATION?
THERE'S A LINE OF THINKING HE 
WANTS TO KEEP SOME NUKES.
WOULD YOU ALLOW -- 
>> EXCUSE ME.
I DON'T WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT 
EXACTLY, BUT HE HAS A CERTAIN 
VISION AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY OUR 
VISION, BUT IT'S A LOT CLOSER 
THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO.
I THINK THAT EVENTUALLY WE'LL 
GET THERE.
FOR THIS PARTICULAR VISIT WE 
DECIDED THAT WE HAD TO WALK AND 
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
OKAY?
LOOK, WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN NOBODY
EVER HEARD OF.
SEAN HANNITY?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, SEAN?
>> IF HE WANTS THE SANCTIONS 
COMPLETELY OFF AND YOU WANT MORE
ON DENUCLEARIZATION, HOW CAN YOU
BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN NOW AND 
THE NEXT TIME YOU MIGHT SIT 
DOWN?
>> WITH TIME IT WILL BE BRIDGED 
AT SOME POINT.
THERE'S A GAP.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SANCTIONS AND HE
WANTS TO DENUC, AND WE HAVE TO 
GET WHAT WE HAVE TO GET, BECAUSE
THAT'S A BIG GIVE.
YEAH, SEAN, PLEASE.
>> I WORK IN RADIO AND TV.
MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU, AND 
MR. SECRETARY, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
MR. PRESIDENT IF YOU COULD 
ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE HAVE SOME HISTORY.
PRESIDENT REAGAN WALKED AWAY, 
AND A LOT OF CONDEMNATION AT THE
TIME AND IT ENDED UP WORKING 
VERY WELL IN THE END FOR THE 
UNITED STATES.
WAS THIS MOSTLY YOUR DECISION 
OR -- WHAT MESSAGE WOULD YOU 
WANT TO SEND CHAIRMAN KIM AS 
HE'S LISTENING TO THE PRESS 
CONFERENCE ABOUT THE FUTURE AND 
YOUR RELATIONSHIP?
>> SEAN, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT 
WAS MY DECISION BECAUSE WHAT 
PURPOSE IS THAT?
I WANT TO KEEP THE RELATIONSHIP.
WE WILL KEEP THE RELATIONSHIP.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE 
NEXT PERIOD OF TIME.
AS YOU KNOW WE GOT OUR HOSTAGES 
BACK, THERE'S NO MORE TESTING.
ONE OF THE THINGS IMPORTANTLY 
THAT CHAIRMAN KIM PROMISED ME 
LAST NIGHT IS REGARDLESS HE'S 
NOT GOING TO DO TESTING OF 
ROCKETS AND NUCLEAR -- NOT GOING
TO DO TESTING, SO I TRUST HIM 
AND I TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD.
I HOPE THAT'S TRUE.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL BE 
TALKING.
MIKE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH HIS 
PEOPLE.
HE'S ALSO DEVELOPED A VERY GOOD 
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE -- 
REALLY THE PEOPLE REPRESENTING 
NORTH KOREA.
I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO PRIME 
MINISTER ABE YESTERDAY OR 
PRESIDENT MOON FROM SOUTH KOREA,
BUT WE WILL AND WE'LL TELL THEM 
IT'S A PROCESS AND IT'S MOVING 
ALONG BUT WE JUST FELT IT WAS 
NOT APPROPRIATE TO SIGN AN 
AGREEMENT TODAY.
WE COULD HAVE BUT I FELT IT WAS 
NOT APPROPRIATE.
