FORWARD.
POMPEO SINGH TODAY SHE MADE ME
WITH THE NORTH KOREA TEAM THIS
WEEK.
NEIL: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR A
MUCH, HILLARY VON.
MILITARY EXERCISES, AND SENATOR
RAND PAUL WAS WEIGHING IN ON THE
WHOLE ISSUE WITH ME ON FOX NEWS.
TAKE A LOOK.
SHOULD WE HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO GO
AHEAD AND STOP THESE EXERCISES?
>> YEAH, BECAUSE THAT CAN EASILY
BE RESTARTED AT ANY POINT IN
TIME.
IT SHOWS GOODWILL.
IT'S NOTHING PERMANENT.
IT'S NOT LIKE GIVING THEM MONEY
AND I AM NOT FORGIVING NORTH
KOREANS ANY MONEY.
I WOULD OFFER THEM THE ALLURE OF
TRADE WITH JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA
AND US AN EXPANDED TRADE WITH
CHINA AND THE ALLURE OF WHAT
TRADE AND COMMERCE BRINGS
BASICALLY TO A COUNTRY.
NEIL: ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK I
WAS RAND PAUL'S WAY OF SAYING I
WOULD TAKE A CHILL PILL AND
FREEZING MILITARY EXERCISES.
THEY CAN BE RESTARTED IN A NEW
YORK MINUTE.
SENIOR FELLOW, RETIRED
LIEUTENANT COLONEL, DANIEL
DAVIS.
WHAT YOU MAKE OF WHAT HE'S
SAYING NOT A HUGE DEAL
SUSPENDING THESE EXERCISES FOR
THE TIME BEING.
>> IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THIS DOESN'T DIMINISH AND ONE
IOTA OUR MILITARY CAPABILITY.
THE POWER WE CAN BRING TO BEAR
AND IT DOESN'T DIMINISH OUR
READINESS AT ALL BECAUSE
NOTHINGS HAPPENING TO STOP OUR
MILITARY READINESS, MILITARY
TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES.
WE HAVE SUCH A VAST SCOPE AND
EXPERIENCE OF HIS ADDITIONAL
KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO DO THE
THINGS THAT SOME TEMPORARY
SUSPENSION WON'T DO ANYTHING.
IF THAT ACTUALLY GIVES US SOME
CHANCE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
TOWARDS A PEACE OUTCOME, THE
DATA SO WE SHOULD DO BECAUSE
THAT'S IN OUR INTERESTS.
NEIL: YOU KNOW, I USE THE GOOD
COP, BAD COP ANALOGY TO TALK
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND PUTTING
THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD WITH THE
NORTH KOREANS, BUT REMINDING
THEM AS SECRETARY OF STATE THERE
IS A TEST COUNTER TO THIS ON
MICHAEL POMPEO SAYING THE NORTH
KOREANS MUST MAKE AND TAKE
NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT STEPS BY THE
END OF THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST
TERM, GOING ON TO SAY THAT THERE
WOULD BE IN-DEPTH VERIFICATION
AND IT WILL BE VAST.
WHAT DID.
WHAT A JAMAICA BOTH OF THOSE
COMMENTS?
>> THE PRESIDENT'S MOST SACRED
DUTY AS DEFENSE OF THE UNITED
STATES AND OUR SECURITY AND HE
DOES THAT BY CONTINUING TO DETER
NORTH KOREA AND TO ALWAYS MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
RESPOND TO ANYTHING AND THAT
MEANS AVOIDING WAR.
THAT WOULD BE THE WORST OUTCOME
FOR US POSSIBLE AND IT'S NOT
NECESSARY.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS USES LITTLE GOOD COP,
BAD COP THING TO YOUR POINT
BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE CAN AFFORD
TO WALK AT ANY TIME.
WE ARE TO HAVE SOME PRESIDENTS
WITH DEFENDING DRILLS.
THEY DRILL FOR THE OLYMPICS AND
NOT RESULTED IN SOME POSITIVE
THINGS.
IF ANYONE THINKS TRUMP WILL BE
PLAYED, YOU SHOULD ALREADY PUT
THAT TO REST.
WHEN THEY MADE A BIG SQUAWK LAST
MONTH ABOUT DRILLS WE WERE
DOING, HIS RESPONSE WAS OKAY,
THEN THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A
SUMMIT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T GIVE
ANYTHING AWAY FOR FREE AND WE
CAN EXPECT IS POMPEO SAID SOME
KIND OF RESPONSE FOR THEM THAT
THEY'LL HAVE TO GET AS WELL.
NEIL: YOU KNOW COLONEL WHAT'S
WEIRD ABOUT THIS AND NOT TO
DISPARAGE THE PRESIDENT DOES WE
CAN PICK AND CHOOSE THE LEADERS
WITH WHOM WE MEET.
YOU AND I CHAT ON THAT.
THIS IS THE GUY WE ARE MEETING
WITH.
IT DOES SEEM YOU CAN BE REWARDED
FOR BAD BEHAVIOR IN THE GLOBAL
STAGE IF YOU PROMISE TO CLEAN UP
YOUR ACT IN ALL THESE OTHER
COUNTRIES THAT TRIED TO DO THE
RIGHT THING.
THEY LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON.
NBT BLACKLIST IN MS GUYS
MURDERING HIS FAMILY MEMBERS,
STARVING HIS PEOPLE.
HE'S GOING TO MAKE OUT OKAY.
>> I'M NOT SAYING HE'S GOING TO
MAKE OUT OKAY BECAUSE HE'S ON
THE CUSP OF COLLAPSING, WHICH IS
ONE OF THE REASONS HE'S PUSHING
FOR THIS.
NEIL: AGAIN, FOR ALL THE RIGHT
REASONS.
FOR ALL THE SORT OF WRONG KIND
OF REASONS, TOO.
>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE
PRESIDENT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT
HE'S GOT.
THE OVERRIDING CONCERN IS TO
DEFEND HER INTEREST IN THE US TO
DEAL WITH WHATEVER HE HAS GOOD
SO FAR HE'S ON THE RIGHT PATH
FOR THAT.
NEIL: ANOTHER THING, ONE OF THE
THINGS I DISCOVERED CHINA ONE OF
THE BIGGEST BENEFACTORS FOR
NORTH KOREA DON'T HAVE TO FORK
OVER ANY DOUGH TO HELP VOTE THE
NORTH KOREANS ARE FORK OVER ANY
BUSINESS INVESTMENT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING
THAT WOULD GET ANY SKIN OFF
THEIR HEIGHT.
MAYBE THAT WILL CHANGE AND WHILE
WE ARE BUILDING INTO THIS OR
INCENTIVES TO GIVE BUSINESS TO
COME IN, BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR NORTH KOREA.
THE CHINESE REALLY BACK THIS
CRAZY NUTCASE.
THEY HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY
ABOUT.
>> JUST THE HARD FACT IS EVERY
NATION IS GOING TO DO WHAT IT
CAN TO LOOK OUT FOR ITS OWN
NATIONAL INTEREST.
RUSSIA IS JUST AS MUCH AS RIGHT
HERE.
IF THE CAUSE OF ALL THAT IS A
DEEPER SECURITY FOR THE UNITED
STATES, BUT THE PRICE WE MAY
HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE OUR SECURITY
MATTERS MORE THAN ALL OF THAT.
NEIL: TO YOUR POINT, A LOT OF A
LOT OF PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE
BEEN TALKING TO THE NORTH KOREAN
LEADER.
HE'S THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE COME
AT THE ONLY ONE THE PRESIDENT
COULD TALK TO FOR THE TIME BEING
AND KNOWING SECOND-GUESSED FDR
AND STALIN WAS A PARTNER IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST ADOLF HITLER HERE.
VERY DIFFERENT I KNOW.
WE ARE NOT IN THE GAME OF
PICKING AND CHOOSING LEADERS OF
OTHER COUNTRIES.
>> AS YOU POINTED OUTCOME HE WAS
A MURDEROUS PERSON AT THAT TIME
IN THE INTEREST OF AMERICANS.
