Trump in 1999: N. Korea’s ‘Laughing at Us; They Think We’re a Bunch of Dummies’

RUSSERT One is North ░░░░░░░░ And you say that ░░░░░░░░ as president would be ░░░░░░░░ to launch a pre ░░░░░░░░ strike against North Korea ░░░░░░░░ nuclear capability TRUMP First ░░░░░░░░ d negotiate I would ░░░░░░░░ like crazy And I ░░░░░░░░ make sure that we ░░░░░░░░ to get the best ░░░░░░░░ possible Look Tim if ░░░░░░░░ man walks up to ░░░░░░░░ on a street in ░░░░░░░░ because this hasn t ░░░░░░░░ of course in New ░░░░░░░░ but if a man ░░░░░░░░ up and puts a ░░░░░░░░ to your head and ░░░░░░░░ give me your money ░░░░░░░░ t you rather know ░░░░░░░░ he s coming from ░░░░░░░░ he had the gun ░░░░░░░░ his hand And these ░░░░░░░░ in three or four ░░░░░░░░ are going to be ░░░░░░░░ nuclear weapons They re ░░░░░░░░ to have those weapons ░░░░░░░░ all over the world ░░░░░░░░ specifically at the United ░░░░░░░░ And wouldn t you ░░░░░░░░ better off solving this ░░░░░░░░ potentially unbelievable and the ░░░░░░░░ problem I mean we ░░░░░░░░ talk about the economy ░░░░░░░░ can talk about Social ░░░░░░░░ The biggest problem this ░░░░░░░░ has is nuclear proliferation ░░░░░░░░ we have a country ░░░░░░░░ there North Korea which ░░░░░░░░ sort of wacko which ░░░░░░░░ not a bunch of ░░░░░░░░ And they are going ░░░░░░░░ and they are developing ░░░░░░░░ weapons And they re ░░░░░░░░ doing it because they ░░░░░░░░ having fun doing it ░░░░░░░░ re doing it for ░░░░░░░░ reason And wouldn t ░░░░░░░░ be good to sit ░░░░░░░░ and really negotiate something ░░░░░░░░ ideally negotiate Now if ░░░░░░░░ negotiation doesn t work ░░░░░░░░ d better solve the ░░░░░░░░ now than solve it ░░░░░░░░ Tim And you know ░░░░░░░░ and every politician knows ░░░░░░░░ and nobody wants to ░░░░░░░░ about it Jimmy Carter ░░░░░░░░ I really like and ░░░░░░░░ went over there It ░░░░░░░░ so soft These people ░░░░░░░░ laughing at us RUSSERT ░░░░░░░░ former general of the ░░░░░░░░ Force Meryl McPeak the ░░░░░░░░ Secretary of Defense Les ░░░░░░░░ said you could not ░░░░░░░░ a pre emptive strike ░░░░░░░░ North Korea because the ░░░░░░░░ fallout could be devastating ░░░░░░░░ the Asian peninsula TRUMP ░░░░░░░░ m not talking about ░░░░░░░░ m not talking about ░░░░░░░░ using nuclear weapons I ░░░░░░░░ saying that they have ░░░░░░░░ where they re developing ░░░░░░░░ RUSSERT No but taking ░░░░░░░░ their nuclear potential TRUMP ░░░░░░░░ you know that this ░░░░░░░░ Tim crosstalk RUSSERT would ░░░░░░░░ a fallout TRUMP Tim ░░░░░░░░ you know that this ░░░░░░░░ went out and gave ░░░░░░░░ nuclear reactors free fuel ░░░░░░░░ 10 years We we ░░░░░░░░ tried to bribe them ░░░░░░░░ stopping and they re ░░░░░░░░ to do what they ░░░░░░░░ doing and they re ░░░░░░░░ at us They think ░░░░░░░░ re a bunch of ░░░░░░░░ I m saying that ░░░░░░░░ have to do something ░░░░░░░░ stop Ideally RUSSERT But ░░░░░░░░ the military told you ░░░░░░░░ Trump we can t ░░░░░░░░ this TRUMP You give ░░░░░░░░ two names you re ░░░░░░░░ me two names I ░░░░░░░░ t know Do you ░░░░░░░░ to do it in ░░░░░░░░ years when they have ░░░░░░░░ all over the place ░░░░░░░░ one of them pointing ░░░░░░░░ New York City to ░░░░░░░░ and every one of ░░░░░░░░ that when you want ░░░░░░░░ do it?”