NORTH KOREA

STEPHANOPOULOS And I guess ░░░░░░░░ s going to be ░░░░░░░░ question Can President Trump ░░░░░░░░ is historic the fact ░░░░░░░░ he s going ph ░░░░░░░░ he get more than ░░░░░░░░ Clinton got in 1994 ░░░░░░░░ George W Bush got ░░░░░░░░ early in his term ░░░░░░░░ MI TERRY SENIOR FELLOW ░░░░░░░░ FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL ░░░░░░░░ It s very unclear ░░░░░░░░ mean we still don ░░░░░░░░ have an agreement on ░░░░░░░░ just even the ph ░░░░░░░░ of denuclearization Is North ░░░░░░░░ willing to denuclearize as ░░░░░░░░ define it Which is ░░░░░░░░ CROSSTALK STEPHANOPOULOS in any ░░░░░░░░ TERRY I don t ░░░░░░░░ SIVID ph is really ░░░░░░░░ realistic expectation I mean ░░░░░░░░ still have to set ░░░░░░░░ up as a goal ░░░░░░░░ there was a Stanford ░░░░░░░░ study that was just ░░░░░░░░ inaudible verification process is ░░░░░░░░ to take 15 years ░░░░░░░░ North Korea first of ░░░░░░░░ we don t have ░░░░░░░░ don t know where ░░░░░░░░ the weapons are if ░░░░░░░░ how many they have ░░░░░░░░ they re all hidden ░░░░░░░░ are thousands of underground ░░░░░░░░ that they are hidden ░░░░░░░░ verification process is going ░░░░░░░░ be very very difficult ░░░░░░░░ achieve So we need ░░░░░░░░ have a realistic expectation ░░░░░░░░ m glad President Trump ░░░░░░░░ of walked away from ░░░░░░░░ of the high bar ░░░░░░░░ set up for himself ░░░░░░░░ So you re going ░░░░░░░░ ph what Ambassador Richardson ░░░░░░░░ That does seem to ░░░░░░░░ the big goal here ░░░░░░░░ now ph RICHARDSON Yes ░░░░░░░░ Is there any way ░░░░░░░░ can get a realistic ░░░░░░░░ procedure in there that ░░░░░░░░ you actually have inspectors ░░░░░░░░ at the North Korean ░░░░░░░░ BOSSERT Yeah I think ░░░░░░░░ s a very important ░░░░░░░░ to make here Sieg ░░░░░░░░ has made a lot ░░░░░░░░ news and he deserves ░░░░░░░░ lot of respect he ░░░░░░░░ an expert in this ░░░░░░░░ STEPHANOPOULOS He s a ░░░░░░░░ who studied the North ░░░░░░░░ nuclear program He says ░░░░░░░░ would take 15 years ░░░░░░░░ Visited North Korea multiple ░░░░░░░░ BOSSERT Yeah he s ░░░░░░░░ only westerner that s ░░░░░░░░ permitted access Where he ░░░░░░░░ wrong though is the ░░░░░░░░ that go into his ░░░░░░░░ that as a result ░░░░░░░░ year or two or ░░░░░░░░ for freeze and things ░░░░░░░░ are very easy to ░░░░░░░░ in the short term ░░░░░░░░ s just inaccurate on ░░░░░░░░ s making assumptions that ░░░░░░░░ a little bit different ░░░░░░░░ my understand of what ░░░░░░░░ Trump is going to ░░░░░░░░ In other words what ░░░░░░░░ Trump is doing is ░░░░░░░░ and that s not ░░░░░░░░ be criticized he s ░░░░░░░░ faster not because it ░░░░░░░░ just a threat but ░░░░░░░░ he s trying to ░░░░░░░░ or ascertain the motive ░░░░░░░░ intent of the leadership ░░░░░░░░ they don t have ░░░░░░░░ intent to make a ░░░░░░░░ decision and that means ░░░░░░░░ as a first step ░░░░░░░░ freeze but halt and ░░░░░░░░ turn over their nukes ░░░░░░░░ their missiles then this ░░░░░░░░ a big waste of ░░░░░░░░ All the definitions and ░░░░░░░░ the big protracted negotiations ░░░░░░░░ might come after would ░░░░░░░░ be for naught.