Jeanne Shaheen: ‘I Was Disappointed’ Trump Didn’t Further Engage Russia on North Korea

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TAPPER: "Interesting. Boris Sanchez at the White House for us. I wanted to bring in democratic senator Jeanne Shaheen of new Hampshire. She serves on the Senate foreign relations and the Senate armed services committee. Senator, thanks so much for being here. What’s your reaction, president Trump saying that the U.S. Standing in the world is stronger than ever before?"
SHAHEEN: "Well, I think it’s important for the president to travel, to reassure our allies who have been very concerned about some of the positions of this administration. I think we need to continue to engage with our allies and with the world situation, both on trade. I’m concerned that by pulling out of tpp, while we all want fair and competitive trade, the fact is what we’ve done is left the playing field to the Chinese to engage with those partners. So I think we need to do both. We need to strike better deals but we need to do it in a way that ensures that we are at the table on these deals."
TAPPER: "Were there elements of the president’s trip to Asia that you think were successes for the United States?"
SHAHEN: "Well, again, I think whenever the president is there representing America, especially with our allies, that’s very important. I was disappointed. I thought this was a great opportunity to try to further engage Russia in what’s going on with North Korea. One of the things we need to do with North Korea, which is a rogue nation, is to get the international community in support of further sanctions, of keeping pressure on the north Korean regime and Russia is a key player there and he missed that opportunity to engage Putin on that issue."