Bob Menendez Refuses to Say If Trump Deserves Credit for Progress on North Korea

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STEPHANOPOULOS: "Does President Trump deserve credit for getting us to this point?"
MENENDEZ: "Well, look. As I say, we Democrats believe in robust diplomacy. I get concerned that the president thinks that this is a mano-a-mano engagement that he can achieve the success we want. To the extent that Kim Jong-un has already gone from international pariah doing with normalized internationally, you have to say that he’s had some success here. A meeting as I said and a deal is not the hardest part. It’s getting the right deal at the end of the day. We have had president Clinton, President Bush, President Obama all got deals. And they did not meet with Kim Jong-un or his predecessor. In order to get a deal. And so — this deal has given international recognition to North Korea’s leader. I hope the president can succeed. We want him to succeed. I think success is defined not as a grand moment where you say we want peace in our time when, in fact, we don’t have the verifiable elements of a denuclearization. The ballistic missile program. And the chemical and biological weapons, as well, should be on the table in my opinion. If you avoid a nuclear challenge but can deliver a missile with chemical of biological weapons, that is equally a threat."