Transcript for North Korean prisoners released

So this morning, North Korea released three American hostages who are on their way back to the states right now with secretary of state, Mike Pompeo. Does it make you feel better about the upcoming summit between you know who and Kim Jong-un? Definitely. I mean, I think it shows some good faith on the part of north Korea, especially after what happened with the other person that they held, Otto -- Warmbier. Warmbier, and he came back and he dd shortly thereafter. He was basically brain dead when he came back. I think the fact they have done this is is a step in the right direction. They said they are healthy . I read that. It's good. Go ahead. I think I was skeptical about this kind of diplomacy, but I think maybe trump and Kim Jong-un are crazy like a fox, and he is, like, I'm not going to mess with trump. The first thing when Obama was in office, he went on an apology tour around the world apologizing for America, and something is working. I don't think something working, and he went around apologizing because our allies, again, were shut out by someone. That's why he went around. I hate every second of it. You didn't have to do it. But he felt that he needed to do it because of how we had treated our allies. It wasn't just allies. It was the Middle East as well. I mean, I think we're going to start talking about Iran in a moment as well, but this is -- by the way, the basic innate ideological difference between Democrats and Republicans is how you view America publicly on the global stage. I view it as president Obama. An argument can be made that because trump shoots from the hip and was calling him names -- Mm-hmm. And talking about whose is bigger, et cetera, we could have gotten into a war based on his rhetoric. He is just I think, lucky in a way it didn't go that way. Yeah. That's why I don't want to give him credit for North Korea. Do you agree with that at all? I said at the time, that's not how I would do international diplomacy, and I remember I came in here feeling how anxious you were, joy. One of those times where I was, like, you are really fearful of what's going on in the world, and it's palpable. I still am. I remember specifically that morning in particular. He was calling him -- Yeah, and you were worried about going to nuclear war. This is not how I would have done it, but it is working. We'll see. This is something that couldn't have been pulled off by the last administration, and everybody is reticent to give kudos on this, but we'll see. That's more to the point. And I don't think people give president Obama enough credit for being a true diplomat. I want my president to be truly, truly an international diplomat. And I wouldn't call it an apology tour. I would call it sort of a friendship tour, reaching out tour, an ally tour. That's what we need. This America first thing is really turning into, in my view, America alone, and we're turning our backs on our allies and that is not the America that I want. I agree with that. I was a fan of president Obama and the idea of diplomacy might be gone, but I agree with Meghan that this Korea situation is so important that I think whoever the president was in office, you couldn't subtract them from some of the movement forward. Kind of like with the economy, even though it's law say fair. When it's doing well or poorly, I don't think you can subtract out the president completely. They did. They do. They do it all the time. Somehow, people were convinced they were worse off under than bush. Globally? No. I assumed you were talking about here. You can't subtract out a president from a major world move like this. He has to have been involved on some level I think. You know what she is saying? She is going to your point that trump has -- Has to have had something to do with this just like when you look at the economy. People try to separate it. I know everyone is reticent to give trump credit on anything. She is doing that. That's what she is doing. Globally -- you said something, and I'm sorry. The fact he is in office, and I was comparing it to people separating out partisan, depending on what side they are. They try to give the economy credit based on whether they like the president or not. Here you have to give the president a little bit -- This is a step in the right direction. We were talking about something different. That happens, but we figured it out.

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