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- So it turns out world peace

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was just a firm handshake away.

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Why didn't we see it sooner?

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- I'm gonna bring a basketball team,

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a professional basketball to you.

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He said, "Can you do that?"

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I said, "Yes, I can."

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- When Dennis Rodman
becomes our lead dealmaker,

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we may be in trouble. So where
are we now with North Korea?

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After Trump met with Kim Jong-un,

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it was time to seal the deal,
so for two days last week,

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

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met with North Korea's
leadership to continue the talks

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from the famed Singapore summit.

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Remember there was that big handshake

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in front of both countries' flags,

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and we showed Kim our awesome
James Cameron-inspired video

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of the world through a
shared love of basketball?

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(we can't believe this is real)

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But when Pompeo was
asked what the meetings

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with North Korea went like,

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he stated progress was
being made and called it--

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- Productive conversations.

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These are complicated issues,

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but we made progress on almost
all of the central issues.

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- The North Koreans, however,
had a different story.

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They called the meetings
"deeply regrettable,"

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citing the U.S.'s "unilateral

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and gangster-like demand
for denuclearization."

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Pompeo reportedly wasn't
even offered the chance

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to meet with Kim face-to-face,

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a major diplomatic insult.

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The issue here is we've
seen this play before.

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North Korea is notorious
for not following through

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with hollow agreements.

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Their game plan is to feign cooperation,

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gain legitimacy, and continue to work

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to promote their own existence.

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It's been reported that North Koreans

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have actually not stalled
their nuclear program,

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but have ramped it up.

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Satellite imagery shows the rogue nation

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has upgraded nuclear facilities
in the wake of Singapore,

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but when everyone except for Dennis Rodman

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could see that this entire
meetup was likely a ruse,

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why didn't legendary dealmaker
Donald Trump figure it out?

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Well, for one, he's not
that great at making deals.

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He is, however, great at
creating an image of strength

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and manipulating the media.

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The North Korean deal is something Trump

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really wants to happen.

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This deal would provide
legitimacy to his presidency

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in a way he's yet to achieve.

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He wants it so badly,

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he's already given up a lot
as a show of good faith.

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By meeting with Kim, he
normalized the North Korean leader

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and made a handful of
concessions on a global platform,

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but if this deal turns flat,
Donald Trump won't be able

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to just file bankruptcy and cut ties.

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He'll be exposed as a
loser on a global scale,

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and time will tell how he reacts
when lives are on the line.