and joining us now the new and very busy Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mr.
secretary welcome back to Fox News Sunday come on Oh Chris it's great to be
with you let's start with breaking news first of all that savage attack last
night in Paris a Chechen knifing killing one person wounding 4 others what can
you tell us about a possible link to terror we don't know much more we know
that the Caliphate Isis has claimed responsibility they said he was one of
their soldiers we can't verify that yet the French authorities with all the
intelligence help the United States can provide we'll do our best to unpack this
in the coming hours okay let's talk about some other breaking news and North
Koreans announced yesterday that they are going to blow up their nuclear site
in ten to twelve days how big a development is this and is that do we
believe their only nuclear test site Chris it's good news
every single site that the North Koreans have that can inflict risk upon the
American people that is destroyed eliminated dismantled as good news for
the American people and for the world and so this is one step along the way
had a good set of meetings this past week aimed at heading in exactly this
direction I want to go back to the combat and Kevin just played it your
comment on Friday that if Kim chooses the quote right path the u.s. is
prepared to work with North Korea to quote achieve prosperity what does that
mean in terms of direct US investment in North Korea and are we as part of this
willing in effect to guarantee Kim's security that that regime change will be
off the table Kris here's what this will look like this will be Americans coming
in private-sector America's not the US taxpayer private sector Americans coming
in to help build out the energy grid they need enormous amounts of
electricity in North Korea to work with them to develop infrastructure all the
things that the North Korean people need the capacity for American agriculture to
support North Korea so they can eat meat and have healthy lives those are the
kind of things that if we get what it is the president has demanded the complete
verifiable irreversible denuclearization of North Korea
that the American people will offer in spades and as part of that are we in
effect saying to Kim if you give us what we want you can stay on in power we will
have to provide security assurances to to be sure this has been the trade-off
that has been pending for 25 years no president has ever put America in a
position where the North Korean leadership thought that this was truly
possible that the Americans would actually do this would lead to the place
where America was no longer held at risk by the North Korean regime that's the
objectives when I said earlier this week that I think chairman Kim shares the
objectives of the American people I'm convinced of that now the task is for
President Trump and he to meet to validate the process by which this would
go forward to set out those markers so that we can negotiate this outcome do
you have any problem given Kim's history and the history of his family as an
oppressive regime any problems with the idea of the US even if we get our deal
in effect giving a security guarantee to the Kim regime look we'll have to see
how the negotiations proceed but make no mistake about it America's interest here
is preventing the risk that North Korea will launch a nuclear weapon into LA or
Denver into the very place we're sitting here at this morning Chris that's our
objective that's the end state the president has laid out and that's the
mission that he sent me on this past week to put us on the trajectory to go
achieve that let's talk about denuclearization the objective two weeks
ago National Security Advisor John Bolton sat in this very seat and he told
me that the u.s. negotiating position going in is that Kim has to ship out has
to dismantle and and take out of the country all of this nuclear weapons all
of his nuclear infrastructure all of his long-range missiles before the US will
grant any concessions on the other hand this week Kim met with Chinese President
Xi and he called for quote phased and synchronous measures in other words
action for action have you and Kim agreed what the sequencing is is it all
of the actions by him first or is it step by step and is that
something as I say that you've agreed with or is it something that
and the president will have to work out of the summit Chris we've had
discussions on how this would proceed there's still a great deal of detail to
be worked on and in the coming weeks we will continue to work on that so that we
can be in a good spot on June 12th to Singapore for a president Trump but make
no mistake about it we've done this before right we've done trade for trade
moment for a moment you give me X I give you Y and it has failed repeatedly I
think chairman Kim understands that I think he appreciates the fact that this
is gonna have to be different and big and special and something that has never
been undertaken before if we're going to get to this historic outcome both sides
have to be prepared to take truly historic measures to achieve it and how
confident are you because you're gonna be putting the President of the United
States in a room with Kim in Singapore with the whole world watching how
confident are you that not only he understands it but that he's going to
have to that he's going to deliver on our expectations
well the quote president Trump will see right we we are not to the place yet
where we should be remotely close to declaring that we've achieved what it is
we want there's a great deal of work that remains our eyes are wide open with
respect to the risks but it is it is our fervent hope that chairman Kim wants to
make a strategic change a strategic change in the direction for his country
and his people and if he's prepared to do that President Trump is prepared to
assure that this could be a successful transition all right I want to talk
about that is that you you you've said that we we understand and john bolton
talked about that nobody in the administration is starry-eyed the
president has been raising expectations for this summit saying he thinks that
they're gonna make a great deal that his phrase your predecessor at the CIA John
Brennan says he thinks that's playing into Kim's
hands take a look I think that we're gonna have a success I think this will
be a very big success I think he has been masterful and how he has
manipulated perceptions and how he's manipulated and quite frankly duped mr.
Trump is it a mistake for the president to predict a quote great success
I think former director Brad's remarks are silly on their face
we're going to enter into a set of discussions with two nations doing their
best to achieve outcomes for their own people that are consistent with their
objectives and goals I think we now understand that there is the potential
that there are shared objectives and our mission is to prepare the groundwork and
we're pretty far along the way of doing so and we'll continue to work in the
days that had 30 left to prepare for June 12th so the president can have a
successful outcome that the two of them can meet and see if there is a
sufficient overlap so that we can achieve the ultimate objective for the
American people after you brought the American hostages home and the whole
world celebrated that President Trump raised Kim for releasing them and that
prey is not the release of the hostages but that phrase upset
some critics take a look at this Kim Jong I did a great service to himself to
his country by doing this we can't be fooled into giving the North Korean
regime credit for returning Americans that never should have been be been
detained in the first place according to your State Department's
latest report at North Korea still holds at least 80,000 political prisoners in
its labor camps and other facilities is human rights an issue in this summit or
is it's just going to be about the nuclear issue yeah Chris this
administration is always concerned about human rights it's the case not only are
there political prisoners that remain in North Korea there are Americans held
around the world by other rogue regimes too I can assure you this administration
I saw it in my role as director of the CIA and I've seen it now in my first two
and a half weeks the Secretary of State is intently focused on achieving the
return of each of those as well we had a success this week we're happy for those
families and for America that those three Americans returned home but we
recognize there's much work to do we still have Americans held and we're
working diligently on behalf of each and every one of them when I people found
out that you were going to be on the program today that but they all have the
same question I must say I did what is Kim like with the possible exception of
Dennis Rodman you as more time with them than any other
Westerner at least two and a half hours the way I figure it what does he like
give us any kind of personal insight how aware is he of what President Trump has
been saying was there any mention of little Rocket Man well I've got a lot
fewer of rebounds than Dennis Rodman but I did get to spend a great deal time
with chairman Kim the conversations are professional he knows he knows his brief
he knows what the what he is trying to achieve for the North Korean people he's
able to deal with complexity when the conversation requires it he does follow
the Western press he'll he'll probably watch this show at some point he's
paying attention to things that the world is saying he too is preparing for
June 12th he and his team will be working with them to put our two leaders
in a position where it's just possible we might pull off a historic under was
there any mention of the exchange of insults back and forth no we didn't
cover that Chris that's probably wise I want to turn there's a lot on your brief
Iran and Israel got into an armed conflict across the Syrian border this
week after President Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal with Tehran do you
think that there's any connection that Iran feels less constrained now that the
u.s. no longer is part of this this deal about Iran nukes that's ludicrous it's
ludicrous to suggest that Iran feels less constrained when during the jcpoa
they have now fired missiles into an airport where Americans travel each day
in Riyadh they've now fired it missiles into Israel suggests that somehow the
withdrawal from the JCP is driving the Iranian conduct that's taken place
during the jcpoa in Yemen the rise of Hezbollah all of those things took place
during the jcpoa indeed I would argue that they felt they could act with
impunity they watched they watched Europe put exactly zero sanctions on
their missile program during the jcpoa I think rouhani and Zarif need to
explain why it's the case that while this agreement was in place Iran
continued its mark across the Middle East president hunt
made it clear that he's not only going after Ron but he's also prepared to
sanction European companies that continue to do business in Tehran here
is the president we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction
any nation that helps Iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be
strongly sanctioned by the United States but the leaders of France of Germany of
Britain all say that they're going to stay in the deal and they're going to
look for a way to protect European companies that continue to do business
the question is how hard is the Trump administration prepared to go after
European companies that that ignore the u.s. pulling out two things
Chris first the wealth that was created in Iran as a result of the JCAP jcpoa
drove Iranian Millian activity in fuelled Qasem Soleimani it fueled the
IRGC provided resources for their work in Syria and Iraq president Trump's
withdrawal is aimed at denying them that wealth denying them the resources to
continue their bad behavior to take the money away from them the withdrawal
wasn't aimed at the Europeans I worked hard over the short time I've been the
Secretary of State to try and fix the deal we couldn't reach agreement with
our e3 partners I am hopeful in the days and weeks ahead we can come up with a
deal that really works that really protects the world from Iranian bad
behavior not just their nuclear program but their missiles and their maligned
behavior as well and I'll be working closely with the Europeans to try and
achieve that what about if the European companies and the European countries say
look there's not gonna be a renegotiation any more than there's
going to be a renegotiation of the Paris climate Accord is the u.s. prepared to
go after companies in our allies like Britain
France and Germany if they try to continue to do business the sanctions
regime that is now in place is very clear about what the requirements are my
mission that I've been given by President Trump is to work to strike a
deal that achieves the outcome that protect America that's what we're
going to do and I'll be hard at it with the Europeans in the next several days a
couple of final questions Israel the u.s. opens its embassy in Jerusalem
tomorrow the Palestinians are talking about a Day of Rage violent mass
protests and the PLO won't even talk to the US anymore as an interlocutor in
terms of the Middle East is the peace process dead and given the threat of
violence what are you as the Secretary of State
saying to Americans in the Middle East in those parts of the world over the
next few days so the peace process is most decidedly
not dead we're hard at work on it we we hope we can achieve a successful outcome
there as well with respect to security we were aware of the situation on the
ground the Unites States governor has taken a number of actions to ensure that
not only our governmental interests but the American people in that region are
secure as well and we're comfortable we've taken action that reduces that
risk finally and it's pretty remarkable given
all that's happened all that's on your brief you have been Secretary of State
for barely two weeks now what's your vision for the State Department
well first Chris I hope having peaked in my purse but but it's pretty clear we've
got to go put the diplomatic team on the playing field it should be the United
States State Department that is at the front of American foreign policy
delivering solutions to solve America's problems without resort to military
force and so I'm gonna build the team we're gonna get our swagger back and the
State Department will be out in front in every corner of the world leading
America's diplomatic policy achieving great outcomes on behalf of President
Trump and America secretary Pompeo thank you thanks for your time and a very busy
schedule they always good to talk with you service
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