Trump teases MAJOR meeting with Kim Jong Un

>> CAN'T LET IRAN HAVEVE A NUCLR. WEAPON. AND I KNOW KIM JONG UN VERY. WELL, AND HE'S GOING TO BE FINE. AS LONG AS WE HAVE A SMART IF. PRESIDENT, HE'S GOING TO BE. FINE. IF WE HAVE A DUMB PRESIDENT, THEN HE'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO. BE SO FINE. >> Reporter: ARE YOU EXPECTING. TO MEET WITH HIM LATER THIS. YEAR? >> YEAH, I WILL BE. JASON: THAT'S PRESIDENT TRUMP ON. A POTENTIAL MEETING WITH NORTH. KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN LATER. THIS YEAR AFTER DIRECTING THE.

PENTAGON TO SCALE BACK ITS JOINT. MILITARY EXERCISES WITH SOUTH. KOREA. THE PRESIDENT MET WITH KIM THREE. TIMES DURING HIS FIRST TERM. INCLUDING INSIDE THE. DEMILITARIZE THED ZONE WHEN HE. BRIEFLY CROSSED OVER INTO THE. NORTH KOREAN SIDE. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. EXPECTED TO WELCOME CHINESE. PRESIDENT XI JINPING TO. WASHINGTON ON SEPTEMBER 24TH. WHERE THE TOPICS THEY ARE. EXPECTED TO DISCUSS INCLUDE. TRADE AND ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE AMONG OTHERS. JOINING ME NOW IS FORMER.

PENTAGON OFFICIAL, RETIRED U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN BRENT SADLER. CAPTAIN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR. JOINING US, REALLY DO APPRECIATE. YOUR PERSPECTIVE, AND THANK YOU. FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. LET'S GO, FIRST, TO IRAN. THE ECONOMIC D-DAY AS THE. PRESIDENT REFERS TO IT IS GOING. TO HAPPEN ON MONDAY. WILL THIS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE? WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN. ORDER TO GET THOSE SHIPS. FLOWING? NOW, THERE'S A 400% INCREASE IN. THE NUMBER OF SHIPS FLOWING. THROUGH THE STRAIT, BUT WHAT. ELSE NEEDS TO HAPPEN? >> YEAH. SO THE OIL FLOW THROUGH THE.

STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS NOT NEAR. WHERE IT WAS BACK IN FEBRUARY. BEFORE THE CONFLICT. BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO. THAT. THE OIL MARKET'S TO GOING TO. CHANGE. IT'S NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO A. PRE-CONFLICT KIND OF SITUATION. THE KEY THING IS THERE THE. ECONOMIC PRESSURE -- AND IT'S. GOING TO HAVE AN ELEMENT, I. THINK, OF KINETIC PART TO THIS, ACTUALLY GOING IN AND SEIZING. SHIPS ON THE HIGH SEAS, BUT ALSO. INTERRUPTING THE NETWORK OF. TRADE AND BARTER IN WHICH THIS. REGIME IN TEHRAN IS LIVING UPON.

IF THAT PAIN CAN THREATEN THE. REGIME'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN. CONTROL OF THE PEOPLE, THEN. ITIT'LL WORK. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SYSTEM TIME, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A. MILITARY PRESENCE LIKE YOU SEE. TODAY FOR SOME TIME INTO THE. FUTURE. JASON: BUT THE PROXIES FOR THE. IRANIAN TERRORISM THAT HAVE, I. MEAN, THEY HAVE BEEN DEPLETED. AND DIMINISHED TO A POINT WHERE. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THAT. FUNDING TO GO TO THE HOUTHIS OR. THAT MASS OR MESS -- HAMAS OR. HEZBOLLAH, YOU NAME IT, THAT THE. IRANIANS WERE FUNDING, CORRECT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS WHERE I THINK THE FIGHT. NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AGGRESSIVELY. RATHER THAN LARGE STRIKES IN. IRAN AND TRYING TO END THIS. CONFLICT QUICKLY THROUGH FORCE. OF ARMS WHICH IS A BIG ORDER, BUT GOING AFTER THESE PROXIES IN. IRAQ, THE HOUTHIS IN YEMEN, KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON. HEZBOLLAH TO DISARM AS WELL AS. TO FINALLY GET HAMAS OUT OF. GAZA, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT. NEED TO HAPPEN, AND PRESSURE. NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO BEAR MORE. AGGRESSIVELY THERE OR ELSE THE. IRANIANS WILL RECONSTITUTE THIS. LEVERAGE THAT THEY'VE BEEN. RELYING ON IN THE PAST.

THIS REGIME IN TEHRAN, QUITE. FRANKLY, IS IN THE WEAKEST. POSITION THAT IT'S BEEN IN SINCE. 1979, AND IT'S TIME TO PRESS. THAT ADVANTAGE. JASON: LET'S MOVE OVER TO ASIA. BECAUSE ONE OF THE STRENGTHS. THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP BRINGS TO. THE TABLE IS HIS FRIENDSHIP, HIS. NEGOTIATING, HIS RELATIONSHIP. WITH THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA. BUT ALSO PRESIDENT KIM JONG UN. >> YES. JASON: EXPLAIN WHAT YOU SEE. THERE, BECAUSE THE RELATIONSHIP. SEEMS TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE.

AND THE BLOOD PRESSURE DOWN, AND. THAT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. CREDIT, BACK WHEN HE FIRST. STARTED THIS OUTREACH TO KIM. JONG UN IN HIS FIRST TERM, THERE. WERE MANY OF THE PROFESSIONAL. AND THE SO-CALLED U.K. YOU KNOW, CONVENTITIONAL THOUGHT WAS THIS. WOULD BE A FAILURE. IN FACT, WE HAD SEVERAL YEARS OF. NO MISSILE TESTS, WE HAD KIND OF. A DETENTE, AND HAS DRIFTED BACK. TO WHERE YOU HAVE NORTH KOREAN. TRIPS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN COMBAT.

IN UKRAINE, MISSILE TRANSFERS, SO I THINK THIS OUTREACH IS NOT. A CARBON COPY OF WHAT WE SAW. FIRST TERM, BUT THERE ARE SOME. REAL ISSUES THAT COULD BE. ADDRESSED AND PERHAPS TO. AMERICAN ADVANTAGE. AND THAT IS TO TRY TO GET THE. NORTH KOREANS TO RECONSIDER. SENDING UP TO 50,000 TROOPS AND. LABORERS TO HELP THE RUSSIAN WAR. EARTH. JASON: YEAH. WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS TO. BALANCE AND JUGGLE ALONG THE. WAY, THANK GOODNESS HE HAS THE. WORK ETHIC, THE TENACITY AND THE. SMARTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. THERE'S NOBODY BETTER.

NEGOTIATING ON BEHALF OF THE. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP. I DO WANT TO TO ASK YOU ABOUT, YOU SERVED IN THE NAVY. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE USS. LINCOLN. IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST, LONGEST. DEPLOYMENTS EVER, BUT HER NOW. FINALLY COMING HOME AFTER MORE. THAN 250 DAYS AT SEA. EXPLAIN THE ATMOSPHERE AND. WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND HOW. THE NAVY CAN SUPPLEMENT WHAT. THEY'RE DOING. >> WELELL, THE CARRIER, THE. LINCOLN, IS BEING REPLACED BY. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON ON. STATION, SO THE MILITARY. PRESENCE IS UNCHANGED, AND I.

THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE. IRANIANS TO TAKE NOTE OF. THE LINCOLN, YOU KNOW, WEST. COAST-BASED CARRIER, WILL BE. HEADING BACK HOME PROBABLY. THROUGH THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, ANOTHER MESSAGE TO CHINA, AS. TENSIONS RIGHT NOW ARE VERY HIGH. THERE. BUT I THINK THE SAILORS DESERVE. SOME SERIOUSLY WELL-EARNED PORT. TIME IN A LIBERTY PORT, PERHAPS. IN SOUTHEAST ASIA LIKE THAILAND, ALWAYS ON THE SO MUCH THE LIST. FOR -- ON THE TOP OF THE LIST.

FOR SAILORS. THERE'S A LOT OF HARDTSHIPS, CAN'T BE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY, AND I THINK THE NAVY NEEDS TO DO. A BETTER JOB IN THE FUTURE. THERE WAS A LOT OF UNEXPECTED. THINGS THAT HAPPENED. THE BOMBING OF THE FIFTH EARTH. FLEET HEADQUARTERS IN BAHRAIN. DID CAUSE A LOT OF DISRUPTIONS. TO SUPPLY CHAINS. THINK THIS KNAVE'S -- I THINK. THE NAVY'S LEARNED FROM THAT, BUT I THINK THE SAILORS DESERVE. AN EPIC LIBERTY PORT. JASON: YEAH. I WONDER IF THOSE SAILORS SAY WE. DON'T NEED A STOP IN THAILANANDI.

WANT TO GET HOME AND SEE MY. FAMILY, I THINK THAT'S IN LARGE. PART WHAT THOSE PEOPLE WANT TO. DO. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR SERVICE. TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE. DONE IN ORDER TO MAKE AMERICA. SAFE. WORKING AT THE PENTAGON, WORKING. WITH THE HER -- HERITAGE. FOUNDATION N.