signed that agreement. >> we saw you sign the agreement right in this room. you also said you developed a special bond. describe that bond. >> well, it's been a very intense day. and as you know, we discussed things over the last few months. >> you did? you've spoken with him before? >> i have spoken, yes, to him and a lot of his people. as you know, i would say his very top person was at the white house last week, and so we've developed a pretty good relationship in terms of getting something done. it got done. i think it's a terrific document. it's a starter but it's a terrific document and there are things we negotiated after that document that are very important. >> like what? >> we're going to get rid of certain ballistic missile sites and other things and we're going to put that out later, but we have the framework of getting ready to denuclearize north korea. >> the phrase is complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. does that mean that the nuclear umbrella that we...

allies and i asked the president to explain that dizzying diplomacy. this has been a dizzying few days of diplomacy. >> true. >> for you. >> reaching out here to kim jong-un, longtime enemy of the united states. comi off of at sumt caith those tough words for the canadian prime minister. how do you explain that to people who might be confused, we're reaching out to our enemies and antagonizing our allies. >> i have great friendships. if you speak to prime minister abe who i'm helping a lot because japan, three or four times they had missiles going right over the middle of japan. i have a very good relationship with prime minister abe. i have a great relationship with the new man who i like a lot, as you know, from italy, he just won and, you know, we had very good -- and, frankly, really good with merkel. pretty much were all of them. we actually were getting ready to sign a document and i made them make various changes. you know what we were doing. we were talking while we...