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>> greetings from charlotte, maria. maria: you were those who embraced the idea that the president could use tariffs as a way to get mexico to the table to help on this. are you happy with this deal tell us what it means to you? >> well last week when chuck schumer said that it was a bluff , i said that probably a week from now he would be eating his words and next week, this week he will. the president used what i think was a very important tool to convince mexico that securing their southern b...

He could set a fire he cant put out. >> look, i think that hes been playing this game of chicken on tariffs with mexico, with china, now with australia. and every single case, he has this political utility in his mind that he wants to demagogue somal of it. the reason i think that the entire thing with mexico is a fraud and as jennifer correctly pointed out, there is no national guard there. the reason this whole thing got pulled back was the economic numbers were much softer than anticipated be...

With the governments there. in terms of a long-term solution here and what actually has to be done to make this problem stop, is the president using tools that have been used before to get some kind of result? >> greg: obviously he sees the border as more important than cheaper goods. and i think if you asked americans what they would prefer, a strong border or cheaper avocados, i think they would go for the border. it goes to the comparison of a long-term goal which is usually what an adult loo...

Welcome, sir. how is this affecting the relationship there now? >> i think since our new president took office in december, alex, he made a point of not having any confrontation to president trump, not paying attention to his tweets, tirades, diatribes or insults or anything he does. just sort of looking the other way and trying to avoid any kind of confrontation. this became very difficult now with the threat to impose tariffs, slap tariffs on mexican exports to the u.s. the good thing is the t...

This agreement saying look, my strategy worked. basically he played hardball. is he right if he says that? so that would indicate he would use this kind of bullying tactic again. >> no question he believes negotiation is about making max aist demands on the front end, being almost as extreme as you possibly can be, in order to come back to the middle later on. >> peter f. he does th, if he df the time, to take the words of larry kudlow who said, hes deadly serious about this when he was queried ...

Tariffs. this mexico, of course, is united states largest trading partner at this point. not many people are willing to call his bluff. in the end, he did step away from it. to what effect? we sort of are divided on what the u.s. got from mexico in securing the border. they agreed to reinforce the policies in place, specifically having migrants wait in mexico while asylum procerequest is processed. what is the win? >> we have seen that in tijuana. lets talk about the impeachment debate. house sp...

This political utility in his mind that he wants to demagogue somal of it. the reason i think that the entire thing with mexico is a fraud and as jennifer correctly pointed out, there is no national guard there. the reason this whole thing got pulled back was the economic numbers were much softer than anticipated because hes been doing this for several months. the revision of the prior months economic numbers was quite a bit more significant than folks expected. i think hes sniff package the win...

Coming across the southern border of mexico to be stopped in mexico and considered for asylum there. brianna? >> joe johns at the white house. thank you so much. all right, mike, are these going to go into effect? is this a bluff? the president called the tariffs beautiful. his aides say he can turn these off. what do you think? >> i think hes negotiating and i think if he reads his book, this is what he likes to do. i think he likes brinksmanship. i think the republican senators have helped him...

In terms of a long-term solution here and what actually has to be done to make this problem stop, is the president using tools that have been used before to get some kind of result? >> greg: obviously he sees the border as more important than cheaper goods. and i think if you asked americans what they would prefer, a strong border or cheaper avocados, i think they would go for the border. it goes to the comparison of a long-term goal which is usually what an adult looks at, and short-term goals,...

From the senate, this could be a test vote for impeachment. if they can get 20 republicans to join all 47 democrats to push back on tariffs, they could override the presidents veto. so i think hes playing a dangerous game here. which is why he may well back off. if you call him on it and say hes bluffing, he could follow through. calling him a bluff, calling his bluff, i think, is, it really infuriates him. i suppose he can go after bettee midler in the middle of the night. maybe that makes him ...