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Coming, trying to limit the bounce in the markets. but the way this president operates -- he certainly has a case to make when he can say its been years and no one has gotten tough with china. its been years that china has been cheating. the question is the method here, and he thinks this is the way to do it. disrupt, shock the system, then try to cut a deal. >> i think thats the argument he makes, and weve seen him do that before where there is a lot of luster and he backs it up. the problem is...

A spotlight doesnt know what it is. about its like hes a terrible leader hes his know it all attitude has been boastful coarseness the loud blather and bluster im just an awful guy and it was an excellent way to hide the fact that he was out of his depth perfect that sometimes people keep getting promoted tomba higher and higher positions because theyre completely incapable of doing any actual work to have an. idea of the manners of the republic in its own way a symbol of forty successful he is ...

Do they abuse certain practices in intelectual property and technology transfers? sure. but we benefit enormously from low-cost products that we import from china and our manufacturers and our agricultural companies and farmers love the export to china. he sees it, if we have a trade deficit with china, were losing. no serious economist believes that. hes not right about losing the trade war and hes not right about there just being some short-term pain. hes injected enormous amounts of volatilit...

This negotiating strategy they are engaging with china? >> it is typical donald trump bluster. by the way, it is $350 billion. not $500 billion. who is quibbling? ultimately there will be a deal. i agree with larry kudlow. as dave knows, as i have been saying for a while, this is a trade dispute. it is not a trade war. i think the key thing that kudlow said it back door negotiations are under way behind the scenes. i think we will get a deal. >> you do think we get some sort of win here. per the...

Always talking about the stock market. so i have trouble seeing the logic of the way theyre going about it. yes, we should go after china. yes, we should be in dialogue with china, but a much quieter, firmer strategy with much less bluster and much more following through. >> whats firmer strategy that imposing a tariff on them? >> the problem is, we say were going to impose the tariff. when the market goes down, the white house economic adviser comes out and says were a long way from imposing an...

Thats about our programs, our research and development here, the kinds of people we let into the country to work as entrepreneurs in artificial intelligence. we need to win in pharmaceuticals. thats about the kind of medical research base we support here. we need to win in logistics. thats about the kind of infrastructure we have. if all we do is bluster about beijing, thats not going to be a strategy that works. thats the strategy the british tried for many years in different ways about germany...

Adding this, particularly for people who by and large are in support of president trump is an unwelcome development. >> dana: somebody said today, an economist, off the record conversation so i wont tell you who its from, but they were supportive of president trump saying that the bluster will actually help bring china to the table for a better negotiation. i would be interested to see if thats true. im not sure how each of these countries now in 2018 help solve these problems because the market...

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And i want to play what michael avanatti said when he was driving at that legal point home tonight. >> if he didnt know anything about the payment, you cant have an agreement and there is no such thing as an nda and all this bluster and nonsense about how theyre going to take my client for everything shes worth and theyre going to go on an extended vacation, has all proved to be nonsense. >> he has one side of the case, and he has reasons for making that argument. but do you buy on the point tha...

Serious cohen, these guys are making it as they go along and our case just got a whole lot better. >> youre happy, youre sharing with your viewers that you see this as good news. >> im ecstatiecstatic, lets b, im ecstatic. >> if the president didnt make the payment, in your view legally, does that mean he may not be able to enter into the case which he did in trying to take your clients case out of court? >> our case is simpler than that, because if the president didnt know anything about the pa...