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Tariffs. so a political pickle for the president. at the same time he has put these tariffs on, he has significantly decreased his ability, his leverage to get this trade deal across the finish line. >> is it a political pickle, though? this is the presidents game plan, its what he does for 50 years in business, he bluffs, he plays a game of chicken. >> its not the presidents game plan because for the last several months his white house has been working overtime to get this big trade deal over t...

And a lie and cheat. you talk to people in the construction and housing business, the trumps lie constantly. theyll never pay you back. theyre mantra is, what are you going to do, sue me, right? so there are constantly people who have been burned. weve seen this. now were seeing it on a national level where hes doing this to the global economy, where hes bluffing, hes blustering. >> he thinks daddy will bail him out. or someone will. >> we will be the ones. we still havent seen his taxes. >> exa...

Business, the trumps lie constantly. theyll never pay you back. theyre mantra is, what are you going to do, sue me, right? so there are constantly people who have been burned. weve seen this. now were seeing it on a national level where hes doing this to the global economy, where hes bluffing, hes blustering. >> he thinks daddy will bail him out. or someone will. >> we will be the ones. we still havent seen his taxes. >> exactly. what you get here is an interesting thing. we understand he create...

The wall. are you okay with that? >> im not okay with calling it a spectacle, erin. i, frankly, appreciated the transparency. ive been in a lot of meetings like that, and those kind of tough meetings among people that just disagree are pretty standard on capitol hill and i think the american people can handle it. >> so, when he says hes proud to shut down the government over the wall, you dont think that was showboating or grandstanding? you take it face value, you think hes going to do it. >> i...

Have the cards, id fold them because i dont think hes bluffing. now, you can debate whether thats good policy or bad policy. >> okay, what do you think? are you okay with it? i mean, back to that question. are you okay with him shutting down the government over the wall? >> it depends on what about the wall that we shut it down over. i dont think theres any reason to shut the government down. >> what do you mean what about the wall? i mean, the wall. >> i think that the $5 billion request by the...

I think we ought to surprise ourselves and do something intelligent and try to keep it open. but having said that, what i think doesnt really matter. i dont think the president is bluffing. if i were playing poker with him today, and i looked across the table and saw the facial expression i saw today and the mannerisms and i didnt have the cards, would i fold because i dont think hes bluffing. >> i understand that but what cards does he hold? here to me is the leverage problem he may have. the 1...

They are getting nothing done. one reason is they cant get a message out. they walk through the halls of congress and talk about they priorities on taxes and health care and being asked questions about the off the wall statements by the president that will indefensible. i think its got to be driving them nuts. >> he touches on a good point that i dont think gets put out there often enough. that is exhaustion. i cannot tell you on capitol hill have told me how exhausts they are. im talking about ...

He didnt. now the north koreans do. >> but the question im asking is, if all of these analysts right now are suggesting, fareed, hes bluffing, hes got his own initiative, hes not going to do nag crazy, suicidal, should we believe that? >> what we have to do is some mixture of deterrence. i agree that there has to be a better way to understand them. tess regimes are inherently unpredictable because they rest on very narrow bases of power. one guy. the saddam case is a perfect one. it wasnt just u...

United states assembled, with a coalition, 500,000 troops. >> over six months. >> yes. and did the job of getting rid of him. they would thought appease what happened. and he went back. the real bluff was saddam hussein thinking the world was bluffing in 2003. he didnt think the united states was going to invade. and he was busy telling people he didnt have any nuclear -- that he had nuclear weapons when he didnt. now the north koreans do. >> but the question im asking is, if all of these analys...