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President trump may have been the only one fighting with mexico. "the new york times" reports that mexico agreed months ago and the president merely threatened tariffs first before accepting the agreement. >> tariffs are attacks on american consumers. we dont want to see them in place long term but hes using tariffs as leverage. i think he used them in this situation brilliantly. >> the president put a charge in this whole dialogue. brought them to the table. the foreign minister arrived within ...

Mexico. it turns out he may have been the only one fighting. it is reported that mexico agreed months ago to take action on the deal with the u.s. and the president simply threatened tariffs first before accepting agreement. >> tariffs are attacks on american consumers. hes using tariffs as leverage and i think he used them as leverage in this situation brilliantly. >> the president made a charge. the president from mexico arrived in hours with real proposals on the table. >> mexico agreed to de...

Has agreed to in the past. the president has come out and said this is fake news. ron johnson of the great state of wisconsin came out over the weekend and he said the way the president was able to get mexico to negotiate was in the senators words. brill yengts. pribrilliant: understand -- prs using tariffs in trade negotiations and used them as leverage in this situation brilliantly, quite honestly. brian: its like this. people said why is the president using trade to talk about security? its o...

Economy you can use tariffs to get leverage. if that economy is weak you likely wont go there. >> i dont think its fair to say this president has used tariffs as an all-purpose solution. he has been targeted what he has done with tariffs. it was a targeted attempt to get mexico to the negotiating table and it worked. whether its the "wall street journal" or anybody else have better ideas i would love to hear them. we need mexicos partnership and need to press forward. >> shannon: what do you mak...

Vote? the president is trying to fix this problem with immigration down on our southern border. not getting any help from our lawmakers in d.c. so he is having to use leverage. slap mexico with tariffs. they were supposed 5% tariffs today. they reached a deal. mexico and the united states have a deal now that they reached over the weekend. mexico saying we are going to help. we are going to try to crack down on immigration so they are not flooding your country. brian: 6,000 national guardsmen go...

Schumer kalg the presidents border brevado a border redux, the game show president strikes again. while ron johnson. >> he used tariffs as leverage in this situation brilliantly. >> the president saved his harshest criticism for china who he says will make a new trade deal with the u.s. despite its widespread currency manipulation used to salve the sting of massive tariffs by the u.s. what china is effectively doing is creating an uneven playing field with the manipulation. he criticized the fed...

Turnaround that he takes credit for. >> is that a win, is that a winning issue? >> absolutely. the economy is always a winning issue. >> immigration? >> well, i think hes made that a cornerstone when he came down the escalator. i think thats his number one issue in terms of how his voters and broader american public see his candidacy and now presidency, and so this is something that he will be focused throughout. this is far beyond political issue as jason said, theres a genuine humanitarian cri...

Investigations to happen, i mean, he is flounting the law. he is basically saying more like an authoritarian leader "i am subject to no oversight. not the checks and balances of the constitution." i literally had a heart-to-heart with my own team in the senate office and said how is history going to look back on this? >> i agree with you. >> when a president was willing to violate the mandates of the constitution, subject himself to checks and not allowing subpoenas. not allowing interviews. im ...

Requirements? what leverage do we have? >> the easiest way to do it would be by actually passing a law in congress. last congress republicans tried to pass something and got zero democrat votes. this year the democrats have yet to pass anything to do with immigration reform. even though they campaigned on it, they dont do anything about it. judge jeanine: this is a do-nothing congress. but my question is, how can we make sure mexico complies with those conditions that were agreed to. several mon...

This complex problem in a humane manner. what do you think she is talking about? what are those bipartisan ets she is talking -- efforts she is talking about? >> those are probably only happening in her own mind. she is lying. there are no bipartisan talks going on. i have been involved in those talk in the past. there is a bill out there, these are mysterious negotiations nobody knows about because they are not true, they are not happening. judge jeanine: when she talk about sabotaging good-fat...