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>> might as well. might as well. >> you have second thoughts about escalating the war with china? >> i have second thoughts about everything. >> reporter: but his aides scrambled to take that back. white house press secretary stephanie grisham issuing a statement saying the only thing the president regrets is "not raising the tariffs higher." on friday, president trump branded chinese president xi jinping an enemy of the united states. but today -- >> i think president xi is a great leader who h...

Meet with him? >> no comment. >> the president has said before to the except iran wants to sit down and negotiate, he would not set preconditions to those negotiations. im not going to make any more comments about whos here and whos not here and what conversations may or may not be going on. >> of course, the president was more talkative on other subjects and seems to stir confusion, surprise, surprise, at every turn. perhaps the most notably, he appeared to express second thoughts about escalat...