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Taxes and the economy and are basically horrified that a republican president would take these moves, now, we wrote this this morning, but by and large what their plan is to let trump do this. the one republican said let him have his temper tantrum and put tariffs on. everybody in his orbit or his party thinks this is a bad idea. when he sa then go to him and have a conversation. one republican, very senior republican said treat him like a child. let him have his moment of angry and then come to...

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Position and more vetting should have been done. >> melissa: simon, given all those things. say all of that is absolutely true. it was a while ago. it kind of feels like old news to the american public, whos wondering about their taxes, theyre wondering about the budget, healthcare. it feels old. >> i think what chairman chaffetz said today was that michael flynn committed crimes and that hes a felon. thats news. that was the new thing that came out today in the press conference this morning. it...

Employment at the white house. occurred as a consultant. so whatever he did, as long as he did it in compliance of the law, as every one of us as a citizen has the right to do, thats up to a citizen to do and comply with the law. >> why wasnt he closely vetted during the transition period? >> again, you fill out forms. >> i feel like the white house should have known about this before they were having him come to the white house. >> you fill out the forms. you do an investigation, a background c...

John? >> thanks, sean. when general flynns attorney wrote to senate intelligence committee suggesting some sort of immunity deal for general flynn, i asked you a question about whether the white house would be invoking executive privilege. your response at that time was no, we have no problem with general flynn testifying. hes tree to do so. we hope he does. is that also apply to any documents that the white house may have relating to general flynn? the short service as the national security adv...

Saying hey, donald trump did this and he promised the people he was going to do that. they were also laying the ground that we are going to -- were a white house of economic nationalism and populism. that is not conservative. and really, i think very, very dangerous. >> how does that differ than conservatism than many people at cpac? in what way -- when he talks about economic nationalism, what does that mean to you? what does that mean to him? >> it means tariffs. and tariffs, as you know, ande...

Prove it. tonight president-elect donald trump is signalling he is ready to turn some of his tough talk from the campaign into action. >> china is responsible for nearly half of our entire trade deficit. they break the rules in every way imaginable. >> sources tell cnn that trump is considering taking executive action to place at least a 5% tariff on goods imported to the united states. one source says a rate of 10% is on the table. >> let me tell you what does it. good old fashioned tax. >> cri...

Only 5 of the 28 nato nations spent 2% of their gdp on defense as they are pledged to do under their contract to nato. 28 should pay 2% of their defense or more. america keeps paying for these nations, they dont do it, because nobody does ever shake them up. >> this is the minor stuff that aris talking about. of course they ought to pay up. >> minor, but they never do. >> past presidents have accepted for the most part that when their predecessors make agreements in the international arena, they...

Auxiliary. cozying up to vladimir putin. telling the japanese, maybe were going to put huge tariffs on. building a wall on the mexican border. do you really want to add more lightning. >> quickly, because i have to go. >> i think youre seeing someone who has moved the goal post, so he can end up with a much better resolution than weve had in the past. >> john, you have to speak up with these guys, theyll just keep talking. >> i think the new motto of the trump era should be, never a dull moment....

Computers, dishwashers and medical devices and later that night china tacted tariffs on u.s. goods targeting soybeans and cars and beef and whiskey and that is when larry kudlow insisted this is a negotiation and said the president is a free trader. but if negotiation is the goal, were not there yet, just yesterday the administration announced it was considering new tariffs on $100 billion worth of chinese imports. no word on what products would be targeted. and china was very quick to respond s...