going to be tough on these issues going forward. to be fair, the chinese officials were pretty calm and diplomatic, but china often uses their state newspapers as well, and i just want to quote from chinese people's daily, the english language edition, there is a reason they put them there, trump and his transition team should realize that making trouble for china-u.s. ties is making trouble for themselves. they poke fun at the make america great again campaign motto, saying these steps will not make america great. china in those statements you know is concerned and they are pushing back. >> we live in interesting times, as they say. joining me now, chris collins. he was the first member of congress to endorse trump during the campaign. congressman, thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate it and c congratulatio congratulations. i know when you were the first one to do it, a lot of people thought you were out on a limb there. >> there were a lot of