he said i'm not going to comment on the value of the dollar. we'll have trade policies that will keep the dollar strong. you could see he was sounding more like a treasury secretary and less like talking -- shooting from the hip on that issue. so on the taxes front, he's going to be asked a lot of questions about taxes. you heard donald trump talk about taxes in a bit of daylight between him and paul ryan on taxes that landod the front pauj page of "the wall street journal." they'll be more quiet on taxes as they try to work that out behind closed doors. >> he made a commitment during the campaign to lower taxes for everyone. and presumably, presumably that's going to be a high agenda issue for him. president-elect once again over at the trump international hotel for this luncheon. gloria borger, you were watching the hearings together with all of us. one thing about steve mnuchin, in the face of some angry, tough questions from some democrats, he didn't back down at all.