embattled chinese telecom equipment manager. he wilted under chinese pressure, giving in to chinese demands as we have haerdz on your show. and i think kim jong-un said, look, the chinese just humili e humiliated the president. why don't i humiliate him as well. when you have bad policy on the part of a president in one area, it just sort of transmits over to another. >> that's an interesting take. all right. let's deal with this, brother avalon. is the media getting a little hot and bothered about something that is more the latest than it is new? yes. this is what was expected by north korea. they will engage in brinkman ship the same way trump did early on saying i'll walk away if it's not my deal. okay. so we are getting a little too hot and bothered. maybe that is an explanation for trump, zte and china. maybe it is part of a larger strategy. he needs their help enough on the north korean peninsula that the u.s. administration is