jobs. and what we need to do and what we think the fed will do based upon what jerome powell said today is start to lower interest rates. halfway through that, erin -- you know this well because you used to be a financial anchor. halfway through the fed's interest rate hike, the yield curve started to invert. you can see that clearly meaning for the viewers that the long bond interest rates began to decline signaling very clearly that powell had made the wrong decision. so, you know, my bottom line -- i run the office of trade and manufacturing policy. this is a president that created 5 million jobs, half a million manufacturing jobs got a million more people in the workforce. every day he gets up, lives and breathes putting american people back to work particularly those working with their hands. and we try so hard every day and when the fed. >> the there are some argue that reason he had to change course is because of the trade war. >> but to finish my point.