war with china has hurt. >> are you worried a pro longed trade war with china will pitch the economy into a rezbleegs no, i think the longer the trade war guess on the weaker china gets and the stronger we get. we are taking in massive amounts of money. billions of dollars, steve as you know. i think the longer is goes the stronger we get. i have a feeling it's going fairly short. >> okay. mark sandy chief economist for moody analytic. and we have a senior political reporter. needless to say it's hurting the united states. and they're not -- there is no bags of cash and stuff as he said at other times coming in. mark, trump said he thanksgivings it's going short. but obviously china is now runs countermeasures against the latest round of tariffs i which he blinked on part but still going into effect in december. how dangerous could it again? >> dangerous it's doing