but twice violated un sanctions against exportsz of technology to iran and north korea, he gave them a reprieve even now as he turns around and slams tariffs on china for other goods, what's the common thread or plan if i may here? >> yeah, dance at three dimensional chess, i'm not seeing three dimensional, paul, this looks like a game of checkers in a playground. look, he's -- there is no plan here. i think the president is an emotional person and i think he acted because president xi jinping asked him to save zte and he has congress against him and rightfully so because by helping zte that was rightfully sanctioning you are undermining the sanction's regime, other violaters as well, you know what, if your head of state calls the president and says nice thing you will get a rebrief too. paul: are they going overrule the president on zte.