eastern and western sides with the russians and the chinese making trouble at the same time. heather: is that a very real possibility, that they would battle for economic influence over ukraine? >> oh, clearly, because the russians and the chinese have been coote coordinating their fn policies. we saw that in syria in 2013 at the height of the civil war. we have seen it in asia as well where both are working together. this is something where i think xi jinping of china will take some heart if they see our response to putin and ukraine is not what it should be. heather: thank you so much. president trump calling out his predecessors for the trade war with china. >> i don't blame china and i don't blame these other countries. i blame the leaders of the united states that allowed this to happen. heather: the president telling the wall street journal that he expects to boost tariff toss 25%