trying to spin the president's words, saying he regrets not raising the tariffs higher, even though that was not at all clear from his comments. still, despite the president's positive words, there are clear signs of division among allies over trade and foreign policy. the european council president began the session warning of a recession from escalating trade wars and saying this is the last moment to restore unity among world leaders. this all comes after a week in which the president triggered another stock market slide with a single tweet and escalated the trade war with china. let's go right to france now and president trump's top economic adviser, larry kudlow. larry, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. appreciate it very much. >> so the president said he's having sect thaudz about escalating the trade war. why? >> well, look, if i can reinterpret that, i mean, he spoke to us. he didn't exactly hear the question. actually, what he was intending to say is he always has second thoughts, and he actually had