not doing a communique since the first time the g7 was put together in 1975 is because they can't agreement after he turns from china, he's going to hit the europeans. that's a real problem for america. >> kristen welker, is there anybody -- you had gary cone, you had john kelly, you had a previous team around the president that essentially i think sort of with was alfonso was, yes, get tough, but there is a point where we're not going to play a game of chicken and get into a head-on collision. we will swerve, but we're going to swerve at a reasonable point. is there anybody given the president counter advice here, or is all the advice he's getting is sort of, yes, sir, that's a smart move, sir. >> reporter: well, it's a good question, chuck. and, look, he was meeting with his trade team earlier today. that included the likes of larry kudlow, someone who would likely argue not to be escalating the