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As we speak, the u.s. president is playing over the atlantic on his way to the g7 summit that gets under way in the coming hours. president trump is not a fan of the international forum. he considers it a waste of time. but he is going reluctantly. the trade dispute between washington and beijing rattled markets. he increased tariffs on imports after china imposed new imports on american goods. that sent wall street into a panic. the dow plunged and closed down 623. before leaving the white house, the president claimed he was cleaning up the mess left by previous administrations. >> china has ...

15th. health officials also say it can take up to 21 days after exposure for measles symptoms to appear, that's why they're tracking it. [laughter] leland: all right. much of the president's time in france this weekend will be spent talking about trade and trying to shore up the american economy. the markets, well, they didn't really like president trump's new tariffs friday, and the order for u.s. companies to, quote, start looking for alternatives to china. dow down 623 points on friday. with that, we bring in syndicated talk a radio host, the voice of indianapolis and parts around the web, ...

He talked about the $550 billion in chinese goods that the tariffs going to be increased on starting on september 1st for the first traunch. i asked him if he felt responsible because of his tweets to the 623-point drop in the dow industrial average today. he began by saying on balance, the stock market has increased over the course of the last year but then he concluded by saying don't tell me about 600 points. as if it's not that big of deal and in the larger scheme of things, it's insignificant. jay powell who came under for withering criticism, the president's tweet today when the presiden...

And this evening he fired right back with another tariff hike of his own. he also took aim at the fed chair. his harshest attack yet, tweeting, who is our bigger enemy, jay powell or chairman xi? the markets responding in real time. the dow closing down 623 points. all of this as president trump prepares to leave for the g-7 summit in france. here's kyra phillips. >> reporter: wall street today sent reeling after a morning tweet storm from president trump. the dow diving 623 points after the president tweeted american companies were, quote, hereby ordered to stop doing business with china. the...

Billion worth of american goods. the news was met with outrage at the white house where the president took to twitter and attempted to order all american companies to cut their ties with china. all american companies. no more trade with china. of course, that's ridiculous. trump tweeted we don't need china and frankly we would be better off without them. our great american companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to china, including bringing your companies home and making your products in the usa. that's the president this morning trumpeting powers he doesn'...