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This border issue has caused a lot of controversy, but the president likes to say his immigration policies are what got him elected, but there's a lot of chaos and confusion. doesn't seem to be carried out or executed in an organized fashion, and these images and eyewitness accounts are horrific, so will this battle help or hurt the gop leading into the november midterms? >> well, you know, i think there is a very calculated and coordinated choice here that the president is making, and it is consistent with the choice he's made throughout his presidency. he's governing over and over again when...

Over president trump's tariffs. the president announcing friday the u.s. will impose a 25% tariff on $50 billion worth of chinese kboods. goods. the move, designed to punish china for stealing american technology and trade secrets, so how is the president's tariff decision playing with his base supporters? one pennsylvania manufacturer says president trump is now in danger of losing his support. "cnn money's" have "cnn money" reports. >> reporter: how much of your business have you lost to china? >> on large scale orders, we've lost 100% of our business. >> 100%? all of it? >> yes. >> reporter...

Supporters go so nuts about, whereas if you talk about them as a collective block. these are my words, not yours, but the feeling around is that these are these rube, trump supporters -- >> i didn't call them rubes. >> i know, that's why i said it was my words. but you know, they feel like we're aggrieved -- >> but i think it's true. >> -- when he said, this is about us -- about "roseanne's" show, he is, it's about us. that's a monolithic term. >> that's very specific. you're talking about a family that's probably making, what, $40,000 a year -- >> but to the point where you shouldn't talking ...

As a collective block. these are my words, not yours, but the feeling around is that these are these rube, trump supporters -- >> i didn't call them rubes. >> i know, that's why i said it was my words. but you know, they feel like we're aggrieved -- >> but i think it's true. >> -- when he said, this is about us -- about "roseanne's" show, he is, it's about us. that's a monolithic term. >> that's very specific. you're talking about a family that's probably making, what, $40,000 a year -- >> but to the point where you shouldn't talking about trump supporters as a monolithic block, he's talking a...

He doesn't do calculation in terms of a long range plan or strategy. i think he does see in -- not in a programmatic way but in a real way i think he sees some of -- where he has to be politically to get reelected on some level but it's not like he has a step by step plan for what to do today, what to do tomorrow, what to do in six months. >> i think for him it's all visceral. it's a gut check, a gut feel. he has an inextricable link to his base supporters as ashley and others who cover this president know. it's intangible in many respects. he senses when they need him. they sense when he need...