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Adjustment tax will be passed on to lower income and middle class families in the form of higher prices for goods and higher privacies for gas? >> actually benefit consumers. benefit workers and benefit our economy. and that's, when you really think about the economic impact about that, that benefits our economy. it helps our american workers. it grows more jobs. >> martha: we didn't quite get the answer to whether or not the president is completely on board with the border tax adjustment idea. this morning reporters suggesting that gary cohen the chief economic advisor to president trump says...

We have to look at this in a holistic way, which is when a company chooses to leave our country and shed american jobs so they can move overseas and sell back to us at a lower price, there's a big cost that comes to our economy and our workers. so we've got to look at this comprehensively. if a company chooses to stay and grow in the united states, it will be a net savings. it will be the companies that are overseas that have chosen to move out that will face a higher cost under these kind of plans. that's a big difference. it will actually benefit consumers, benefit workers and our economy. w...

Media, of where he did that in the primaries, branding little marco and lying ted. >> that was the president. >> reporter: but is this a branding strategy to -- >> no, i think that's what believes. absolutely. of course it's real. i don't think you go out -- steve has been clear about his position on the media and how he believes it distorts things. i don't think -- >> the whole administration. >> i -- i just said that that is what steve's view is. he has made it several times. he is very clear on this. sara. >> back to the border adjustment tax. president trump told reuters he supports some f...

If you're manufacturing in the united states. we have to look at this in a wholistic way. when a company chooses to leave our country and shed american jobs so they can move overseas and sell back to us at a lower price, there is a big cost that comes to our economy and to our workers. so we have to look at this comprehensively. if a company chooses to stay and grow in the united states, hire more people, it will be a net savings if you think about it. it will be the companies who are overseas who have chosen to move out of the country who will face a higher cost under these kinds of plans. th...

Now we have to look at this in a holistic way, which is when a company chooses to leave our country and shed american jobs so they can move overseas and then sell back to us at a lower price, there is a big cost that comes to our economy and to our workers. and, so, we've got to look at this comprehensively. if a company chooses to stay and grow in the united states, hire more people, it actually will be a net savings. if you think about it, because it will be the companies who are overseas who have chosen to move out of the country who will face a higher cost under these kind of plans. that's...