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But i'm not going to say it will cause a recession. any time you start playing around with retaliatory type trade things is very likely the other side is going to play, too. that's been the history. the problem for trade -- and this is why you need what i would call an instructor in chief as president, because you cannot blame anybody that lost their job because industry -- their industry moved abrosz because there was a comparative advantage for some other country. you can't expect any of them to say i'm for free trade because it helps the society as a whole. it does help society as a whole b...

Comparative advantage of some other country in producing it. but i don't get down every time i go to walmart and buy them i don't say oh, thank god for free trade. >> does it worry you then to hear donald trump say he will scrap nafta which he'll have the power to do as president? >> well we'll see what happens. it is true there will be with the republicans in control of the senate and the house -- >> you don't think he'll do it? >> well you know he has to get the house and senate -- he has to get support on it. there will be a lot of -- and this is not exclusive to donald trump, there are a l...

Be coming in the window. chairman dunford and i recognize that in principle, there are alternatives to the strategic approach we have adopted to drive isil from syrian and iraqi territory, including the introduction of a significant foreign ground force. hypothetically, international, but including u.s. forces. even in the absence of capable motivated local ground forces, while we certainly have the capability to furnish a u.s. component to such a ground force, we have not recommended this course of action for several reasons. in the near term, it would be a significant undertaking that much a...

Understand the logic in your statement about, said, well, certainly have the capability to furnish a u.s. component in such a ground force, that we have not recommended because it would be significant undertaking. i agree. we would have to do it largely by ourself. i do not agree. it would be ceding other comparative advantage? we would be, and meaning, in medium term it would seem to americanize the conflicts, somehow does anybody really believe that if the united states struck back against people that just slaughtered some americans in san bernardino somehow that would encourage them? what e...

Facebooks and the twitters. >> the facebooks. >> napchats all the inner webs. so how much stock would you place on a facebook poll like that? >> i don't think the facebook poll will tell you what the entire country thinks about or all the viewers, but it will tell you that -- it's a measure of enthusiasm. it shows sanders had engagement. >> look at that number, 75%. nobody has come close. >> i think it's a sign that he has struck a chord, which is why he has those crowds out there. and that's what is getting people into show up at his events is what is people getting to react to him on faceboo...