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Those russian markets. >> us sending grain to the soviet union. >> and you know what happened? democrats got killed for 25 years. they are still suffering from it. you can go and people will still be talking about the 1980 grain embargo because it's their livelihood, so if you wreck those export markets as you're discussing, there can be really long-term consequences for republicans. >> and mark, talk about the recession outlook and no one wants it to happen. no one's encouraging it, but when you're in the white house, you have to look at every possible warning sign, especially as you're appro...

Are clearly hostile to us. but that's not trump's style. >> all of this has consequences. the thing is you can't ignore that what he says as impact. and paul kirkman i think wrote about this in a very -- very straightforward way. he wrote, if your business depends on a smoothly functioning global economy, trump's tantrums suggest that you should postpone your investment plans. after all, you may be about to lose access to your export markets, your supply chain, or both. it's also, though, not a good time to invest in import competing businesses. for all you know, trurp wimp wi eventually back ...

He's also saying that farmers are getting more support than they would have from china, but what are you hearing from farmers? >> well, riselisten, the last s years we've seen a steady erosion of net farm income. net farm income across the country is half of what it was six years ago. every year it ratchets down. this trade uncertainty makes things far, far worse for farmers. what farmers are most worried about is the damage that's being done to our reputations that are going to have long-term implications for our ability to regain some of these export markets that have been lost. as i think a...

Seeing or at least the stock market you're seeing earnings reports, especially on consumer companies, coming in showing very good responses as well. starbucks, a lot of social media companies, new followers, et cetera. so consumer side is good. the business side is what's the problem and you have to imagine how much better this number might have been if not for these trade tensions because that in my mind, paul, is what is hanging over that business investment number is a lack of certainty and when companies aren't quite sure what's to come, that's when they close the checkbook. >> also hangin...

Seeing or at least the stock market you're seeing earnings reports, especially on consumer companies, coming in showing very good responses as well. starbucks, a lot of social media companies, new followers, et cetera. so consumer side is good. the business side is what's the problem and you have to imagine how much better this number might have been if not for these trade tensions because that in my mind, paul, is what is hanging over that business investment number is a lack of certainty and when companies aren't quite sure what's to come, that's when they close the checkbook. >> also hangin...