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At peace with each other. as we send our bravest to defeat our enemies overseas, and we will always win, let us find the courage to heal our divisions within. >> greg, when he stayed on script, he can move past that incident. perhaps weed so should wait unt tonight in arizona, but has he turned the page after this horrific gaffe after charlottesville? >> i think the criticism was so ferocious from his own family, from members of congress and his own party, from business leaders, from the military that maybe it's had an impact. i think the jury is still out. he did say about the boston protest ...

I do believe that he messed up in his comments on tuesday when it -- it sounded like a moral equivocation or, at the least, moral ambiguity. when we need extreme moral clarity. >> all right. president trump's handling of charlottesville a big focus for house speaker paul ryan during a cnn town hall. ryan saying the president messed up. >> greg valier, political economist and chief strategist at horizon investments, joining us. >> hi, guys. >> good to see you. some feel that charlottesville was on the mind of the have the, as well, to -- mind of the president, as well, last nightmare as he spo-...

I think the fact that china and russia voted with us at the u.n. is a signal the world is united against north korea. that's when you don't quantify -- a war is unthinkable. i'd say the market consensus which may be right for a change is that there will not be an all-out war. >> greg helping us to understand what all this means taken together. thanks. we'll talk more about these headlines and poll numbers. an alarming draft report by government scientists says climate change is already severely affecting the u.s. and there are concerns the trump administration will try to keep the report und...

Fundamentals. i still think they're quite good. great labor market. great inflation, on, and on. good earnings. i think at some point this fall if it becomes clear his agendas is in real -- his agenda is in real trouble, that tax reform will be delayed quite a bit. that's not a good story for markets. >> no, the president i think is going to -- i don't know what the president's going to do. he may tweet about the poll numbers and say they're fake and phony and all that. it's pretty clear that the poll snbs show us, greg, that the twitter addiction is a distraction for him, and it's undermining...

That's about $240 billion a year gone, it's about the same the government spent on food stamps, jobless benefits, child nutrition for some context. the big question now how will the administration pay for it. the proposal will have to be revenue neutral to pass. steven mnuchin has said they'll pay for it through stronger growth, something that people who store. at cnn center political economist greg valier. good morning, ji. good tuesday morning. greg, let me start with you and this 15% floated tax rate. is this just where, i guess, the president is starting his negotiation here? seems like he...