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Garret hague joins me now. the reaction has been pretty rough. they think this is a bit of a mess. >> yeah, they really do. there's a couple different things going on here, first there's the idea that these tariffs are just too broad. you see some sort of strange bedfellows here, there's some democratic lawmakers that say we like the idea of protecting some american industries, some american businesses, but the administration has gone too far. what you've also seen are republicans free market types who say this is wholly inappropriate on its face. you had ben sasse of nebraska talking about th...

Tariffs. this program is basically making good on that promise. it also sends a message to those that we're negotiating with that the president and his team is in this conversation for the long haul. i think farmers hope that eventually this gets resolved and hopefully sooner rather than later. >> technically, speaking, though, when you provide assistance to farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs we're getting deeper in this whole of tarif tariffs as opposed to free trade? >> there's perhaps pressure on the administration to conclude negotiations, for example, if they were to renegotiate nafta, g...

Help the people hurt by another one of his policies, which is to put in place those tariffs that then triggered the retaliatory tariffs that put us in the trade war in the first place. the administration is saying, listen, not our fault that these unfair tariffs have been in place that the president was responding to, that's their perspective, it is a very different perspective on capitol hill, ali, where just in the last hour, hour and a half or so you are hearing a lot from republican senators, particularly those from farm states, who are saying, listen, this is in the words of senator bob c...

Is starting with california is really going to fight. farmers here are now bracing for real hit. >> absolutely. we export billions of dollars in almonds and wine. they are really worried. he keeps saying he's knot creno creating this trade war and he is. he's annoyanuncing more and mor tarif tariffs. going to hurt a lot of folks and cause a lot of lost of jobs. >> again, i think we come right back to this question. where is congress? the spoker of the houeaker of t texas not even holding a meeting in his district? >> that's a good question now.

Is so strong. how does he take it? he deserves it. but taking it is another question. jeff? >> the question is how does he compartmentalize? >> bill clinton created his own problem but could give a speech for an hour and a half even when they had the wrong stuff on the teleproermt. remember that one? >> yeah. >> you didn't see the president sweat, but that's certainly not the case of the aides. the way the whole tariff issue has unfolded is a case study of the disorder and dysfunction. >> i agree. >> within the west wing. >> i agree. >> and it wasn't the president's decision to announce the ta...