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Uncomfortable -- >> so you think he's negotiating? >> i think it's a starting point. remember, when the tariffs first came out there was a big shock and now we've pulled it back. we've excluded canada, we've excluded mexico. we're starting to pull things back but in the end we have a problem with china. >> steve, take us through your charts on the trade issue with china. what is the issue? >> i think we would all agree we have a trade problem with china. i think the lead in you read in terms of how this unfolded and i would say congressman i think the way this has been handled is about as bad ...

Himself. he was playing for the audience there. he loves to entertain. he wants to get a laugh. he wants people to applaud. the same thing happened when he commented at mar-a-lago about president xi of china being president for life. he thought, well, that wasn't such a bad thing, and everybody laughed. oh, isn't it funny? he got what he wanted. on one level, the personal level, it is just him playing to the cameras and mugging a. on another level, he is trying to distract us from the serious problems in the country. many are self-inflicted. the trade issue is a big example of that. he blurts ...

Get tempered a little bit with states like ours that also have a huge manufacturing history and future. we talk about steel and aluminum. these are real issues that have to be dealt with. i hate terrorists but i like the fact the president is dealing with the trade issue with china that has to be dealt with. >> robber, how does this play as we head into the midterms? how do democrats keep president trump from one of their signature issues, which was trade. >> president trump has set into the power vacuum further and further to the left side of the political start driving could president trump ...

Done so before in their lives. and 70% of them motivated by distrust, dislike of the president. >> sounds right to me. i'm sure your crowd estimates are more in line with the president's. >> i think so. let me tell you i think this north korea summit will be tied to trade. i think that's going to be a way for the president to pressure china to come to a deal on north korea and then come to a negotiated settlement on the trade issue. i think that will be a significant win for the president on both china and north korea. >> jamal? >> republican candidate todd ra quita in indiana launched a new a...

Elected republicans on this trade issue which is you cross donald trump there's potential you get hammered for it. i do think there's one other thing though. to a certain degree trump unlocked an electoral key for republicans that they fear they never would be able to do again. he showed a path to victory predominantly through the industrial midwest and in that part of the country, this stuff does resonate. you know, you talk to ohio steelworkers, there's reasons brown is supportive of a lot of these tariffs. that stuff resonates in that part of the country. now, is it smart policy? no. it's n...