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Regard? was this a good idea? >> frankly the president didn't do his homework on this one and this is what happens when you take bumper sticker level attack on the world trading system that might stir up election rallies, but it is terrible policy and throwing it out there without having done enough work with our allies and industry and partners around the world. the tariffs that the president is threatening to slap onto imported steel and aluminum will principally affect some of our core and vital allies. canada, south korea, some of our european allies. rather than principally affecting chin...

Questioning the president's decision and his timing and the fact that he did not alert partners around the world, even lawmakers, even some in his own white house staff, even key advisers about this in advance. now that's not to say the idea is a surprise. because the president has long talked about trade issues. and specifically ways to back up american steel and aluminium manufacturers. so the idea is not a shock. it's the way he has rolled it out in an abrupt fashion. without any of the policy work in place. the specifics of how would this work. would there be any exemptions. all of that me...

Haven't seen their wages increase since the beginning of the 2000s and who actually think donald trump cares about trade issues and making it more equitable. >> there are 130,000 americans working in the steel industry. that matters. but these tariffs are going to hurt companies that employ more than 6 million people. these are true statements. to eli stokles, do they matter, because those 140,000 americans are die-hard trump supporters. and they are hurt. and he does speak to them. president trump is not someone who has to stick by his word. >> yes, that's right. he'll sort of switch directio...

Executives who were quickly ushered over to the white house overnight will now instead of being present for a major announcement on steel and aluminum trade tariffs will instead be participating in a listening session behind closed doors with the president and the commerce secretary wilbur ross. a lot of this still in flux. it is unclear why the president did want to make this sudden announcement on steel and aluminum tariffs or to at least speed up that process. but, of course, we know that in the last couple of days there have been a string of negative headlines that have impacted this white...

Worse punishment than being chief of staff to donald trump, mission impossible. many people would say, including a lot of the ex-white house chiefs. it's almost as though we need a new vocabulary to describe what's going on. chaos and dysfunction don't begin to cut it here. and, of course, john kelly was supposed to be the grown up in the room, the guy who fixed the west wing, who made it more efficient, made the trains run on time. the trains are off the track, so kelly is really failed in his own very narrow definition of the job, in my opinion. >> i had a talk with mack mclard i, chief of s...