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A 40% exut for steel companies and other manufacturers is going to do far more help to the economy than a knew tax on ooh vital commodity. david: to have wilbur ross come out and be the front man for this seems kind of like there's a conflict of interest there, no? >> yeah, tariffs and import restrictions, these are all swamp creatures. this is what happens when instead of letting consenting adults trade freely you have lobbyists in washington saying let's protect this industry. does anyone think that wilbur ross is a compelling champion on this store? i would say probably no and the market sa...

They had finally met in the uneasy middle and they had a deliberate plan. on paper it was supposed to start in january with the president's announcement on solar panels within the washington machine and then a targeted action against china because many people on both sides can agree that it's a bad actor on things like intellectual property. instead, wilbur ross got in the president's ear, the commerce secretary, and suddenly the president is out there imposing steel tariffs which had been designed to be held in reserve by the way, on the entire world, not just china. and gary cohn was rightfu...

But at the same time it was always a tough fit in the trump administration, wasn't he? >> yeah. i think it's disappointing that he's choosing this moment to leave. i actually don't think he was that necessary to the tox cutting. i think he already had a big coalition in washington ready to do that. you had the trump plan, you had papat toomy pushing it. now we need gary cohn pushing for free trade and he's leaving at the start of the battle. david: you have the president this weekend in pennsylvania. pennsylvania is steel country if there's a state in the june onthat's in favor of these tariff...

Chairman bob goodlatte and trey gowdy sent a letter to the justice department this weekend. here's what tray gowd>> we're gr seriously their recommendations. i have appointed a person outside of wu washington many ys in the department of justice to look at all of the allegations that the house judiciary committee members sent to us. we're conducting that investigation. i also am well aware that we have a responsibility to ensure the integrity of the fisa process. we're not afraid to look at that. david: we're back with dan henninger, kim strassel and james freeman. dan, there's a whole can of ...

Chairman bob goodlatte and trey gowdy sent a letter to the justice department this weekend. here's what tray gowd>> we're gr seriously their recommendations. i have appointed a person outside of wu washington many ys in the department of justice to look at all of the allegations that the house judiciary committee members sent to us. we're conducting that investigation. i also am well aware that we have a responsibility to ensure the integrity of the fisa process. we're not afraid to look at that. david: we're back with dan henninger, kim strassel and james freeman. dan, there's a whole can of ...