can win any trade war. america has less to lose than its trade adversaries here. >> christine romans, appreciate the by the book numbers there. the president does believe the economy is roaring, we can get through this. the question s he hasn't listened to republican members of congress. he hasn't listened to business interests. will he listen to farmers? or is the president's view, check in a year and a half, don't worry about the next several months? >> i wonder if he needs a bad midterm to listen. somewhere like iowa. i'm sure members in iowa -- you have already zbljodi ernst, chu grassley. >> a couple house seats in place. >> and down south where a lot of those car companies are based. i'm sure he'll start hearing from them too. maybe he needs results to see this is maybe a bad call for people. >> the best scenario he can hope for is things end up fairly