take a listen to the president. >> we are so far behind. we've been treated so badly and i don't blame china. i blame our past leaders, our past president, our past trade representatives. they've done a terrible job. china -- we can go and make an even deal with china. we have to make a much better deal with china. along with our farmers. our farmers were targeted by china. >> mike: we'll start with jeff. your thoughts on china? >> my thought is what china can do to avoid the terrace in place. the president announced by twitter there would be another 10% tariff applied to the $300 billion in products that and he basically said they would have to to do enough. they had a round of talks recently. didn't really produce anything. the president both in his actions and his comments now suggested that they will be hope anytime soon. that means that the trade war is