noted today and in the past, we haven't seen the kind of standing up to the president that many people across the country would like and it frankly looks based on numbers we've seen the last day or two that it's feasible republicans keep their majority which would not only buck historical trends but would buck democratic enthusiasm across the country. >> jake, the pattern we've seen so far in the last year or so is that the president kind of delivers to conservatives on core issues, on religion and abortion, on tax cuts, on judges and so the pieces happy with the bargain which protects the president in this moment of peril, right? but we now have a trade war and people in congress care about trade, care about the impact of trade. and i wonder if you think that taking a fight to our allies on trade, on steel, while giving a break to china on phones is going to tear apart or at least