capitol hill has ceded a lot of authority to the administration going back many years. >> then why would chuck grassley pipe in at all? >> because i think there are republicans who believe they need to speak out. what we've seen in this administration since the beginning of 2017 is congress speaks out and doesn't do much on the other end. lindsey graham, for example, is supportive of this after being against tariffs for a long time. it's funny, i was on the phone with people from the white house last night who were saying this is counter to our message that the northern triangle countries, not mexico but other countries in the region have more to do with illegal immigration than mexico. so this runs counter to what the white house has been saying for years, yes, mexico has a role to play, by the way, it's also american immigration laws. the president has said the border needs to be tightened. this is a weird confluence. >> but jake, isn't the president's argument here, he's not deciphering whether it's the northern triangle or mexico, but he's saying mexico is the border country and i don't care what