it was said certain people in the u.s. can do whatever they can think of to contain and smear chi china without skruple. it is absurd and extremely dangerous to make lies, spread lie, and even formulate policies based on lies. a longtime china hawk navarro has been a key player in trade talks. last week he admitted he made up the anagram ron vara. he said, a source close to ron vara indicates kai na has revoked his sri sand lowered his social credit score. i can hear him laughing in my head when i read that statement. let's bring in cnn business lead writer matt egan. >> as we call him magenta.