problem what you're doing with the weegers. >> yeah. in fact, the point is right. trump, i think a couple days ago tweeted i'm not going to pressure them on hong kong, and by the way, president xi is a great man and great friend of mine. one part of the administration compares to the nazis. the other -- is there going to be a trade deal? >> i think there will be this phase one trade deal. i think it's going to matter not a whit. it's only because trump is looking in deal mode whether it's with the taliban, inviting them to camp david or north koreans begging them for a third summit or the iranians saying take my phone call. they've gone nowhere. so he is prepared to give away the store for anything that looks like a deal with the chinese. but president xi made clear at the meeting in beijing that he is not in the mood to take lessons from the americans. that if anyone should be giving lessons on economic development, he said it should be the chinese. that's not a message that either trump or anyone in foreign