jaye powell, whom he appointed, it's the trade war, exaggerated reports over the trade war which is hurting consumers and company profits or, you know, it's a media conspiracy theory that we are pushing for a recession because we don't want the president to win the election. >> kiersten, we had peter navarro on last week, and i asked him about this. i said everybody wants to know what your plan is when you see some storm clouds coming, what is the plan, if there are signs of a recession, and he had an interesting non-answer. here it is. >> i think that what the question was yesterday after this very volatile week was what is your plan going forward if you see signs of a recession? >> so let's look at the china question. >> okay. >> that's not an answer. is that an answer. >> that is not an answer.