president expressed second thoughts about the trade war with china. >> you have second thoughts about the trade war? >> i have second thoughts about everything. >> the white house is trying to spin the president's words saying he regrets not raising the tariffs higher, even though that was not all clear from his comments. despite the president's positive words there are clear signs of division between allies of trade and foreign policy. the european council president began the session warning of a recession from escalating trade wars and saying this is the last moment to restore unity among leaders. this all comes during a week the president triggered another stock market slide with a single tweet and escalated the trade war with china. let's go right to france now and president trump's top economic adviser larry kudlow. larry, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. appreciate it very much. >> so the president said that he's having second thoughts about escalating the trade war. why? >> well, look, if i can