re-elected? >> yes. >> how is that going to play going forward? it's going to turn into whoever gets elected, their problem. >> maybe it's a missed opportunity for democrats. one of them could have stood on stage and said on day one, i'm going to pull back tariffs and get the support of corporate america. many ceos complained about the tariffs, say they've i am packed their business when you look at the numbers. when it's calculated that the trade war cost the economy 300,000 jobs. plus when it comes to consumers by 2020, it's supposed to cost them over $2,000 annually. there was an opportunity there. but at the same time, there's the challenge of how do you deal with the actual problems we have with trade with china. >> president trump, he praises himself as the ultimate deal maker and still unable to make that deal with xi jinping. do you think that hurts his re-election efforts? >> pete buttigieg mocked president trump on stage saying wasn't there supposed to be a deal in april. it's been confusing in the sense