>> reporter: do you have any second thoughts in escalating the trade war with china? >> for sure. might as well. >> reporter: you have second thoughts about -- >> i have second thoughts about everything. >> the white house says those comments were, quote, greatly misinterpreted. daily beast reporting that secretary mnuchin suggested it was a crowded room and the president did not hear clearly and if anything the president regrets not escalating that trade war further. >> he has no second thoughts. no second thoughts. his only second thoughts as he said was maybe he should raise tariffs more. i was in that meeting. there were a lot of people yelling. i found it somewhat hard to hear. >> he didn't exactly hear the question. he intended to say he always has second thoughts and he had second thoughts about possibly a higher tariff response to china. >> joining me now shannon, and