stocks plunging with dow closing down more than 600 points friday following a barrage of tweets from the president threatening to retaliate against beijing attacking federal reserve jarome powell and ordering u.s. companies to find alternatives to doing business in china. let s bring in wall street journal assistant editorial page editor james freeman allysia finley and columnist bill mcgurn, james, your friend has a phrase he calls the edge of chaos with trade negotiation including china and the u.s. where each side seeks to decide who can absorb the most pain. are we there? [laughter] we should there, also said it s like a drinking, you may win but you will get hurt too along with the other guy and that s where we are, you see that in the market reaction. these are taxes, the president interestingly acknowledging they are taxes in one of his recent tweets and big reason why we
so in 2020. you have no choice but to vote for me because your 401(k) s down the tubes. everything is going to be down the tubes. whether you love me or hate me you have to vote for me. paul: was president trump at a campaign rally in manchester, new hampshire wthursday night tying his reelection prospects to the markets. amid growing signs of his trade war with china is taking a toll. white house announced tuesday the 10 percent tariffs on some chinese exports including cell phones, laptops and toys will be postponed until december 15. in a knowledge meant that they could hurt american consumers during the christmas shopping season. let s brain wall street journal columnist and deputy editor, dan heninger. ricall ms. kim strassel and assistant editorial page editor, james freeman. james, the president says you have aito elect him because his 401(k), it is so good but really it means a 401(k) has to stay good for the next 16 months.
an acknowledgment that this could hurt american consumers during the christmas shopping season. assistant editorial page editor. the president said he got to like him because his 4o1k that means the 4o1k has taken over the next 16 months. he s really betting the house on continued prosperity. i think that is the main argument for his reelection. especially if they nominate a bernie sanders or not elizabeth warren whose promising socialist revolution and fundamental restructuring of america i think a lot of people are going to say despite his faults i have to vote for him. are you concerned about that the economy is showing signs of wobbling. to you have this different right now where ceos are
defense, mark s period and we heard from the present just then on the day in which the colors march up for the world to see, and we have been showing it to you here on fox news. we were thankful to be able to watch this part of our nation s history and future. we will move on i was. fox news alert, struggling with an ongoing split over impeachment today. i made fallout from yesterday s testimony, by former special counsel robert mueller. now a democratic senator is set to take to the senate floor to demand his house colleagues move forward on impeachment. you are watching outnumbered. i m harris faulkner. here today, fox business network anchor, dagen mcdowell. town hall editor and fox news contributor, katie pavlich. syndicated radio host and contributor, as well, leslie marshall. in the center seat, james freeman. assistant editorial page editor for the wall street journal. great to see you today.
remains shut down because congressional democrats refuse to approve border security. we re going to have border security. it s going to be tight, it s going to be strong. we re going to let people into our country gladly, but they re going to come in legally. paul: wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, columnist kim strassel and assistant editorial page editor james freeman. so, dan, tit for tat, so state of the union, the trip, i mean, this is not the finest hour for american political leadership. no, it s not. [laughter] but it s the state of our politics today. and, you know, we just saw the poll that said 56% of the american people are blaming trump and the republicans. but if you go a little bit deeper into these polls such as the pew research poll, what you find is that that republicans and democrats are totally divided on this issue. 80% of republicans do want do