it can t possibly. thee sums here are too small. but the principle principals ary strong principles are very strong. chris: trade wars sometimes escalate. i haven t seen a trade warat since the 1930s. even i wasn t around for that. chris: i ve got two other questions. one of the other drags on the market right now is the concern that washington is going to regulate big tech. mark zuckerberg, the head of facebook, is going to testify before congress this week. does the president want to see washington regulate how facebook uses its users data, what it does with its users data, and also how it screens ads? i think the president right now will be intently watching the congressional hearings. i think that s going to be step number one. i think he has doubts, whether facebook has violated protocols, i don t know. we will see.th
but continues to engage in terrorist behavior and activity. chris: would you agree that president obama is much more responsible for the disaster and the humanitarian slaughter in syria than president trump is? the time when i was in congress i called on the president and supported the idea chris: president obama. president obama and supported the idea we should be on the side of the syrian people who were facing exactly the same kinds of atrocities and it s come to this point. but the fact is that today in april 2018 president trump is the president and it s his obligation to act and not just reflect on what a bad job he think that president obama. chris: we have less than a minute left. michael? i think that president trump shouldld act as karl said. i think president trump needs to see things through syria. unwe should give president trump credit for having a husband musd strong policy towards syria and towards russia which is backing
fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer [music] [music] i think we re going to have a fantastic relationship long-term with china. we have to get this straightened out. chris: president trump taking a hard line on china, staying it s time to stop beijing from taking advantage of the u.s. on trade. it s time now for our sunday group. gop strategist carl rove, juan williams, former democratic congress woman, donna edwards and the head of heritage action for america, michael needham. there s no question that we have a problem with chinese trade practices. but is it the best solution to
the house of representatives, to be in the majority, to be the chair of the. democratic caucus in the majority. i m doing that job right now. i want to be the best chair of the democratic caucus i can be, help my colleague get reelected and help win back seats. that s the focus and goal of the entire democratic leadership. we are of one mind. we want to win back the house. that s goal one and the only goal right now. chris: one last question. there s one top democrat quoted saying at age 56, that you are now, that you are a spring chicken by creational standards. i ve had congressional standards. i ve had others say i m not a spring chicken at all. at the end of the day, we have a vibrant democratic caucus. we have incredibly talented young people. mikey cheryl, she was a navy grad, she s running for office in new jersey, i think of joe naguse running in l colorad. great people are running all
chris: even if we end up in a trade war? we re not going to end up in a trade war. chris: they aren t backing off. we haven t even enact ad anything yet. chris: i understand. let s go easy on the trade war. chris: you said the president isn t bluffing. you say tariffs have to be part of the discussion. if they don t back off we llhs see. remember this. the u.s. economy s doing very wellis now. by the way, at the top, you learned your lessons well when we d first spoke back in 1981. chris: i listened. i m proud of you. having said all that, we re growing at over 3% annual rate for the last three quarters. businessss investment spending, equipment spending is booming. jobs are rising. consumer confidence is high. small business confidence is high. all i m saying is, forget trade wars. why don t you look at the progress of the american economy. we can take chris: that s the concern that people have is that this i going to put a brake on that. it can t possibly.