trying to work something out. that s his other thing that everyone said don t start a trade war. he said i m not. trade imbalance has got to change. steve: hinelsd the scenes president xi was sitting down with mr. kim jong un last week, you know, it s part of that maximum pressure thing where that probably had a lot to do with the release of those three men overnight. brian: other drama that took place yesterday was on capitol hill where gina haspel put her best foot forward to be the next cia director. maybe the most qualified nominee we have ever seen in our lifetime. yet, there was push back obviously over the enhanced interrogation. as was pointed out earlier in the show they didn t bring up russia and didn t bring up iran and the challenges of china and militarizing the south china sea. it was all about what happened in 2003. and many of the lawmakers then were the same lawmakers questioning now. ainsley: keep in mind back in 2013, when john brennan was sitting in that seat and he
president spent the weekend socializing with immigration hard liners at his estate in mar-a-lago in west palm beach. the president spending time with fox hosts as well as a former fox news executive. sources familiar with the c consideration that the base believes they soft on immigration. the success on the mid terms depend on the ability to tout success and progress on the border wall. the president s frustrations boiling over and winding up on twitter following conversations on those who try to rile him up. thank you. don t start a trade war and leave amazon alone. now trade actions and amazon
trade war. white house trade adviser peter navarro does not see that happening. here is what he said about current u.s. trade relations with china. that just leads to escalation and spirals. what i do know is the president is firmly committed to a course of action which will level the playing field with the united states and china. he has the full support of the american people. yesterday, china slapped tariffs on 128 u.s. properties. pork, wine, future and nuts. that is a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars shipped between china and u.s. each year. take pork. pork producers council warns this will have an impact on rural americans and top ten pork
him if he wants to listen don t start a trade war. maria: because on that first day , when he first announced this, that day justin trudeau i think he was at a conference or something and he said i am willing to walk and that s when the dow went down 1000 points. so you re right that s what markets reacted to the fact that if they re just as bullheaded as we are we have a big problem. also remember justin trudeau has his own domestic politics to deal with canada is a democracy he has to stand up for the interest of canadians it s just a reality but maria i d point out another very argument that peter navarro just made on your show which is the concern about trade deficits. this is a false argument. trade deficits are not budget deficits. a trade deficit is the opposite of a capital surplus. we grow when we have trade deficits. maria: so what s the answer then what is the answer to the fact that we are on the losing end. we re not. maria: but look you ve got $375 billion in defici
prompter that was well received there and we saw it again last night. aside from the inaugural address, when he sticks to the script it is easier for them to manage. i think they know it will be a constant deal with him not only when he gets up and tweets but when he gets out and is speak at rallies, speaking without a script he will say things in the normal hot language that he uses. some times i feel like we have seen she movie before. within a week or whatever it totally changes things. by the way, some democrats among them said when they were asked what their advice would be for the president. i want you to both listen. if ru could give him one piece of advice what would it be? tone it down. don t start a trade war. pick a side and stay on it.