trump. theytnot only feared him, bu they thought he was crazy enough that he d do it.tay lid that fear was a great motivation. ne for them to stay in line.h me they don t have that fearr anymore, in my view.ael? who do agree with me or michael? well, thanks, sean. sean. i very much agree with you.one,t and i want to make three threede points, one , this man we should take seriously as a heart attack. this is a man who has ascended an incredibly ruthless and indeed lethal political system and has consolidated control and overturned 40 years of traditioolidated n. he lived for five years in a cave as a young man. so we better take him extremelya seriously. there s a phrase that thaae mike knows. michael knows better thal n i , pol which is in china. cir in political circles, there ss n an anaconda wrapped around chandeliered in nice hotel rooms, which means these people are always thinking and kind of lethale chande terms. and that s that s the mindset. ancondly, you are absolutely rig
using this app to brainwashnwasm people, actually manipulatade our youth, you know?the ap and so we got to do whate been i mean, this app shouldall th be banned long time ago. i mean, look at right. western app.te like google.r, like youtube. i right.fa like twitter. are allinstagram, facebook. allinstagram, facebook. they all banned in china. thn so why are we letting them ine h our country? we are worried aboutines the chinese spe spny balloon bo. ou chinese spe spny balloon bo. know. fifty million chinese public right. it.t. so we got to do something aboutw it. yeah, we either give them access to our critical shipping informatioio n and our supplyusu chain information, or they can spy on us through our tiktok. and as you re so great, we love you. thank you. coming up next, jimmy goes hollywood and why hugh grant is mad at twitter and which mad kardashian is eating off her bathroom floor? that sounds very unappetizing, e but failla has all the gritty details next. did you know
the quarter $52 billion. nobody reports it. i think nobody would have thought that would be possible so quickly. $52 billion reduction in the trade deficit for the quarter. nobody reported it because it is not accurate. now despite the figures he continues to reference, the actual commerce department is telling a very different story. we just received the data yesterday showing america s trade deficit in goods rose above $891 billion. that is the highest level in the nation s nearly 243-year history. meanwhile, the trade gap with kline h with china hit a report of $419 billion despite the promise of reining that in with tariffs. with me ben white and a cnbc contributor. walk me through this. ben, is this a sign that president trump s policies are a