i m going to impose even more tariffs. the president s view ask basically because we have a global trade deficit, more imports to tariff than american exports for other countries to tariff. his view, because we have a trade deficit, no way to lose the trade war. of course, the issue, it s not a zero sum game. you can have economic damage in the u.s. and abroad from the trade war. interesting to see paul ryan up in arms about this. the president only has powers to impose the tariffs because previous congresses passed laws giving the president power to discretion narrowly impose tariffs in circumstance circumstances. why? you might be in a complex trade action. wouldn t want to wait to go through the long legislative process. historically presidents had a free trade orientation for several decades and hasn t been an issue. instead of using the powers the way they re supposed to. respond to specific actions from other countries. congress thinks the president is misusing that authority
away. a number of republican senators trying to move legislation to do that. pat toomey from pennsylvania. and others. leadership in the congress, mcconnell and ryan, haven t wanted to take on the president on this. complain about what he s doing but it s in their power to stop him and they re choosing not to do anything about it. thank you, sir. always helping make sense out of this. president trump could not praise defense secretary james mattis enough when he first took office. remember has? an exclusive report reveals by secretary mattis has been pushed out of the president s inner circle. i ve never been in one of these before, even though geico has been- ohhh. ooh ohh here we go, here we go. you got cut off there, what were you saying? oooo. oh no no. maybe that geico has been proudly serving the military for over 75 years? is that what you wanted to say? mhmmm. i have to say, you seemed a lot chattier on tv. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years.