tariffs on china that the administration is proposing and the white house is saying these are a tool a means to an end in order to get china to behave properly. fair but free trade is the line. there is a view within the white house that tariffs are actually good as a good, that they can help reduce foreign investment and increase domestic investment. that is not a view held by the vast majority of people in the white house. there is one issue which is that it is a view that one very important person is receptive to. i m back on scott pruitt watch. we reported that contrary to pruitt s public denials that the lobbiest giving him a cut rate deal on rent had business during the time he was living in the home owned by him. the lobbyist firm filed a report