congress. if you ll remember, he was shot nearly one year ago as he and teammates were practicing for the big game. he is there for the republicans and we wish him well. the vote was 7-2 saying that apparel violates free speech. jerry cohn said in the washington post he sees a trend that could increase america s debt and maybe even trigger another economic slowdown. if you end up with a tariff battle, you will end up with price inflation. could it wipe out the benefits of the tax bill? yes, it could. do traders trade on the president s tweets? 100%. that first 3, 6, 9, 12 months is very interesting in trying to work with each other. do the facts always win?
the chinese treasury bond? neil: there are others that have not downgraded. what are we to make of that? i think the markets, people who buy bonds are sophisticated. they have their own rating systems in-house. this might impact the stock market. traders trade off deadline, they hit the button, maybe. i think s&p did us a favor by doing it over the weekend. we ll have two days talking about split ratings, look at moody s and fitch. kneel they ll that was by design as you reported neil: that was by design as you reported. i thought that was the time they would do it. [ talking over each other ] neil: thank you charlie. best business reporter on the planet. charlie gas reason know white house officials are scrambling to downplay the