30 years but the blame lies with the lackluster campaign and the democrats can actually learn that lesson in a situation where we have a president with a still find themselves struggling. neil: the latest trade deal but the argument is if he does the site same with china as the investor? . let s be clear about the status of the trade deals. the usmca it is a treaty. will congress give that to the president? s probably not we are still trying to get a deal with the uk and the e.u.. they have so many issues.
now, but mitigated now. but what do you think of that? well, i am not in favor of tariffs. i think we need to get the usmca trade deal done, off the table, but we do recognize that there is a humanitarian crisis at the border, and we are calling on our democratic colleagues to help step up and fund border security, fund those agents, fund additional beds as necessary. we need cooperation from our end to make sure that happens. the president has asked for a very long time now. we in congress need to step up and provide him with the tools necessary so that we don t have to face tariffs. neil: you know, the president will likely cite this agreement, senator, say see? it worked out, my strategy here. and he might try it again. if he were with another country, maybe for other reasons, are you okay with that? well, i would probably push back depending on the circumstances. again, mexico is typically a very, very good trade partner,
considering taking legal action against the white house. at issue here, appears to be whether or not the president has the authority to go forward with these tariffs. the problems that we have migrants crossing the border has nothing to do with our trading relationship with mexico. so to attempt to use tariffs to deal with a border security problem makes no sense. so you have the whole issue of tariffs and motion co. set that aside. there s another huge issue as well that is the usmca trade deal. this decision from the president appears to have put the usmca, which the folks on capitol hill will have a say on in jeopardy. for example, iowa s two republican senators today, joy joni ernst and chuck grassley have said that puts their decision in jeopardy. grassley also questions whether or not the president has the authority to move forward with
president caved on the government shutdown. he had basically said he s not going to fund the government until he gets his border wall. then he funded the government without his border wall. it is likely sometimes the situation overtakes the president. he was genuinely angry. nancy pelosi s comments tipped him over the edge and he decided to create a scene which was red meat for the base. people in the president s core base loved it. he looked like he was making a fool of nancy pelosi. it might have been a strategic mistake where he now actually does need nancy pelosi. he needs democrats for the u.s. mca trade deal. he needs democrats for the budget deal later this fall and he ll need them for other things if he s going to come to the american people with an agenda for 2020. this could be a short-sighted victory for him. he may have to change course
shannon: is the reason for optimism? three top administration officials say the recent saber rattling is about deterrence, not provoking war with iran. impeachment, debt ceiling negotiations, trade war with china and the us and ca trade deal. let s dig in with john thune, senate majority whip. you were in the briefing today, what do you take from it? we had the administration team explaining why they reacted the way they did with good reason, there are credible threats, specific threat and they did a good job laying out why we are doing what we are doing and taking the action we have taken and i think we have to be prepared. this is an area of the world