and i'll share one other thing with you. behind the scenes, behind closed doors, global world leaders are saying thank god president trump is finally taking on china. >> laura: they don't have the guts to and we don't have the money to pay them off. that's my point. we don't have the extra cash to force germany and france to do the right thing. dan, thank you so much. we've been wanting to have you on for sometime. we really appreciate it. >> more than happy to come on any time. >> laura: fantastic. you take care. what is this retaliatory action by china really all about? the story garners little coverage at the time. a few weeks back, bill gertz at the washington time, the free beacon accomplished this saying china covertly subverting trump's re-election. inside he revealed china is conducting aggressive influence campaign designed to block trump in 2020 according to a dissident chinese billionaire who until