i m all for it. but i hope his talk did include taxes or focus on how tax reform is helping america. julie: some of the comments that drew more attention with the alleged voter fraud, particularly in the state of california, which has yet to be proven. the president lost the popular vote to hillary clinton in california. he brought that up as well and he said in many places, the same person voted many times and called it a conspiracy. he said it s not a conspiracy theory and millions of people voted fraudulently. there s no evidence behind that. is it still a good idea to bring it up? when the president bring something like that up, it s incumbent on the president to show the public why he says tha that. somebody s told him that that was the case. he must have seen something or heard something and he should share that with people so it should be evaluated.
all indexes getting impacted. stocks like boeing, which do big trade with china, really getting hit. let s talk about what s going on with what the president is saying. as he said, the president said we are going to put in another $100 billion worth of tariffs on chinese goods. china have been coming back and i m quitting an official saying we will immediately fight back. this morning, the president saying on twitter china, which is a great economic power, is considered a developing nation within the wto. they, therefore, get tremendous perks and advantages, especially over the u.s. if anybody sick mike thinks this is fair, we were badly represented. the wto unfair to the u.s. china is not a third world country anymore.
for the american people. julie: congressman andy biggs, great to see you. thank you so much. president trump going off script again in west virginia at this time, transforming what was supposed to be a roundtable on taxes, into something much different. whether that strategy works to the president s advantage, we will discuss. plus, the white house lost in an escalating confrontation with china on trade. it s rocking the stock market. what comes next is both countries show no signs of backing down? he has a great relationship with the president of china. this is business. this is the kind of business where we have to stand firm against china s unfair trade practices.
it s a first world country. they have to play by first world rules. we cannot prevent this has to stop. unlike wednesday, when kudlow s words were a bomb to the market and we had a major turnaround in sentiment, that has not happened today. we are still down for the day. all of this started about a month ago when the president said he was instituting tariffs on steel, 25%. and aluminum, 10%. it has escalated from there. all eyes on when they do make things might go into effect. these are just words so far. what kind of real impact it may have on the u.s. economy. back to you. julie: gerri willis, good to see you. president trump slamming sanctuary cities in west virginia yesterday. he championed stronger borders, zeroing in on oakland s democratic mayor for obstruction of justice. watch this. how about the mayor of
joe manchin on his home turf, gearing up for a reelection battle. let s bring in ari fleischer, fox news contributor. always great to see you. i ve no idea what we are talking about because i throughout my script. let me go off script here, proposing national guard troops as we discussed earlier, the president gave remarks but just about everything but taxes. good idea? it is for donald trump. it s not for congressional republicans. there s a difference between donald trump, a unique figure, bigger than life, who somebody came he s not not on the ballot this year, republicans are. he can do things that the republican party cannot. when he does that, it s good for him in 2020. it s not good for republicans