TWEETING, A LITTLE EARLIER.
>> NEIL: I THINK THE EXCLAMATION
POINT SEALED IT FOR ME.
WE'VE GOT THAT.
WE'VE GOT THE U.S., CHINA TRADE
TALKS THAT COULD BE ON NEXT
WEEK.
I'M TOLD THEY WILL BE LOWER
LEVEL REPRESENTATIVES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
THE FACT THAT THEY'RE HAPPENING
IS A BIG DEAL.
LARRY KUDLOW YESTERDAY TELLING
THE PRESIDENT HE THOUGHT IT WAS
A BIG DEAL.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> CHINA WAS ON A ONE-WAY ROAD
WE WOULD BE LEFT BEHIND.
>> PEOPLE WERE SELLING THE
CURRENCY.
THERE MAY BE MANIPULATION.
DON'T LIKE THE ECONOMY AND
THEY'RE COMING TO THE USA
BECAUSE THEY LIKE OUR ECONOMY.
>> NEIL: ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET THE READ ON ALL THIS
FROM ED ROLLINS, HE'S BEEN IN
MANY SUCH MEETINGS AT THE WHITE
HOUSE THROUGH SEVERAL
PRESIDENTS, MAINLY RONALD
REAGAN.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, THANK YOU.
>> NEIL: THIS TRADE THING, IF WE
WERE TO RESOLVE THIS -- I WAS
TELLING THESE GUYS EARLIER.
I SUSPECT IT MIGHT NOT HAVE TO
BE AN OFF-THE-CHART DEALS, BUT
SOMETHING.
>> THE COMBINATION OF FIXING UP
NAFTA, THE PRESIDENT IS MAKE
GREAT
MAEAT
MAKIT
MAKINGGREAT PROGRESS WITH THAT.
>>> WITH ONE COUNTRY.
>> WHAT THE CHINESE DISCOVERED
IS TRUMP IS A HARD BALL PLAYER.
CHINA AND DO YOU REALLY WANT TO
GET INTO A TRADE WAR THAT MAY
TAKE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHEN
THE VALUE OF YOUR MONEY IS
DEBT.
I THINK XI THOUGHT HE WAS
POLITICALLY IMMUNE.
HE'S DISCOVERING THAT PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON
THERE.
>> NEIL: YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
PRESIDENT XI.
HE WILL HAVE A HARD LINE
APPROACH, HE WANTS A DEAL,
YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT BUT HE LIVE
WITHOUT REDOING EVERY INDUSTRY.
>> I THINK HE DECLARES VICTORY
IT'S OUR BIGGEST TRADING
PARTNER.
I THINK HE WILL HAVE GREAT
RESULTS.
HAVING DEALT WITH THE CHINESE
FOR MANY YEARS MYSELF AND
YESTERDAY WAS THE 23rd
ANNIVERSARY OF BRINGING BACK MY
DAUGHTER AS AN INFANT FROM
CHINA, SO I --
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
SHE'S A WONDERFUL JOY M MY
SHE'S A WONDERFUL JOY I MY
SHE'S A WONDERFUL JOY IN Y
WHEN YOU SAY LOWER LEVEL WITH
THE CHINESE, THAT'S WHERE A LOT
OF STUFF IS DONE.
IT'S A SECOND TIER.
THAT'S WHERE THE BUREAUCRATS GET
IT DONE.
THEN IT GETS PRESENTED UP AND I
THINK TO A CERTAIN EXTENT
THAT'S --
>> IS THAT GOING TO WORK IN THIS
ADMINISTRATION?
>> I THINK THE REALITY, IF THEY
COME UP WITH A DEAL THAT LOOKS
PRETTY GOOD, THE PRESIDENT WILL
DECLARE VICTORY AND MOVE
FORWARD.
WE'LL SEE.
>> NEIL: THAT'S ALL THE MARKETS
NEED, I THINK.
>> I TAKE GREAT COMFORT THAT
IT'S DAVID MALPASS DOING THIS,
NOT PETER NAVARRO.
I THINK WE WILL GET A DEAL.
LOOK AT ZTE.
UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS
THEY DEFIED OUR SANCTIONS, THEY
DEFIED RULES AND REGULATIONS,
THEY WERE SELLING EQUIPMENT TO
THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT AGAINST
ZTE FELL IN LINE WHEN, YOU KNOW
WHAT, THIS ADMINISTRATION CAME
DOWN HARD ON THEM, IMPOSING
NUMEROUS MONETARY SANCTIONS
I THINK THAT SET THE PRECEDENT.
GUESS WHAT?
THE PRESIDENT IS WALKING THE
WALK.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS WALKING
THEY'RE IMPOSING THOSE TRADES
AND TARIFFS, THEY'RE IMPOSING
THEIR WILL IN THAT REGARD.
THE CHINESE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING
THE CHINESE ARE COMING OVER HERE
AND THEY'RE NEGOTIATIONS.
>>
NEGOTIATING.>> PEOPLE WHO KNOW D
NEGOTIATING.>> PEOPLE WHO KNOW N
NEGOTIATING.>> PEOPLE WHO KNOW L
NEGOTIATING.>> PEOPLE WHO KNOW D
NEGOTIATING.>> PEOPLE WHO KNOW T
NEGOTIATING.>> PEOPLE WHO KNOW U
NEGOTIATING.>> PEOPLE WHO KNOW P
KNOW HE'S NOT A BLUFF.
ER, HE'S A
HARD BALL PLAYER.
HE CARES ABOUT THE LONG-TERM
CONSEQUENCES, NOT THE SHORT-TERM
CONSEQUENCE.
>> SHORT-TERM, WE'VE GOT A
FOCUSED ON GETTING SOME OF THESE
CONFLICTS BEHIND HIM AND
>> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT
WILL MATTER IN THIS ELECTION.
THIS IS VERY UNIQUE.
I'VE BEEN AROUND THIS GAME FOR A
LONG, LONG TIME.
THIS IS PROBABLY MY 25th
MID-TERM ELECTION OR 50th.
I WOULD SAY WE ARE AS PREP
TEARED
PAARED
PAIRED TOGO INTO A MID--- PREPAO
PAIRED TOGO INTO A MID--- PREPAG
PAIRED TOGO INTO A MID--- PREPAO
INTO A MID-TERM AS WE'VE EVER
BEEN.
THERE'S 25 OR 30 TOSS-UP SEATS.
A LOT OF THEM ARE OURS.
A LOT OF THEM ARE BECAUSE OF
RETIREMENT.
THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT
THERE'S GOING TO BE A BLUE WAVE.
THERE'S A LOT OF REST ABOUT IT.
THE RE-- RHETORIC ABOUT IT.
THE REALITY IS WHO GETS THE VOTE
OUT.
THE RNC HAS PUT A STRUCTURED
GWYNN THESE THINGS.
I THINK THEY WILL.
>> WE DIFFER A LITTLE BIT ON THE
BLUE WAVE FRONT.
I'M FINE WITH JUST 24 SEATS.
I DON'T NEED IT TO BE
ANYTHING --
>> I'M FINE WITH 20.
>> I DO STILL LOVE YOU.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF -- I HEARD
THE ARRESTING INNOCENT, THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF IS AS PREPARED
AS HE COULD BE.
I THINK IF HE WAS FACING
RE-ELECTION TODAY IT WOULD BE
DIFFERENT THAN THE FATE OF A LOT
OF REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND
CONGRESSWOMEN ON THE GROUND
WE ARE SEEING IN THE PRIMARIES
AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS WHICH ARE
FAVORING DEMOCRATS, HOW DO YOU
THINK THE REPUBLICANS WILL
COMPENSATE FOR THAT?
THE RNC HAS BEEN RAISING A LOT.
DAYS FROM THE ELECTION LAST
TIME.
THE TRUMP VOTERS THAT NEED TO
TURN OUT, AND THERE'S EVERY
INDICATION THEY WILL, THE NEXT
90 DAYS WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT.
COUPLE WEEKS.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN PREDICT
GUARANTEE A PARTY IN POWER.
>> I WOULD ARGUE, WHERE A MISSED
OPPORTUNITY IS WE HAD 25
SOMEWHAT IN PLAY.
THREE OR FOUR, WE COULD HAVE
MADE A BIG IN-ROAD THERE WHICH
WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT.
>> NEIL: YOU STILL SEE