his explanation on tariffs. it was the exact opposite of kamala explaining outer space. so a tariff is like a tax. sorry. just in from myrtle beach, come on man. even the new york giants have a better record than the democrats. i was thinking he was going to go with the jets analogy. josh from michigan, can you help me come up with a good last-minute valentine's day gift that is budget friendly and sure to impress? lingerie. dolly, i'm getting a lot of shaking of the head after i said that. that was not the right answer. jesse all a girl really wants expense paid vacation to the gulf of america.

>> sean: welcome to hannity. tonight it is full steam ahead at the white house. so far 16 trump cabinet nominees have been confirmed. this includes the health and human services secretary robert kennedy jr. on the heels of tulsi gabbard yesterday, that make america healthy again movement is now an official part of your federal government and don't worry, your measles and polio vaccines will still be available and mcdonald's and kfc will not be closing. the trump white house is making big changes across the federal government. of the executive branch is no longer on cruise control. we have a president taking the reins and taking it back from these unelected, self-important, far left deep state bureaucrats that nobody knows their names from the washington swamp. a lot of them are leaving. this has major implications both you're at home and abroad.

we will analyse the plan for reciprocal tariffs in just a moment. canada taxes us, did you know the european union has high taxes on us, india has high taxes on us and tariffs. why don't we do the same to them that's not the only big news from the white house today. president trump is ready to negotiate peace in europe and lead a new era of communication, accountability and peace >> [inaudible question by the media] >> i would love to have them back. it was a mistake to throw them out. at the not a question of not -- liking russia or not liking russia. i said what are you doing. they should be sitting at the table. i think putin would love to be back. obama and a couple of other people made a mistake and they got russia out. it's very possible that if that was the g8 you wouldn't have had the problem with ukraine.

if i was president you deftly wouldn't have had the problem with ukraine. russia would've never attacked ukraine. we are talking about... and president putin and i agreed that we were going to do it in a very big way. there's no reason for us to be building a brand-new nuclear weapons. we already have so many you could destroy the world 50 times over. 100 times over. and here we are building new nuclear weapons and they are building nuclear weapons in china is building nuclear weapons. >> sean: it's week four of shock and all. the war in europe started under president joe biden. frankly the worst president in modern american history. take a look. >> i think biden is incompetent and what he said that they could join nato, there was a very stupid thing to say. i thought when he said it depends if it's a minor incursion, in other words its okay if russia does on minor incursion. i thought that was a very

foolish thing to say. the other thing that got it started was how badly these stupid people and bad generals, how badly they did afghanistan. i was going to pull out but we were pulling out with dignity and strength. we were going to take our equipment with us and everything else. they are -- what they are doing, i think putin looked at that mess and he said this is a great time i'm going to go in. this should have been done years ago. should have never been allowed to happen. i know he's a friend of yours. he's a friend of cnn. nobody watches cnn anymore because they have no credibility spew to joe biden was asleep at the wheel. those days are over, peace through strength is back. america's newfound strength abroad doesn't just extend to our foes. trump is also not afraid to hold our allies accountable including our neighbour to the north.

take a look at this. >> i think canada is going to be a very serious contender to be our 51st state. >> there was a delay in implementing those tariffs. >> i spoke to governor trudeau on numerous occasions and we will see what happens. just sets up so good for them. people would pay much less tax than they are paying right now. that have perfect military protection. they don't have any military protection because -- you take a look at what's going on out there. you have russian ships, china ships, you have a lot of ships out there. people are in danger. this is a different world today. they need our protection. >> sean: isn't kind -- isn't it refreshing we have a president not predetermined questions. let me go to joe from reuters.

joe read the question that we preapproved. kind of refreshing, extemporaneous. the president giving access to the media. you think they'd be grateful but they are not. canada's leaders are going to have to learn that we do have all the leverage. they need to stop the tariffs they currently have on american products. they need to pay their fair share to nato. to need to secure their borders. and all trump is determined to hold canada and all countries to a high standard, to restore fairness in our agreements. to put america first. that's what these countries are doing. this isn't just about other countries. the president is also holding our very own government accountable. every single department is now facing an intensive review, something that's been long overdue. bad actors, on productive workers are being shown the door. 75,000 federal employees, i promise you won't miss them, have accepted the buyout offer and will no longer be employed and paid...

as of october the first. and just this week donald trump also terminated biden's climate accord which planned to hire 20,000 climate obsessed radical leftist communist socialist committed to social justice and antiracism. the newly sworn in administrator uncovered a whopping 20 billion-dollar slush fund earmarked for left-wing ngos that the staffers tried to hide in a third-party account. according to president trump, the deferment of education will be no more. don't worry your kids will still get an education, take a look. >> how soon do you want the department of education to be closed? >> immediately. the department of education, they rank the top 40 countries in the world. we are ranked number 40. but we are ranked number 1 in 1 department, cost per people.

we spend more per pupil than any other country in the world but we are ranked number 40. norway, denmark, sweden, i hate to say it, china is right in the top five. that's our primary competitor. we are ranked number 40. we are ranked number 40 that means something is really wrong right? >> you can also give the money directly to parents. they get to pick the school that offers reading, writing, math, history and science and not a woke agenda. you can also have a standard that must be met. the department of education may not be the only bloated government entity that's on the chopping block. elon musk, his team, they are uncovering a massive amount of waste, fraud, abuse and corruption. finding it every day. we are learning that the hhs reportedly spent more than $22 billion to buy illegal immigrants cars. they are buying cars for

illegals. and help out with their home loans and the start-ups. while the biden administration worked to fast-track the lives of illegals, putting them above all of you, everyone else is forced to navigate a sea of rules and regulations to get anything done. every single law passed in the u.s., bureaucrats in d.c. created over 18 new regulations. across the government, there are nearly 100 million words spelling out each and every regulation. that is the definition of insanity. that is a bureaucracy that is way out of control. until now almost no one was critically regulated america's federal bureaucracy. this may be the only opportunity in our lifetime to truly limit the size, the scope, the influence, the reach of government in every aspect of your life. we need to take advantage of this moment. instead of speaking truth to power many on the left just desperate to defend...

over at msdn see, mate -- rachel maddow stoking the flames of hysteria. peddling another lie and hoax and a complete distortion. this time elon musk is the target. let's watch. >> at the top campaign donor to u.s. president donald trump, elon musk has apparently somehow convinced the united states government, specifically the united states department of state that the taxpayers of the united states of america should spend $400 million buying quote armoured tesla production units. >> armoured tesla vehicles. this is terrible, this is a conflict of interest. here are two critical fact that she omitted. somehow she failed to mention first the tesla procurement plan , that started under

joe biden not donald trump. number 2 this plan was cancelled by president trump. as always they are lying and deceiving their audience. they haven't learned a thing and they do it for political gain and frankly a paycheck. she's not the only left-wing zealot pushing conspiracy theories. delaware senator chris koons put this post on next naming musk in trunk for allowing critical medicines to expire in a warehouse. unable to reach africa because of usaid. two problems with that tweet. one as musk has pointed out, giving shipping routes and disturbs in times, that medicine needed to be shipped months ago if it was truly about to expire. number 2, you zoom in on the box. take a look closer look. medicine appears to have an expiration dates. that date is 2027.

anyways wall trump and musk do important work, democrats have nothing to offer other than they're daily temper tantrums. screaming yelling hysteria, their lies and fearmongering. their conspiracy theories. soon there will be calls for impeachment. they have been turning to the courts to lend a helping hand. now even that is failing. two courts just rolled into all trump's favour allowing his federal employee buyout plan to move forward and restoring trump's ability to freeze federal funding. counsellor to the president... let's start with those two. it's interesting because the president gets elected to do a job. i think there are 40 lawsuits in total out there against donald trump in the administration so far. but i believe the courts as part of the executive branch, he has the authority to do everything is doing. your reaction to the first decisions.

>> absolutely he has the authority to do what he's doing as we've seen. yesterday we had momentum where we were giving people money to walk away if you don't want to come to work. and we will pay you until october. but they try to stop it. we know what's going on here. it's very simple. the same thing that's been happening for the last arena half years. the only thing they do is go to radical left judges that want to make a name for themselves to stop the executive branch from doing exactly what was mandated to do on november fifth when we swept the nation. it's absolutely ridiculous. this is all over everything. i was discussing this with elon and i said for all the money you've spent -- saved this country, perhaps we should also have a ticker for every case that they are going to bring. it's going to go up while this one goes down because that's what they do. if we want to save money people will get upset. we are taking money out of their pockets. the best thing that elon musk is going to do is look at people's salaries and say if you make

x amount of money and you are worth $68 million we are going to look at why that is. and that's really the bottom-line because we can talk about everything and every executive order but there's a panic in d.c. at this moment. and it is very simple. we are cutting them off from their funding. and that means politicians, not just saving taxpayer dollars. that's where the panic is coming from. it's pretty basic. >> sean: if you are friends with donald trump... we will check that box on the elon musk side. isn't he the guy that offered star link when people in north carolina had no communication with the outside world and he donated that. didn't he offer the same thing to the people of california? don't we have astronauts that have been pretty much lost in space are abandoned now for nearly 300 days and our government can to save them so he's going to go rescue them.

and he's cutting out all of this waste. why would you hit some buddy like that? >> it's very basic. let's think about this. in our administration we have a tremendous amount of billionaires who are successful businessmen and i could name them all but we know who they are. who have taken a leave, sold their companies, walked away from their lives to sacrifice to help america be great again. there are many. elon has become a target for one simple reason. because he is cutting the funding to these politicians who have put their bureaucratic personal financial gain and interest above the american people. that is the difference. that may not be felt by some of the other people that are in the administration that i've done the same thing that elon does. they are incredibly successful billionaires but they are targeting him because he is cutting their lifeline. their financial -- nancy made

how much money and we are going to go down the line of looking at all these people. there is no reason as a federal employee, me included, i shouldn't walk out richer from the federal government. that should not be the case. you don't do it. >> sean: you would make a lot more in the private sector. elon musk will probably make a lot less although when you have that kind of money that money makes enough money on its own. even if you put it in a treasury at 5 percent, not a bad deal. the president doesn't take a paycheck, he's losing money. people are in this to serve their country. almost everybody that you see every day in that white house is not making money. >> they do you are right we don't. the only reason they are screaming about elon, it's because they are hitting their pockets. only reason they are screaming about elon, not screaming about

howard let nick or about... they are not screaming about those billionaires. clear screening about him and that's because he's going in and hitting where it hurts. you know what happens when you scream and sing songs outside at a rally, which what are you doing on the american taxpayer dollars creating songs against the republican party, it's bizarre. when you do things like that that says to me one thing. we've hit your achilles' heel and we will continue to hit you. we will look at why our children are not educated. we will look at why our children have an increase in adhd. look at why our borders are not safe, wire security is crazy and why there's a fentanyl crisis that we have never seen because illegal immigrants were supposed to come in and vote for kamala harris but it didn't work out for them so they are panicking. elon may be triggering just a little bit of insecurity which is that they are worried about us looking at exactly what they have done and exactly how much they've made and that is now stopping. and it's a panic.

>> i think a lot of americans, the average american making 66 grand a year when they see all this and they understand it more they will be cheering. we appreciate your time is always thank you. here with more former white house chief of staff mark meadows and fox news contributor ... good to see you both. can you explain the freak out over elon? this is the radical left agenda abroad. this is not even for american schools or borders or more cops on the street, more firemen. doesn't benefit any american. >> elon musk is exposing corruption that has been getting exponentially worse while this funding was just pushed out the door with no respect to the american taxpayer. president trump respects peoples were thick -- work ethic. he respects the people who work hard for their families. i just look at all these

programs the democrats are trying to preserve for illegal immigrants, for criminal illegal immigrants, for these programs overseas where we know this money is not going to the people that it's supposed to go to. it's going to corrupt officials overseas. the entitlement that you are seeing from the democratic party right now to say we have to have these programs. americans have to work harder so that we can fund our pet projects and our leftist infrastructure by the way which allows us to be powerful in america. really says a lot about where their priorities are. i find it very interesting that the penalty for not paying your taxes from the irs is to go to jail. so democrats are advocating that you should be working harder under the threat of going to prison for the sake of these types of programs. we don't have the money, we are in trillions of dollars in debt and it's corrupt and that's exactly why they can't handle it because their infrastructure around all of their activism and their friend is falling apart.

>> sean: if you go back, of reagan had the right idea. you got the best and brightest business minds in the country. he formed a commission that was called the grace commission and they came up with all of these great ideas, how to run -- had our government run more like a business. do you recall exactly how many of the recommendations in the grace commission were adopted. >> i don't recall the exact number. >> sean: zero. >> i was going to say i can tell you this that president trump and elon musk have now out more from federal... than congress has in the last decade. i'm not talking about slowing down growth. they make up president trump and elon musk, why they going after elon because he's the only one that's had the courage to

actually get it done. president trump has empowered him to do it so not only are we seeing them finding $20 billion in a city court slush fund and not that city court did anything wrong but i can tell you the bureaucrats and the biden administration, they were saying get the billions of dollars out of their as quickly as we can. is it any coincidence that all of a sudden we're up against a debt ceiling within a few days of the trump administration? i believe spending hundreds of billions of dollars, in those last few months under the biden administration just with that president trump couldn't make sure they get... >> sean: will all of these actions by president trump, republicans in the house and senate and we have slim majorities. we will have to codify these

into law otherwise they will overturn it. will they do it? >> i think they have an obligation to do it. all these programs you are seeing are very tangible things that their constituents can relate to. when you see that the federal government has been spending and sending your money to illegal immigrants to buy cars, when you can't afford a car as a result of democrats spending too much money and causing inflation to go through the roof. that is something that they can understand and it's a slam-dunk when it comes to the politics of it. >> sean: the republican house members and the senate as well as anybody. will they codify a lot of this into law and etch it in stone? >> they will only because president trump has inspired them and challenge them to do it. they set the example and found all this waste, fraud, and abuse this was never congressional intent so with federal judges start to look at this, not a single member of congress is authorized many of these things to be spent in this way. >> sean: this is part b of the

story as they hid it under obscure titles knowing that the money was being earmarked for these very specific programs. think you both. will become back nonwoke liberals are -- are issuing a warning to the rest of the democratic party. we get reaction.

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>> sean: some democrats have realized they have a problem they simply cannot keep up with donald trump. they are struggling to respond, the party is leaderless and some of the most prominent democratic talking heads are beginning to talk openly about it. >> i think we are missing the

boat as democrats. all i'm saying is that sometimes it's better to join them and actually play a role in how the strategy works rather than so pathetically trying to combat something that clearly is a steamroller and democrats are being steamrolled and i'm deeply concerned about that. musk is not elected, he has no accountability other than donald trump and that's a frightening combination. >> you... some... that didn't come, they are not there. let's just get over it. they are not coming, the courts are not coming. and where do we pick our fights? >> we know the bureaucracy can be bloated. we all worked in the white house, we try to be organize the government. it's hard to do. >> some of this is pretty annoying because at some of the stuff that we should have done.

>> why didn't we do it, you had your shot and blew it. no leader, no strategy. they are free to be as loony as they want to like this california democrat. >> do you think that calling elon musk of [bleep] is effective messaging for confronting what is a potentially irreversible transformation of the u.s. government? >> he is a [bleep]. what i because important and what the american public want is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. this is an actual fight for democracy for the future of this country. it's important to push back. >> sean: so effective. herewith reaction is the former g.o.p. presidential candidate, probably soon to be governor from ohio. he's going to announce tonight,

vivek ramaswamy is with us. how are you? >> good to see you. >> sean: you are free to do so if you want, just saying. >> more to say sue but think -- soon but thank you. >> sean: most democrats are shrieking. utter hysteria. somehow the sky is falling. i kind of like the obama guys and there comments the best. the cavalry is not coming. republicans are onboard with cutting waste, fraud, abuse and corruption. and the obama guys saying why didn't we do that is kind of revealing. they are not many of those voices left. >> here's my breakdown of what's happened. there are effectively two parties within the democratic party. on one end -- one hand you have the woke identity politics left. it's all about race, gender,

sexuality and climate change. they gained a choke hold on their party away from the wing that wanted to focus on economic redistribution. economic inequality. you and i would disagree with both of those wings but the latter is at least more reasonable and more clearheaded. so what i hope for the sake of the country. [simultaneous talking] [simultaneous talking] [simultaneous talking] >> sean: i don't think it's 50/50. i always respect your view. i think it's taken over the party like a cancer. 95%. you have a view -- a few voices that this... the rest of the party is shrieking. they are flipping out raging at all times.

>> i think you are right about one thing. when you talk about the elite voices are so-called elite voices that appear on television or those in elected office i think you are right. when you talk about everyday citizens across the country even those we used to identify with the bill clinton democratic party, it's closer to a more even split. that's not our problem to solve, that's their issue to address but that's the real war for the future of the democratic party. we have to take their attitude of victimhood. that's what has defined the modern democratic party. reject out and say we are victors as americans. that's what the republican party stands for. victory not victimhood, more winning less whining. i think that's inspiring more people to say we are not just running from something. we are now running back to our vision of the american dream. something we don't talk about enough anymore but we will start talking about more which is the idea we want a country where

everybody, even the democrats, are able to live a better life through their own hard work and dedication rather than wallowing in victimhood. that's the america that donald trump is leading us to announce what i'm excited about for what's ahead. >> sean: before moving on to this next chapter which i believe will be running for the governorship in ohio, before that you were with doge. you were there at the beginning and at the foundation. so they are finding tens of billions of dollars in all this foreign money. all of it spent on radical green new deal programs, awoke as him, transgenderism, lgbtqism. this is not benefiting the american people. does not wing of the democratic party, whether your percentage is right or my percentage, doesn't matter. do they really think this is a winning issue for them? >> i certainly hope not because most americans are against bureaucracy. most are against the red tape.

the biggest myth in america over much of the last two decades is the people we elect to run the government are not actually a once who have been running the government. if this unelected bureaucracy in this fourth branch of government that would make our founding fathers rollover in their grave. so to be able to say we're getting rid of that bureaucracy, cutting cost, putting money back in the hands of taxpayers, that's what our founding fathers actually envisioned. that's what donald trump wants to revive. that's what doge was formed to do and i'm proud to help get that off the ground and can see that actually restore not just savings for the taxpayer, but it's about reviving our founding culture where you have a government that's actually accountable to its people rather than the other way around. this idea that somehow it's impossible to close $2 trillion out of the federal deficit that's nonsense. into a 19 we spent two and a half trillion dollars less than we do right now. 2019 wasn't some agent period back in the ice age. that was five years ago -- six

years ago. we can get back to that. most americans agree with that and whether the elites agree or not that's a hard truth. >> sean: americans prefer more money for their kids, lower taxes. secure borders. "law & order" in their town and city. it's kind of fundamental. take care of the american people first and the american people have been frankly abused in this process and they've stolen from them, their kids and their grandkids. when you are ready to announce we are ready to have you back. thank you for being with us. rfk jr. sworn in as hhs secretary and the maha movement has begun. we've got jillian michaels. i'm about to get a lecture on my bad habits. straight an msc cruise isn't just a vacation, it's a holiday. full of european style and... -ah! and all the things americans love too! c'mon, bloom! there are a ton of football matches. games. football games. woo!

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>> sean: the maha movement israel. time to make america healthy again. robert f. kennedy jr. is the... he was then sworn in this afternoon in the oval office. let's take a look. >> for 20 years i've gotten up every morning on my knees and prayed that god would put me in a position where i can and childhood chronic disease epidemic in this country. on august 23rd of last year, god scent me president trump and he gave me. [applause] he's kept every promise that he's made to me. he's kept his word in every account and gone way beyond it.

i'm so grateful to you mr. president. a lot of people told me that i couldn't trust president trump. i better get it in writing and we did a handshake and everything that he told me he was going to do he has done. >> sean: the host of keeping it real and her podcast back jillian michaels is with us. great to have you back again. not going to bother you about mcdonald's. it really does raise a lot of questions to me. if you buy froot loops here or froot loops in canada, i want you to explain to people what the differences. explain why europe won't import our meat or our produce. i want you to explain why americans have such higher incidence of diabetes, stroke and heart attacks and how related is all of this to food and health? >> it's overwhelmingly related to food because what we are eating is obviously information.

it's telling your body, it has nutrients, vitamins, minerals and i told your body what to do and how to function. but unfortunately our food here in america also has other stuff in it that is in food. it has fake fat, fake flavoured, fake colour, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides. it is absolutely a day to celebrate but the bottom line is that here in america, we have loopholes in the fda and unfortunately special interests have a massive influence over agriculture here and that impacts water that we drink and the air that we breathe and the long story short as we are taking in far more toxins through what we breathe and drink and eat then pretty much every other country in the developed world. we have the worst health outcomes out of all the g7

countries and we spend the most on health care. so getting a person in this position who cares about people and isn't beholden to special interests is a massive victory. one that we need to be so excited about. >> sean: robert f. kennedy promised that he's not going to take away donald trump's mcdonald's. he's not taking away the coke, mcdonald's, not taking a way kfc and not taking a way pizza. however, if they are selling the same manufacturers are selling a healthier serial in canada and europe and then you compare the ingredients here, why wouldn't we insist that they offer -- at least offer both. and then the american people can decide, do you want all the phony colours and chemicals and additives, or do you want a cleaner cereal, give them the

choice. >> the reason is because of margin. these chemicals are in our food because they make the food last longer on the shelf and they are more palatable. they are designed to make people eat more. they literally hijack our biology to make you unable to eat just one. how they do this is because unfortunately special interests is a revolving door, private industry and our government health agencies, i believe it was the last 11 directors of the fda went to work for big food or big pharma and it's just this circle of coming into the fda, going back to big pharma or big food and that is a huge part of the corruption that kennedy is tasked with rooting out. if these companies know they are going to make more money if they are cereal glows in the dark

than the one that doesn't, of course they are going to do that. in places like canada, it's illegal because you are not allowed to lobby politicians like that. there are a host of things that are illegal in other countries that aren't illegal here and have begotten these outcomes. >> sean: i wonder if that shows up on an x-ray. i love frosted flakes. i love them. i have not eaten them in years. i stay away from them because you are right. i open a box i can't stop until i finish the box. and i can do it in one sitting. that's not good so i'm learning. >> it's by design. i like it. >> sean: i've somehow found the strength to overcome it. jillian michaels thank you. will we come back president trump announced a plan for reciprocal tariffs today. you'd be shocked at the countries that are putting tariffs on us.

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>> sean: president trump announced that he will impose fair and reciprocal tariffs on all major u.s. trading partners. take a look. >> whatever they charge us we are charging them so it works out. it's a beautiful simple system and we don't have to worry about charging too much or too low. if you build here you have no tariffs whatsoever and that's what's going to happen. i think our country is win to be flooded with jobs. it's going to be tremendous amount of jobs and ultimately prices will stay the same or go down and we will have a very

dynamic country. >> sean: if you are wondering why this is necessary take a look at these examples of unfair trade practices of other countries. u.s. tariff on ethanol is to .5 percent, brazil charge of the u.s. ethanol exports 18%. european union imposes a 10% tariff on imported cars. the use -- the u.s. only imposes a 2.5% tariff and the u.s. average applied mfn tariff on agricultural goods is just 5%. nds average 39%. now after four years of silence all of a sudden the media mob is suddenly concerned about prices. they ignored inflation. take a look. >> nearly all economists have said that tariffs will be bad for the american consumer. so what is the president no here on tariffs that seemingly every other economist doesn't? >> the president is having blanket tariffs also on things that we don't make here and he's been flip-flopping on it as he did on mexico and canada.

>> you won the white house in part because of high inflation. if your tariffs make prices go up... >> sean: stephen moore along with big money show cohost abscess start with you steve. americans all of a sudden notice they have to pay more. it's going to start a trade war. they don't know donald trump and he is going to insist they have free and fair trade as well. that's all this is, a negotiation. >> that's right. you and i have known each other a long time. i'm a milton freedom document milton friedman free-market guy. i don't like trump's steel tariffs. i don't think those will be very effective and they may cost more jobs than they save. but trump is really onto something here potentially with

this idea of reciprocal trade. i want to make sure people understand what he's saying. you are quite right, the united states has the lowest tariffs in the world. and maybe one or two other small countries. among all the major trading partners we have low tariffs. what trump is saying it to china and canada and mexico and europe and britain is your tariffs are up here and ours are down here. you will have to either lower your tariffs or we are going to raise our tariffs up to your level. in a strange sort of way here's what i believe will happen as a result of that. these countries are going to be forced to lower their tariffs. we will have freer and fairer trade if this works and knowing donald trump, he's a winner i think this is a strategy that will work for america and for free and fair trade around the world. >> sean: they can't justify these tariffs, especially our trading partners and so-called allies. i think...

>> they loved having administrations for years who never called them on it. they jacked up their tariffs and nobody said anything but now donald trump says very simple, he's not even asking for higher tariffs. he's saying let's have a level playing field. they lower there's we will lower hours. they asked what does the president know, i'll tell you what he knows, he knows that you get a deal going in order to get lower tariffs and lower prices for americans. he's not thinking like an academic. he's thinking like somebody who lives and works in the real world and that's why he delivers real-world results, not research papers and think tank ideas. >> the only country i see may be resisting is china. but they've had unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, territorial ambitions that they've been...

will they give in? >> here's the thing about china. china cannot grow their economy without having access to america's markets. donald trump knows that and so what he's saying to them, the chinese have said if you raise your tariff we will raise ours. they can't win that game. that's a losing game for them because not being able to trade with the united states would throw them into a great depression. trump knows that, he's using this so i think he's forcing china to play by the rules. they cheat, they steal, they steal our technologies. i think it's a great strategy when it comes to china and i think he's going to win. >> sean: will china given brian can-mac. >> here's the great thing. even if they don't what trump has said is the best way to avoid all of this is come back to america and get a lower tax rate and get no tariffs and get lower regulation. that's how he wins this thing. china can't compete with that.

>> albies american manufacture companies that have built plans abroad to avoid tariffs, guess what? if they don't make a deal it will be coming back home. thank you both. stay with us, more hannity coming up straight ahh. it's a good day to cough. oh no. bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!!

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