tom: this is very good, ebrahim rahbari. the president is speaking to his favorite television network, which is fine. we have ebrahim rahbari, one of the world's experts on dollar dynamics so we will come back and speak of a strong u.s. dollar that the president sees. in the 8:00 hour, an important update from michael wilson with morgan stanley. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ bloomberg "surveillance," good morning. what i want to do is what "surveillance" does best the president -- does best. the president with his favorite network, fox news. good morning to ebrahim rahbari, reacting to the president's statement of a strong dollar. down the road from me 40 blocks at the plaza hotel there was a point where the dollar was too strong. are we anywhere near close to the distortions of a strong dollar that we saw in that 1980's decade? ,brahim: tom, i don't think so but you point to an interesting development. president trump has meaningfully shifted his tone on dollar strength over the last couple of weeks, and we think it is for a reaso