before the press conference, about there being a few things he's been very consistent on his whole adult life, this being one of them. yes, the broad numbers, he might skate by without a recession, but when you're talking about the actual people, the people he relies on, the people that senators and members of the house rely on, voters who are hurting in a very, very deep way, like in iowa, for example, and other areas where they're making agriculture where china is their number one buyer and they're not able to sell there, they're already put in a position of being asked to be what the president is calling patriot farmers, and the question is how long will that last and will they say enough already. >> and the question will be when they try to cut a spending deal, is there more money for farmers. we'll see how that plays out. >> these people will not be making a voice in a vacuum, tlbl a binary.