the politicking on larry king later in the program former republican governor of new jersey christine todd whitman joins me for a one on one conversation about harsh criticisms of donald trump and her calls for the president to step down stick around for that later but first on wednesday china announced a new round of tariffs in the intelli ation fight for terrorists that the troubled ministration has slapped on chinese goods entering the u.s. what's the impact of this latest escalation in the trade war between the united states and china and will the president pay a political price for this negative impact of the terror battle has placed on some of his most ardent supporters we'll talk about that and more with bob livingston former republican member of congress from louisiana a state that will be heavily hit by china's tariffs he's in new orleans and in washington chris lew he served as white house cabinet secretary and deputy secretary of labor during the obama administration he's now a senior fellow at the vigil. miller center so we you bob on china announced plans twenty five. thinking agricul

i'll go back to politicking for several decades christine todd whitman has been a stalwart republican an insider in the administration of george w. bush where she served as administrator of the environmental protection agency for that she was the republican governor of new jersey the first female governor of that state but recently she has taken her party to task and has also gone public with her call for republicans to put the g.o.p. label aside and join her in calling for president donald trump to step down. let's find out why it is. good seeing you again you reason your way there larry you recently wrote an article in which you said i'm a lifelong republican i have campaigned in one as a member of the party i have served more than one republican president we must put aside the g.o.p. label as hard as that may be and demonstrate the leadership of our country needs by calling on the president to step down what led you to do that well the final straw was the behavior in europe when he was there for the e.u. and nato and same to reject our allies actually embarrassed several of them an

the politicking on larry king later in the program former republican governor of new jersey christine todd whitman joins me for a one on one conversation about harsh criticisms of donald trump and her calls for the president to step down stick around for that later but first on wednesday china announced a new round of tariffs in the tally ation fight for terrorists that the troubled ministration has slapped on chinese goods entering the u.s. what's the impact of this latest escalation in the trade war between the united states and china and will the president pay a political price for this negative impact of the terror battle has placed on some of his most ardent supporters we'll talk about that and more with bob livingston former republican member of congress from louisiana a state that will be heavily hit by china's tariffs he's in new orleans and in washington chris lew he served as white house cabinet secretary and deputy secretary of labor during the obama administration he's now a senior fellow at the vigil. miller center so we you bob on china announced plans twenty five percent. thinking a

the politicking on larry king later in the program former republican governor of new jersey christine todd whitman joins me for a one on one conversation about harsh criticisms of donald trump and her calls for the president to step down stick around for that later but first on wednesday china announced a new round of tariffs in the intelli ation fight for towers that the troubled ministration the slapped on chinese goods entering the u.s. .

christine todd whitman. served as governor of new jersey and epa administrator. my friend mark thompson, a radio host with sirius xm progress. welcome, both. governor, what is your take on all of this? the president, again, spending the last 24 hours, going after one of his former employees. putting the context, all the people around that the point. >> it's an embarrassment. it's an embarrassment to the country. it's an embarrassment to all of us. we ought to be outraged at the language he uses. this isn't about political correctness. this is denigrating people. like a bully. that's what we teach our kids we don't want them to do. we have big concerns in our schools about bullying and what it leads to. and yet we seem to have the bully in chief in the white house. it's also -- it's also undermining the credibility of the united states as a nation for the rest of the world. and that becomes really important as we try to move forward and what is a very complicated world that needs the united states that is strong and stable. and this man is not. >> what's your take

with us now is new jersey's republican governor, christine todd whitman.overnor cuomo what you think about all this? >> it certainly is a bad day for paul manafort. he's looking at a long time behind bars. it would seem from the testimony that we heard from the documents that we heard that this is absolutely justified at the jury did its duty in a very complicated case. it had to have been mind-boggling for them with a lot of the testimony. where they did come to a decision they did appeared we should thank them for their service. but paul manafort is not going to be a happy camper tonight. we want you know, there is no collusion, governor. these are separate financial decision. the beauty about some of those issues is that they are very black-and-white, very simple, very clear. but again, there are a lot of people that are going to latch onto this and say collusion, there is a financial. coco >> it was never really about that. these were strictly on the financial of paul manafort and what he did. the fact that he has been associated with the campaign and

or go back to politicking for several decades christine todd whitman has been a stalwart republican an insider in the administration of george w. bush where she served as administrator of the environmental protection agency for that she was the republican governor of new jersey the first female governor of that state that recently she has taken her party to task and has also gone public with her call for republicans to put the g.o.p. label aside and join her in calling for president donald trump to step down let's find out why it's. good seeing you again you recently with a larry you recently wrote an article in which you said i am a lifelong republican i have campaigned in one as a member of the party i have served more than one republican president we must put aside the g.o.p. label as hard as that may be and demonstrate the leadership of our country needs by calling on the president to step down what led you to do that. well the final straw was the behavior in europe when he was there for the e.u. and nato and seem to reject our allies actually embarrassed several of them and then e