moore, hold that thought. one of the other folks that you worked with is gary cohn, the president's chief economic adviser up untilonths ago. he was asked yesterday in washington about the impact of these tariffs on china specifically and what they would mean. here's what he said. >> if you end up with a tariff battle, you will end up with price inflation. you could end up with more consumer debt. those are all historic ingredients for an economic slowdown. >> could it wipe out the benefits of the tax bill in. >> yes, it could. >> is he right? >> i don't like tariffs. i agree a lot with what gary cohn said. as you know, poppy, gary cohn left the white house because he disagreed with trump on the tariff policy. i just think that trump is right, that the status quo with china cannot stand. i'm looking at the lead story of the wall street journal here this morning is growth in u.s. leaves the world behind and they talk about how the united states is now growing a -- china's economy is flatlined now. let me make this -- >> okay. >> china needs to trade with the united states more than we need trade with them. if they