nixon sitting as close to me as gaspo is sitting to a slot machine. he said he could survive anything but 50 cent a gallon oil. charlie: ben, i'm in your age break the kind of. inflation was raging on certain products. you had oil and oil-related products. >> i agree. charlie: but i'll make one opt i are point and this is somewhat exculpatory for donald trump. nixon was strategic. donald trump is blundering into this stuff. neil: you mentioned the economic environment can make a difference. let's say whatever the figures are now. that this environment hold, it would take a lot for this thing to escalate against president trump. >> i think it would. he has his own megaphone through social media. he's able to tell the narrative in a way -- at the end of the day his success is their success. impeachment is ultimately political. neil: that's a callous, merciless way to look at it. neil: donald trump making saudi arabia his first trip. remember what he told me. >> i would call up saudi arabia and i would say. the prices are coming down. >> stocks ending th