and then halifax, canada gavin fidel, a professor of political science and global development studies st. mary's university. he's the co author also of rethinking development politics. thank you gentlemen, for joining us on today's insights story program. we've seen of foster moving a time line of action and reaction in recent house. i want to come to that in a moment, greg, but 1st i'd like you to take us back a bit. this is something that donald trump campaigned on when he was elected in the event, but you support his policies. so explain to us, what is he trying to achieve with these tears? that's a great question and then you're absolutely right, james, the telegraph to rather well in the campaign as well as during the transition. so and when president trump is trying to accomplish is what the really, what the voters, the americans voted for, which was fairness in trade and, and more equal treatment by our trading partners. in other words, having terrorist basically around the same level. so there's, uh, there's just trading equality, but secondly, he's using it as a geo political