Back on CNBC
- Trump believes in free trade
- Cannot has been behaving illegally and unfairly
- Pres Trump is not damaging the markets
- Trump likely amenable to a coalition to deal with China trade issues
- It take two to play the game and the President has to stick up to the action
- There are not tariffs now. The US is considering tariffs.
- There are negotiations going on
- Pres Trump is responding to decades of misdeeds by China
- There may be other things that can be done beside tariffs
- Pres. Trump is a bold guy. Tariffs get your attention.
- Doesn't know if US will impose tariffs on China or not, may be settled with negotiations
- Technology is the heart of innovated entrepreneurial economy. We can't let China steal our technology.
- Good progress is being made on recalibrating NAFTA
The S&P index was up about 18.9 points and the Dow was up 181. The S&P is up about 22 points and the Dow is up 204 points after the comments.