Week In Politics: China-U.S. Trade War, Dems Declare ‘Constitutional Crisis’ And More

AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the big stories you might’ve missed over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come in political news at the national and state level. Here’s what we’re following through the weekend:

• China hits back at U.S. by implementing new tariffs; markets nosedive
• Dems declare “constitutional crisis” over the White House’s refusal to cooperate with the Mueller probe
  • Trump rejects House Dems’ subpoenas for his tax returns
  • Nancy Pelosi: “Trump is goading us to impeach him”
• Robert Mueller may or may not testify this week in front of Congressional committee
• Foreign policy tests mount for Trump -- U.S. seizes North Korean ship, Iran threatens more uranium enrichment if no new nuke deal, continuing unrest in Venezuela…
  • Pompeo to meet with Putin this week
• 2020 candidates check-in
  • Dem candidates flock to CA for fundraising
  • POLITICO: Beto’s long history of failing upward
  • Gov. Newsom touts Harris but says Mayor Pete is second choice for many
  • Progressives attack Biden's position on climate change
• President Trump joins GOP in condemning Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) for her comments on Israel

Guests:

Matt Barreto, professor of political science and Chicano/a Studies at UCLA and co-founder of the research and polling firm Latino Decisions; he tweets

Lanhee Chen, research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; he was an adviser for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign and served as policy director for the Romney-Ryan 2012 presidential campaign; he tweets