Steve Schmidt is Howard Schultz’s political adviser, but that doesn’t mean he’s ready to answer questions on the potential 2020 candidate’s platforms.

During a taping of his own podcast, Schmidt, a GOP strategist and ex-MSNBC pundit, refused to discuss the former Starbucks CEO’s thoughts on Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) tax proposal, storming out of an interview when pressed on the matter.

“Does he really mean that a tax on incomes over $10 million at 70 percent, which is widely popular with the American people, is ridiculous?” asked “Words Matter” host Adam Levine. “Is that an adult conversation?”

Responding, Schmidt defended Schultz’s thinking, explaining that he feels “it’s ridiculous and it’s confiscatory in that it’s anti-growth.”

Levine then wondered whether the coffee mogul was simply considering “his own pocket” rather than any other sound logic on economic behaviors.

“This is bullshit,” Schmidt shot back. “I’m not doing this.”

That’s when the adviser shut down the interview despite Levine’s demands he answer the question.