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August 29, 2019
>> this affects green cardholders, doctors, and others who are serving and deserve to be rewarded. and not punished. i think this targeting is appropriate for people who should be focused on serving their company. >> are you hearing from other companies that would be affected? >> yes, we are. we heard from families all over the globe. theyre very anxious and worried about how this policy affects them. and how best to respond to it. at this point we havent had any answers and the policy and the a...
August 29, 2019
Youre going to have to get the next secretary of defense to lose to isis, im not going to do it. he handed trump his resignation letter and here we are a year or so later with the pentagon telling donald trump that isis is gaining strength. jeffrey, thanks for being with us. ive been curious how forthcoming general mattis was going to be. ive sat with him at dinner before. hes extraordinarily diplomatic, so i didnt expect him to go the full scaramucci, but i was wondering whether he would ease u...
August 24, 2019
A serious slowdown. this uncertainty that the president is injecting into the markets only increases the odds that we will face a recession. and thats something that, lets be clear, every recession in my lifetime has hurt the american people, has led to layoffs, has hurt working families. thats not something that i cheer for, its something we should work against. right now we have a president who only increases the odds that thats what well be facing. >> lets move now to the race for the white h...
August 19, 2019
Arent particularly happy about it. i cant imagine they would let greenland go like they let virgin island go. >> the presidents comments, one of the post important things, its not on the front burner. it indicates its not going to be the dominant discussion when the president goes there in a few weeks. correct? >> i think thats -- im certain thats correct. i dont know that for a fact but im certain thats correct. lets be clear, a greater partnership between the united states and greenland would ...
August 19, 2019
Is not a quote i ever made. i am glad you brought your fan club. >> lets be clear, by the way, what king said in 2015 was a reference to immigrants and he talked about immigrants having calfs the size of cantaloupes, but the gist of what was going on was as the questioner described. on the show we have mr. kings opponent. thanks for being on the program. >> thank you for having me. >> what would you do differently this time that you think could get you across that finish line? has anything chang...
August 16, 2019
You read the headlines, i dont think anyone thinks they will do that for him. >> no, and lets be clear, nicolle, i wasnt suggesting theres one in the offing. >> i know. its how you respond. i get it. >> this stuff is always volatile and can change. something could happen months down the road that we dont see. if we just zero in on the hopping congress protest, that is so stunning the president has not come out the way john bolton has to stand behind these pro-democracy protesters. that has been ...
August 10, 2019
Had on the show. karen let me ask you about the administrations engagement with this issue. the presidents engagement with this issue. i ran through statistics about what we have seen here. is it blind ignorance, when you look at the administrations reaction to all of that? >> i wouldnt say ignorance, no. i mean the administration knows a couple of things that animate its response. one is that the presidents base of support is largely white. and that the people he most needs to stick with him an...
August 8, 2019
Has emboldened white supremacists. across this country. >> everything the president has encouraged whites and pharmacists. >> to take partisan shots when were trying to come together, its just cheap. >> john: the political rhetoric at turning white hot, the democratic presidential candidates calling the president white supremacist. where does this all go from here? matthew continetti is the chief of the washington beacon, anna palmer, and tom bevan. now, senator ted cruz said yesterday, people o...
August 4, 2019
Violence. chris: lets be clear, chuck, donald trump didnt pull the trigger here in either case. it was two madmen who pulled the trigger. but does president trump bear any responsibility for creating the larger climate? >> well, thats a hard question, and i do believe that the president -- lets put it this way, i dont think he makes a lot of effort to cool the tensions that already exist in this country. weve seen just over the last week how he has tried to sort of rub very hard on that sore spo...
August 4, 2019
He cost us over a point of growth, and heres why: higher investment rates in the indirectly suppressed -- chris: okay. im going to move you along because i took one sentence to talk about jay powell. goldman sachs. whats your response to that? >> my point with -- look, the fed is the single greatest obstacle right now to strong in america. we had a 25% basis point cut -- chris: okay. i, you know, we can talk about the fed. >> goldman sachs, you want to -- chris: no, id actually like to -- >> let...