of all that the president and his administration have done with just one official working day under our belts. i don t know about everyone else, but i think it s been a pretty impressive first and second full days here. president trump s meetings yesterday with top business and union leaders including front line union workers went very well. and i think it was a signal to every american worker that jobs and the economy are truly the president s top priority. few of the participants noted afterwards in each one of the groups we meet with that this was the first time, in some cases, ever, that they ve been reached out to, and almost every case the first time they were invited into the oval office and i really think that when you look at the level of concern and interest that he has in the american worker, it s been clearly on display in the last 24, 36 hours. in addition to these productive meetings the president also took major steps towards fulfilling some of his biggest campaign promi
several steps today. first, he issued a presidential memorandum withdrawing the united states from the transpacific partnership. tpp is a multilateral agreement that includes the united states and 11 other countries. as the president has said many times, this type of multinational agreement is not in our best interest. he s moving quickly to advance trade policies that increase competitiveness of the american worker and manufacturer. this executive action ushers in a new era of u.s. trade policy in which the trump administration will pursue bilateral trade opportunities with allies around the globe. this is a strong signal that the trump administration wants free and fair trade throughout the world. additionally, the president issued a memorandum reestablishing the mexico city policy stating that the united states will end the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortions overseas along with coercive abortion and sterilization practices. finally, the president issued a memorandum outlining
several steps today. first come he issued a presidential memorandum withdrawing the united states from the trans-pacific partnership, tpp is a multilateral agreement that includes the united states and 11 other countries. as the president has said many times, this type of multinational agreement is not in our best interest, and he is moving quickly to advanced trade policies that increase the competitive of the american worker air manufacturer. this executive action ushers in a new era of u.s. trade policy in which the trump admonition will presume bilateral trade opportunities with allies around the globe. this is a strong signal that the trump initiation wants free and fair trade throughout the world. additionally, the president issued a memorandum reestablishing the mexico city policy, stating that the united states will end the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortions overseas along with coercive abortion and sterilization practices. finally, the president issued a memorandum outl
business favor, i mean, we ve got to get ahold of ourselves here. reporter: all the while trump continuing to cast doubt on the u.s. intelligence community s conclusions on russian hacking. the president-elect cryptically promising to reveal inside information on russia s alleged election cyber meddling today or tomorrow. they can come in a tweet, it can come in a press conference, it can come in a statement. reporter: new this morning donald trump announcing his nom nice of robert lighthizer for u.s. trade representative. that s the chief negotiator for u.s. trade policy. lighthizer did serve in the reagan administration as deputy u.s. trade representative and he also worked for the past few decades as a law partner at scat and arps heeding up their international law trade practice. carol? reporting live outside of trump tower this morning. thank you. as you heard jessica say, trump is lashing out against china for to the stepping up to help deal with north korea. now, china i
to do list is a vow to overhaul u.s. trade policy. congresswoman goo see you when it. thank you for being with us. it s great to see you and happy new year. thank you. listen, donald trump won, campaigned on and won on and promises to do a lot of things that when you and i have talked you wished democrats would have done a long time ago, declaring currency manipulators to be currency manipulatomanipulators tougher on the imports that get brought into the united states. what is your take on what he s planning on doing and whether you ll support it. we have to see whether he ll walk some of his talk. tomorrow i m doing a press conference with president of the aflcio and my colleagues calling to act on revisiting nta wch cost us more than a million jobs. i was one of the people that said that donald trump could win and i knew it was because he was