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President trump inherited a solid economy from president obama. he has sustained that recovery. there was a goose in the rate of growth in 2018 after the tax cut was passed. that's now fallen back and we're back on the 2% growth path that we were on before. the challenge for many day-to-day workers is that many of them don't own stock, though more than half of americans do own stock one way or the other through retirement funds or through individual stock ownership and stock ownership is concentrated at the top of the spectrum, many people do not get much benefit from the stock market rally an...

Pressure. he's had political setbacks. the democrats have taken control of the house. they left him naked in that government shutdown and having to capitulate to nancy pelosi on his wall. that's not happening. he's launched this trade war with china that has damaged the u.s. economy as well as china's economy. now he seems very eager to get a deal, but it's not clear that that deal is going to be anything that changes the growth path of the u.s. economy. so he's coming up short in a lot of areas, and i think that is a source of stress for him on top of the legal problems. >> and that's interes...

His transition, his family, his campaign aids. that is a tremendous source of pressure. he's had political setbacks. the democrats have taken control of the house. they left him naked in that government shutdown and having to capitulate to nancy pelosi on his wall. that's not happening. he's launched this trade war with china that has damaged the u.s. economy as well as china's economy. now he seems very eager to get a deal, but it's not clear that that deal is going to be anything that changes the growth path of the u.s. economy. so he's coming up short in a lot of areas, and i think that is ...

Before he took office was seen at about 2% based on labor supplies productivity. when they passed a tax cut late in 2017. >> expected there would be a quick burst of stimulus before they reversed the trend. the federal reserve says it will be right back and the white house insists that those numbers are wrong and that wiee'll be oa lasting 3% growth path but other economists don't see it. >> i want to ask you about capitalism. you talk about a capitalism

In unemployment and particularly unemployment for african-americans. it's the lowest it's ever been in history. when you put all that together, i believe that the economy is on strong growth path. >> bret: the of bet, robert johnson talking about the economy. 103,000 jobs down from 326, 4.1% is the unemployment rate. you look at the economic changes of 2017, you see the changes. gdp growth 2.9% in comparison with january 2017. the consumer confidence number is a big one as people are thinking about how they feel about the economy. back with the lightning round. >> i don't think they're that di...