stuff dom is talking about. we pay more for that. and our soybean farmers who sell into china will seles. what will china feel from these tariffs? almost nothing. but they ll impose their own in return. what we could have been doing is joining the transpacific partnership, a series of allies in the pacific region to trade by our rules. my brother, that has that train has left without us. it s left without us but the whole idea, larry kudlow talked about this let s create a coalition of the willing to pressure china. china is diversified much more than it was before. it will take japan, south korea, a number of the other countries how do you create a coalition of the willing when we have an administration that s about america first and i and i alone? yes. it was gary cohn who used to qualify the president and say america first doesn t mean america alone. how can larry kudlow make that
what did they make a president donald trump? he is the first president to speak at this conference since bill clinton. i think there was a lot of interest in president trump and a lot of curiosity. what s he going to say, how s he going to present himself, what s he going to do? i think he delivered a very serious, sober, positive message for the american people. i think the reviews for this trip, it s a short one, but have been overall very strong and i think deservedly so. martha: we had heard, jessica, that members of the african delegation were going to walk out, that didn t happen. in fact, the presidents of rwanda praised him. he said he considers him a friend, looking forward to working with him. there was a lot of concern that he was going to go over there like a bull and a china shop and it doesn t look like that s what happened. i thought the speech was very good and it s very important that he said america first doesn t mean america alone. i m glad no one walked out of
doctor, larry nassar. my department and this investigation will find out who knew what and when, who took action, who failed to take action, what did or did not happen, and what should have happened. lea: of course, so many of us were watching earlier this week when nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison after hearing from so many victims. leland: the white house speech writing team spending this weekend putting the finishing touches on president trump s first state of the union address. he received high marks for his speech this week in davos, explaining that america first doesn t mean america alone, he said. for more on the president s message coming up, radio talk host, and you can check him out on the internet worldwide. mark, good to see you. we re a year past the
alone. but what i seem to hear in there is america is a little bit spooked. the president, and wilbur ross s, understanding of where we are in terms of world trade out of trade. whether you re talking about justin trudeau or other world leaders, tpp marching on without us. the president suddenly saying, we want to re-negotiate not just bilateral agreements but more. have they heard the message that we re not the massive superpower, while we are still massively powerful, we don t control the show? reporter: that s right. i mean, that speech was the anti-trade version of a rum punch on a sunset cruise. it was really watered down. the one time the president made another reference to america first, he said, america first doesn t mean america alone. as you pointed out, some of the comments he made about in and out turning a blind eye to intellectual theft and all that, was directed to china. nobody you re going to find who won t say that there are things having to do with trade with
sees foreign policy as not strategic but episodic. not governance but virtual reality television. these should not be the guideposts for u.s. interests. they are the guidepost for a presidency which seems to have diminished u.s. interests in favor of what is clearly personal ease mow. h.r. mcmaster is trying to sell the idea america first doesn t mean america alone. that message hasn t sunk in yet. i don t believe so. and america different is domestic. domestic policy is important. how the president deals with that is very much in the interest of the country that he do so correctly. it doesn t seem to be america leading, america wise, or america strategic. it seems to be america playing