donald trump in 2016. one billionaire said one ceo jamie dimon perfectly fits the bill for a job support smashing expectations, is beating joe biden going to prove an uphill battle question political storm story tropical storm the first named a storm of the hurricane season churning up the coast of florida. we are tracking arlene and the surge that has been coming with it. welcome everyone i am neil cavuto. in the meantime were going to iowa a lot of the contenders are gathering today. an event no prospective white house bidder can pass up on. let s go to rich hudson in des moines with more. hey good morning it s the annual roast and ride fundraiser. look to the roast apart with the barbecue a couple hours now behind me at the harley place this is the right portion. we are about 12 minutes from the iowa fairgrounds i m sure some of these cover that territory much faster than that. we are going here for most of the republican field once we are there giving a handful of speec
trying it makes no secret they want to be the dominant economic power in the dominant military power in the world by 2049 progress another view from some of the business community is that business leaders could possibly accomplish influence over china that washington cannot. one example, apple s rotation away from china toward india for expansion. back to you. thank you. right now both excellent read on the global economy. danielle, this idea we fight fire with fire when it comes to chinese maybe sweat more economic sanctions on the punishments do not allow business guy s to fool us into thinking it s good to do business with china. how do you think something like that would go? are we prepared to do that as a nation? i do not necessarily think that ceos job is definitively to maximize shareholder value,
for. neil: this one got a little too close for comfort. you see this, about a week ago a chinese fighter jet came perilously close to a u.s. complaint actually shook the plane and got so close. then there s land concern back and forth. they were not talking to our diplomats would not even shake our hands et cetera. a lot of business type statement essentially said let them bust but don t let it hurt our biz. lydia hu has more on that. and neil, as tensions rise between the u.s. and china, tesla ceo elon musk and jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon are separately in china business leaders and communist party officials. these ceos really should be allowed to speak for themselves and for their travel. there s never been some sort of fiat by the white house for the
recession we had 87% the country reported from their manufacturing sectors in contraction over the past week. but the last time this happened china was able to shell out trillions of dollars buying everything from brazilian soybeans to copper from chile. that is not happening this time. they do not have the resources they portray themselves as having or you would see things like chinese shoppers in paris, in london. that is not happening either. the chinese economy it was at the lowest growth rate in 30 years and 2019 prior to covid rate do not believe in coincidences. the chinese economy has only round-trip it is not strong enough to not have the united states as a major buyer. certainly cannot afford to go to war though our administration might be in favor of that. neil: jonas i think things are good for you now i apologize for that but it seems to be your fault i will leave it at that. [laughter] let me ask you about this. obviously relations are at an all-time low between our two
i think is very interesting given the race the way it is shaping up stateside we find someone at legislative skills that are proven. has executed at a governor le level. and also some great executional skills in business. getting the two together which is why it is very keen on north dakota governor former businessman running for office because he had the best of both. but again it is a tough sell, what do you think? it is a tough sell. the things jamie dimon coming in will have to be prepared for other nasty questions. what about jeffrey epstein. you still lending to companies and fossil fuels for a you discriminating against them? what is your stand on abortion and some allow up to the time of birth reduce support that only north korea or china allows that you re going to get a lot of nasty questions for you have to be prepared for that. that s why if you go into a race not only do you have to be prepared for the hard questions, but also you have to come before