back to the united states. now, trump also said that one web would be hiring 3,000 people. now, kate, it s unclear how much credit trump really deserves here but it s worth pointing out that sprint made the initial call to donald trump. they also mentioned him in their statement yesterday. saying they look forward to working with him to create jobs here in the united states. now, today we know that donald trump is meeting with his inner circle to talk about inauguration and also get started on writing his speech, something that he plans to do largely on his own. we also have expecting the possibility of another cabinet announcement some time this week. the secretary veterans affairs position is still open. and that is a big one, especially for donald trump, given how much time he spent on the campaign trail, promising better care for america s veterans, kate. yeah, one of the singular kind of themes that were constant throughout his campaign was talking about veterans and i improvi
maybe you can go back to november or so, that with new authorities actually you can go farther back in the year with special operations forces, being able to go attack leadership. now they ll go after things like the drug labs and drug networks and financial networks, just as they went after the oil networks for isis in iraq and syria. they sent more attack planes to help with offensive operations and cover support for ground forces, both american and afghan. so they do credit trump. they like the south asia strategy. they re glad that they have at least that. it s not much more than a speech and five bullet points, but they say it s more than perhaps the guys in syria know they re fighting for. so they have a little bit of direction and they re ready to go. check out kevin s article in defense one, meet the believers, u.s. commanders ready for a reboot. it s a fascinating read. kevin, great work with that, hans nichols, thank you to you as well. we re minutes away from the
actually some even trying to give obama credit for all of 2017s good economic news. he thinks it started from the day he became president when in fact he inherited good conditions. i thought barack obama did turn around the economy to bring it back from the precipice with tough action. mr. trump inherited an economy that was in full recovery for blacks and whites from president obama. now he s taking credit for picking up somebody at the end of a trip that somebody else broke the trip. laura: somebody else drove the trip. i don t even know what he s talking about. to add insult to injury, even while business leaders do credit trump s tax cut with all the deregulation, what s the big business story of today? here it is. a new reuters poll claiming that just 2% of americans have gotten a raise, a bonus or other