the miss universe pageant in 2013. gref is reported to be a close ally of the russian president, vladimir putin. and turkish media companies are now at odds with the country s president. and a businessman from dubai who is a licensing partner of trump s dubai golf courses, he s going to be there. that is a deal that netted him $10 million in 2015 and 2016. since the president s inauguration, he has worked to befriend don june ror aior and trump. let s not forget the busine businessmen. gary cohn, former coo of goldman sachs. you have jamie dimon. the funny thing is, a lot of the manufacturing ceos, the ceo
the morning, really towards the base. he s playing directly toward those 36, 37% who love the idea that they re getting this sort of unfiltered id from the commander in chief. national security experts and legal scholars and presidential historians aren t so sure about that. they wonder if this medium that made this man and put him in the oval office could ultimately be his undoing. top white house economic adviser gary cohn told us that he was under tremendous pressure to resign. republican cohn said he s very stressed out. as a republican, i i am reluctant to leave my post. because i feel a duty to fulfill my commitment to work on behalf of the american people.
for our country, and it will be done during this congress. go ahead, alex. sorry, jake. the president now dealing with this political storm as he s dealing with that actual storm down south. earlier today at the white house press briefing we did hear from treasury secretary steve mnuchin who did have comments about gary coh cohn. he said his number one focus is getting tax reform done. gary is with me and i couldn t be more excited about that. putting any resignation talk to rest, jake. i want to bring in chris collins, republican of new york. he was the first lawmaker to endorse then-candidate donald trump. congressman, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. always good to be with you, jake. reporter: chief adviser gary cohn was close to resigning after the president s remarks
i believe this administration can and should do better, he told the new york times. consistently condemning these groups and doing the best we can to heal the deep divisions in these communities. cohen said he has spoke numerous times with the president, adding, i have not been bashful saying what i think. gary has not held back on how he feels about the situation. reporter: this after a riff between the public and capitol hill grows wider every day. this time the chairman of the foreign relations committee. strange statement by bob corker, considering he is constantly asking me whether or not he should run again in 18, the president tweeted. adding, tennessee not happy. the president clearly stewing over corker s comments from a full week ago, questioning the president s competence. the president has not yet been able to demonstrate the
country in the world costs us jobs. we need to get that fixed, so i m the eternal optimistic. we will get tax reform done, and as the leader said, this congress. do you understand why gary cohn felt the way he did about president trump s remarks about charlottesville, that he didn t think president trump and the administration decried the bigotry and the hatred as much as he wanted? i respectfully disagree with congressman cohn. the two years then, then-candidate was very clear. he disavowed white supremacists, he disavowed neo-nazis. he s done it again and again, so i don t know why on a single speech, people want to pick at it. our president has been clear the last two years. where he stands on those issues, and the radical left want to put