sounds bite. it goes to issue of trade on the border. what they are doing to us in trade is unbelievable. they are take our jobs, they are take our manufacturing and they are taking our money. i m not angry at mexico because their representees and leaders are smarter than ours. i m angry at our country for having such bad negotiators and bad leaders. he s right about that. it s our fault that we have taxes and regulations that drive american companies and businesses overseas. we have the worst taxes on corporations in the world. we have to put in place regulations and taxes that encourage companies to build here. he s wrong about the mexicans. he s right about closing the border. he s right about having to compete in trade. but he s wrong about the
executive order. yes. that can get things done, when the congress, which he has given ample opportunity to make some moves. and it s not just a partisan thing. there are lots of republicans who want to open up more trade with cuba. right. i say more trade because we already have millions of dollars a year that we sell to cuba in corn and other products across the upper midwest and other parts of the country. this is an archaic policy that obama is now ending and i don t think republicans are going to roll it back. we are in the republican primaries right now. so they all feel obligated to pander to that wing of the party. but in all practical matters, it s a great relief on the part of more americans than a few, to start loosening things up and open up relations with cuba and do something about the political problems that we still have to deal with in that country, as well as the we re going to
have some real influence on lifting the level of fascism, censorship oppression that still goes on there. but congresswoman, we have embassies with other communist nations and nations that we don t agree with policy. and it s also very critical they re a very critical part of the caribbean, where the president went last year and has tried to have a trade that would help in that area of the world. and it s really part of what he said when he was running the first time. he wanted to be a transformative president from health care to cuba what he s doing in many areas is a transformative presidency. absolutely. i think he is. this policy, you have to look at it from an international perspective as well. this has been embarrassing to all of latin america. something they ve complained about for a long time.
and trump is surging in the polls. in new hampshire, he s ranked number two in the polls. in iowa, he s tied for second. and here s the big one. nationally he s in second place. that means trump will definitely be on the gop debate stage. and this is the nightmare for the gop i was talking about. the party is trying to appeal to latino voters. but when asked again last night if he regrets saying most undocumented immigrants are rapists and criminals, trump said this. no because it s totally accurate. it s totally accurate. the border is a disaster bill. people are pouring in and i mean illegal people illegal immigrants, and they re pouring in. i love mexican people. i have a tremendous relationship, i also respect mexico but mexico s doing a tremendous number against the united states. what they re doing to us in
trade, first of all they re killing us at the border. second of all, what they re doing to us in trade is unbelievable. they re taking our jobs they re taking our manufacturing, and they re tackingking our money. so how is this going to play out? will we see republican leadership firmly denounce him? joining me now are jonathan capehart and victoria defrancesco soto. thank you for being here. thank you, reverend. jonathan he won t back down and he s surging in the polls. how much trouble is trump for the gop? well, he s trouble because he says things that might play well with the republican primary voter but is disastrous on the general election stage. and that s not to say that he s going it get this but for a party that knows it has a problem with people of color, with young women, with young people and needs to do