in an interview with reuters trump s policy advisers had discussed drafting a proposal to reinstate a registry for immigrants from muslim countries. he was the architect of a similar registry that was terminated because of opposition from civil rights groups. he s one of the people whose ideas might become policy if the trump team gets its way. joining me with more is rick wilson, former senior adviser to presidential candidate evan mcmullen. my first thought is you ve got folks that were allies of trump, kris kobach is a great example. steve king was talking about how happy he is by the first week of this transition, the iowa congressman who i had on my show questioning the role of nonwhite people and contributing to civilization. but my question to you is there aren t enough trump allies or in the inner circle to staff the federal government, so the question becomes who else?
coastal crony capitalists of america s ruling class. the emerging reality of a trump presidency is already looking far different. trump and his allies in congress are poised to promote the wish list of the finance industry, roll back financial regulations designed to protect the economy. trump plans massive tax cuts for the rich. indeed, by 2025, if passed, most of his tax cuts would go to the wealthiest 1% of americans like the folks who were so happy to see him in that room. the chairman of the finance committee says he plans to work with trump to protect the poor from payday lenders and to reverse a rule saying that professional managers managing retirement funds put their clients interests ahead of their own, that would be repealed. paul ryan plans to replace medicare with private insurance. and he plans to weaken obama s new overtime rule which starting next month allows americans to earn overtime pay.
before trump got that raucous ovation from the manhattan elite, you heard him promise them, quote, we ll get your taxes down, don t worry. it was one of the first policy pronouncements of the president-elect to reduce taxes on rich new yorkers. the people eating in a restaurant where the cheapest entree is a $36 burger. and a man who promised a revolt against those very same elites, a man who in his victory speech just a week ago promised this. the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. this was trump s core message or at least one of them to the economically alienated white working class voters who powered his victory. trump will put them first, and he ll take power away from the people that don t look like them, the immigrants and the