competitive standing against them. what the border adjustment stacks effectively does sets up equalization mechanism things coming in get taxed to make them more equal to american goods and what sean was basically saying to the press is that if we set up a border adjustment tax appropriately then more american jobs will be created. more things will be made inside the united states. our trade deficit will become lower. martha: a lot of people think it will make goods more expensive for american consumers that. question was related now we are bringing imports into the country from china, let s say, and that manufacturing supply chain would make the prices higher if you be going to tax those goods at the border. so there would have to be some kind of adjustment. that s what the attention is in the white house between paul ryan. martha: paul ryan wants it and senate republicans don t want it, right? i would put it to you this way. what everybody wants is a much simpler system that
forth his 100 days agenda and bring everyone together. the optics are so important to underscore here. the defense secretary nomination of mattis. this is the first time we ve seen donald trump share the stage with one of his cabinet appointees. everything else has been press release. this one he wanted to physically attach himself to this guy, and i think that that underscores how important he thinks this pick is. david gergen, i hear you re in agreement. his tone was a little subdued tonight. but he did take another swipe at china. look at this. we will have two simple rules when it comes to rebuilding this country. buy american and hire american. all right? buy american. on trade, our trade deficit now nearly $800 billion a year. north carolina has lost nearly half of its manufacturing jobs since nafta. america has lost 70,000 factories. think of it, 70,000 factories since joining the world trade organization.
years back, years back. so i want to thank the african-american communities, i want to thank the hispanic communities, and we re starting to work already. we re working already. and the appointment today of ben carson has been very popular, very well received. dr. ben carson, good guy, great guy. we will have two simple rules when it comes to rebuilding this country, buy american and hire american. all right. buy american. on trade, our trade deficit, now nearly $800 billion a year. we have a deficit, think of it, of almost $800 billion a year. you say who is negotiating these deals. it is a chronic drag on the growth and a destroyer of jobs and wealth in our country. in the month of october alone our nation racked up more than
for a second and then he said, we re not talking numbers, we re trying to bring everyone together. he clearly was not trying to have a barn burner, he really was trying to set forth his 100 days agenda and bring everyone together. the optics are so important to underscore here. this is the first time we ve seen donald trump share the stage with one of his cabinet appointees. this one he wanted to physically attach himself to this guy, and i think that underscores how important he thinks this pick is. i m in agreement, his tone was a little subdued tonight, but he did take another swipe at china. look at this. we will have two simple rules when it comes to rebuilding this country. buy american and hire american. on trade, our trade deficit now nearly $800 billion a year. north carolina has lost nearly half of its manufacturing jobs
african american community, with hispanic communities than anybody ever anticipated. so much better, better than has taken place in years back. in years back. so i want to thank the african american communities. i want to thank the hispanic communities. and we re starting to work already. we re working already. and the appointment today of ben carson has been very popular. very well received. dr. ben carson. good guy. great guy. we will have two simple rules when it comes to rebuilding this country. buy american and hire american. all right? buy american. on trade, our trade deficit now nearly $800 billion a year. we have a deficit. think of it, of almost $800 billion a year. you really say who s negotiating these deals? is a chronic drag on the growth and destroyer of jobs and wealth