we had a great conversation. we talked with these job creators here in west virginia about the president s pro business agenda, less regulations, fair trade, better infrastructure, and renewed focus on american energy. and i heard again, from these west virginia small business owners about the tneed to repea and replace obamacare. they told me about obamacare stands in the way and stifles growth. it s a burden not just to job creators but the american people. folks, frankly, every promise of obamacare has been broken. you remember what they were. seven years ago, after obamacare was signed into law, they said, if you like your doctor, you can keep them. not true. they said, if you like your health plan, you could keep it, not true. we were all told the cost of health insurance would go down. that wasn t true either.
i think there will be local incentives but donald trump is going to sound some notes in terms of being friendlier to businesses, easing regulations, maybe talking about sort of a tax overhaul that companies would like. so i think he s going to sort of signal that pro business agenda and carrier will get some breaks and i think we can work out a deal that makes them both look good, or at least that s what they hope. i want to play some sound from steve mnuchin talking about how trump negotiated with trump technology and this was an interview on cnbc this morning. take a listen. it start with an attitude. this administration, this president, this vice president president-elect is going to have open communications with business leaders and you can see that it started because the president-elect called up the ceo of united technologies and said it s important to keep jobs here. and wilbur and i will continue
it is more complicated, but they are catering to the audience and what they think are simple sound bytes that have resonance and when they get into office, it is a lot tougher. that s true and what we have seen this time around with romney is that he is focusing more on his business background and less on social issues. this vote of confusion that exists with where romney stands on issues like gay rights and issues like climate change. he has been clear in terms of pro business agenda. that s next right here. if you ve recently signed up for medicare
you at 6:00 and has watched me to 6:00 will follow us right through the lineup tonight. we ve got a great lineup. lawrence o donnell will be doing the 8:00. rachel stays where she is and my new slot is sock. it s some exciting times ifffor msnbc. absolutely. thank you. good to be with you. great to have you. you can watch the ed show tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. well, now let s get into some of the topics we just talked with ed about. for example, tomorrow night, the president is expected to talk about his pro business agenda in the state of the union. this is supposed to be part of his effort to create more jobs here. but does that make sense? according to the economic policy institute, american companies created more than 2 million jobs in 2010. fantastic, wright? but it turns out fewer than half of them were created here in america. it turns out 1.4 million of them were created outside of the united states. i actually don t blame the
they used to work in the schoolyard for him seems to still be working for first six months, it s backfiring now. what could it cost them? president trump is no stranger to spite. you mentioned ken frazier, singled him out as a hero here. when i think of a guy like jamie diamond, who between deregulation, getting rid of dodd frank tax cuts, the president trump s pro business agenda could benefit a guy like jamie diamond to the tune of billions. could president trump now punish these guys? you know he s embarrassed. yeah. he s absolutely humiliated. this is his identity was draped around these business leaders as the first ceo to be commander in chief-this has really stripped that from him. losing those big names, yeah, you did see him selectively pushing accounts, people that favored him and you could see in aerospace and pharma and other businesses they were upset and felt they all needed to be there. he tried to drive a fissure