Clintons and the obama was all oh they talked about families and children and justice and so on maintained these rights for corporations promoted the right of their companies to do whatever they want to around the world in a strange way it was those who might oppose trump right now who set the stage for him to be elected it was the very policies that would out north america i mean we created huge pockets of poverty weve never had in 100 years the same difference between rich and poor the class differences incredible they set the stage for a savior obama was supposed to be that savior and he wasnt and what happens after a savior fails you you look to something very different they set the table in my opinion for donald Trump Success do you find this contradictory in any way to be. A cabinet full of millionaires a situation. And were some of them have been accused of misusing their offices in terms of the lavishness of those artists or so and so forth. To trump state a promise to drain th
Clintons and the obamas all all they talked about families and children and justice and so on maintained these rights for corporations promoted the right of their companies to do whatever they want to around the world in a strange way it was those who might oppose trump right now who set the stage for him to be elected it was the very policies that hold out north america i mean we created huge pockets of poverty weve never had in 100 years the same difference between rich and poor the the class differences incredible they set the stage for a savior obama was supposed to be that savior and he wasnt and what happens after a savior fails you you look to something very different they set the table in my opinion for donald Trump Success do you find this contradictory in any way to be. A cabinet full of millionaires a situation. Were some of them have been accused of misusing their offices in terms of the use of lavishness of those offices so on and so forth. To trump state a promise to drai
I have a brief Opening Statement here before i take your questions. Yesterday, secretary of the treasury, donald regan, sent to the congress a request to raise the debt ceiling to 985 billion. This represents a dramatic jump of 50 billion over the previous debt ceiling. The administration took this action with great regret because it is clear that the massive deficits our government runs is one of the root causes of our profound economic problems. And it, for too many years, this process has come too easily for us. We have lived beyond our means and then financed our extravagance on the backs of the American People. The clear message i received in the Election Campaign is that we must gain control of this inflationary monster. Let me briefly review for the American People what we have already done. Within moments of taking the oath of office, i placed a freeze on the hiring of civilian employees in the federal government. Two days later, i issued an order to cut down on government trav
You cant be both with the yeah you like. We had a period of time where we had 7 and a half miles of mills ok continuous 7 and a half miles of mills theres none left and carry an all around all our manufacturing memphis country all these things and i blame it on the politicians its the establishment its washington d. C. Theyve got their little cliques theyve got their thing. They dont care about i mean us. And it doesnt matter democrat republican theyre all the same theyre all im sorry to use that language but. Theyre in there for one thing theyre in or to get elected. The reason Donald Trumps in there is because hes a celebrity or he did this or he did that he is in there because he is not one of them and we are so frustrated. We had to vote him in if donald trump goes away well find another trump believe me well find another one the people dreamed this couch the people built this country at its the people who are making America Great again. The clintons and the obama was all oh they t
Bring this collection of great talent and Close Friends together today for this conversation, and that Susan Glasser of the new yorker kindly agreed to host today. Susan, thank you, and over to you. Susan thank you so much, steve, and to everyone who is joining us on this incredible allstar panel of experts we have with us today. I cannot think of a group that as a citizen, and not just as an observer, im hoping you can help us provide, if not definitive answers, at least some thoughts on what the path ahead looks like, recognizing we are in a world where we could not have predicted what we would have been talking about this week even two weeks ago. So, no one will hold you to it, but i want to thank the panelists in advance for their expertise and insights today. Let me do a quick introduction of everybody so that our guests today can understand just what an allstar lineup this is. I guess in no particular order, but the order i am saying people seeing people on my view screen, i dont