thing has been very clear, president trump loved coal. we re going to stop the regulations that threaten the future and livelihood of our great coal miners. my administration is putting an end to the war on coal. 27,000 new mining jobs. who are the miners here? the miners finally, we re taking care of our miners. quick fact check on that 27,000 mining jobs claim. it s actually 21,000 mining jobs have been added so far under president trump. not 27,000. as he said. any job added is a good job but we re going to get into the future of these jobs, because one of the president s most senior economic aides is questioning whether the future of coal really is the future of america. and so are some big coal company executives. joining us now is steven moore our senior economics analyst and former senior economic adviser to the trump campaign. thank you for being here, especially on a holiday.
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some say that s badly needed. thank you so much. i want to go straight to our senior economics analyst. former advisor to president trump. steve, you spent a lot of time with trump. you helped him on tax plan which he says he s been working on for a long time. when he comes out today and say it could be the biggest tax cut ever, do you buy it? well, it s music to my ears if it is because i think the economy does need a tax cut. the heart of the plan that we put together for donald trump back during the campaign, and i don t think they are def uaviat too much from this is to get the business tax rates down. we have the highest business tax rates. we re shooting ourselves in the foot with a 40% rate when the other countries are about 20%. what s going to be interesting to see is whether they go for the long ball. they also try to reform the 60,000 page individual income tax system which is a mess. you re taking a lot of special interest groups onto try to do
that existed, so nothing has changed. is it time to say once and for all the president is never going to release his tax returns? we ll have to get back to you on that. i said i d have to get back to you on that. he is still under audit. the statement still stands. when you re under audit, you can release your tax returns. just saying. also, treasury secretary steve mnuchin now says tax reform by august not realistic. stephen moore is here. he is a cnn senior economics analyst and formerly the senior adviser to the trump campaign. so nice to have you here. liberals have found this uniting force, this rallying cry on this tax day, which we know you filed already, my friend. and the way that the front of the the new york times puts it is, basically, them calling on the president to release his tax reforms could actually hurt the president s tax reform effort. do you buy that? no. by the way, the reason i look a little tired this morning is i ve been up four nights in a
can just introduce yourself and your company and the public will get to see what you are about and then if things aren t working out, i m blaming you anyway. we ll start with brad. thank you, mr. president. all right. you re listening right there, president obama speaking during a roundtable meeting with president trump, rather. i m sorry. speaking to health care ceos as he is starting off that meeting. let s talk about this right now. what s happening to the fate of obama care? right now in the balance. let s bring in cnn senior economics analyst senior economic advisesor to the trump campaign and cnn global economic analyst, a financial times analyst and author of makers and takers. rhonna, health care, obama care is the latest reporting that we re seeing is not only is the president today meeting with governors across the nation talking about this big issue. he is it also meeting with