President takes a victory lap on the tax bill, and, make no mistake, its a major achievement for his and his party. David axlerod, no fan of the president , calls it consequential, and theres no disputing that, cutting individual rates, tax cuts for 80 of americans, cutting corporate rates, adding to the deficit and a lot of special interests will no doubt like. It will have an effect, and theres plenty to debate about all of it. Whats not up for debate, at least not at the victory celebration today was President Trump is awesome. Just ask anyone. Mr. President , you made the case for the tax bill, but this been a year of extraordinary compliment for the trump administration. President donald trump is a man of his word. Hes a word of action. Thank you for your boundless faith in American People. Thank you for keeping your promise to see this congress delivery the largest tax cut in american history. Thank you, President Trump, for allowing us to have you as our president and to make Am
Wait until you hear how virginia will determine balance of power in that bellwether state. Good morning, and welcome to early start. Im Christine Romans. Im dave briggs. This just in, joe biden has finally stopped praising the president. I think he had to sleep at some point, so its just now came to a close. Thursday, december 21st, 4 00 a. M. In the east, 6 00 p. M. In seoul, its 11 00 a. M. In jerusal jerusalem. Well check in there shortly. First, the republicans taking a victory lap, passing their tax reform, tax cut bill, which now awaits the president s signature, but in touting the bill as a huge tax cut, the president himself made what could be a serious tactical error, admitting the measure was just as much about gutting obamacare. The individual mandate is being repealed. So in this bill, not only do we have massive tax cuts and tax reform, we have essentially repealed obamacare. We didnt want to bring it up. I told people specifically, be quiet with the Fake News Media becaus
Lets get after it. We have a new investigation by the New York Times, telling me to rush over, i cant with my neck. The investigation takes a look at how much fred trump loved his song donald and his other children and hated paying taxes. It is a granular probe, 100,000 pages of filings, documents, depositions, experts, insiders all coming together to paint a picture of outright fraud according to the paper, in part allowing President Trump to increase the massive fortune he received from his father fred. Whats the headline for the president , selfmade my eye. Trump says he hit a home run in business. He wasnt just born on second base as we all know. His father carried him around third and threw him toward home. Trump has long insisted that his father provided almost no financial help, and a small loan of 1 million. Take a listen. My father gave me a small loan of 1 million. I came into manhattan, i had to pay him back with interest. I started with a 1 million loan, i built it into a b
In many the midterms. All this news cannot distract from the fbi watch on the kavanaugh confirmation. We have breaking news tonight on the investigation. What do you say . Lets get after it. We have a new investigation by the New York Times, telling me to rush over, i cant with my neck. The investigation takes a look at how much fred trump loved his song donald and his other children and hated paying taxes. It is a granular probe, 100,000 pages of filings, documents, depositions, experts, insiders all coming together to paint a picture of outright fraud according to the paper, in part allowing President Trump to increase the massive fortune he received from his father fred. Whats the headline for the president , selfmade my eye. Trump says he hit a home run in business. He wasnt just born on second base as we all know. His father carried him around third and threw him toward home. Trump has long insisted that his father provided almost no financial help, and a small loan of 1 million.