of their wage increase. because, hours were cut back in order to pay for that. it s easy to identify the problem but the solution lot of times in these cases, doesn t do what you want. doesn t work or they don t have one. i think there s a lot going on here. one, i think some of the solutions are not only free trade, making sure we have fair trade where workers are treated equitable. i agree with trump on trade. i thought tpp was a bad deal. we allowed malaysia in the deal. knowing that the malaysian government believes in savory slavery. that was problematic. i think part of the solution is beyond raising minimum wage, it s not the government. let s be real. it s not the government sending factories across the border.
blasted the republican s health care plan charging millions will lose their health care. joined by richard trumpka, president of the aflcio and met had president trump yesterday. thanks for being with me. i want to get to health care in a moment but the meeting with the president, did you hear what you wanted to hear from president trump on trade, on jobs, on other things? first of all let me say thanks for having me on, craig and happy international women s day. you know, during the meeting with president trump he invited me over. we talked about a workers agenda and how various policies would affect workers income and benefits, we talked about job creation and infrastructure. we talked about trade very honest, good, frank discussion. you didn t talk about health care. we did talk about health care. what did he say about health care, what did you say about health care?
call today. comcast business. built for business. trup plapresident trump pla to theresa may when she visits on friday. the prime minister says she wants to build on the special relationship with the u.s. focusing on trade and nato. let s bring in cnn s nic robertson. reporter: for theresa may, an important moment. she wants to improve relations with the united states so she can look forward to getting a better trade deal with the
(other languages spoken) look abbot, i got it. it s a miracle. this is a week of firsts for the president. theresa may will build on the special relationship with the united states and the united kingdom focusing on trade and nato. let s go live to london and bring in diplomatic editor nic robertson. nic, this meeting is interesting. both leaders need something from him. reporter: absolutely. for trump backing brexit and
theresa may. he wants to defeat isis. he will find that with theresa may. she wants something. particularly trade. she wants to know when britain leaves the eu, they can have a stronger trade relationship with the u.s. she told the eu no deal is better than a bad deal. she will turn britain into a tax haven to compete with the eu. that question of nato, they don t see eye to eye. donald trump says it is obsolete. theresa may called the head of nato to discuss what message she could take to trump. clearly trying to serve several interests here. one of those is connecting with trump on trade, but also saying nato is important to both of us.