. we saw the longest streak of job creation in american history by far a. streak that still continues, by the way. thanks, obama. i think it s laughable that president obama thinks he has anything to do with the success of where the economy is right now t. xi was just over 1% gdp when president trump took over and it has just gradually gone up. we expect it s possible to hit 4% gdp by the first quarter nextier. it has nothing to do with president obama and i think everybody knows it. wow. i don t know, everybody knows a lot of stuff. you know this trumpiness thing is going around. barack obama going thanks obama. he got a little bit of it. thanks obama. responding to that statement from former president barack obama last week on the xi, it was a sarah huckaby sanders. joining us now, treasury official and morning joe economic analyst steve ratner.
will not hesitate to tell people the truth. the real test is going to be whether he can develop that kind of relationship with donald trump. secretary panetta, i appreciate your time. thanks. you bet. back with the panel now. phillip r what s so fascinate, it s going to be fascinating to watch what happens. you cannot have more different people than general john kelly, president trump, and a lot of the folks on his on the inner staff of the white house, and to see how these two worlds sort of collide is going to be fascinating. it is. yeah. i mean, the real question is going to be can general kelly get the staff to be like the sorts of people he s used to working with, or are they so spoiled by six months of trumpiness that he s not going to be able to get them to stay on the same page? i think it s true that trump will be responsive to him. we ve seen several times over the course of the campaign, he s responsive to a new person. it doesn t always stick. we ll see. the real
the benefit of the kind of support system that he needs in order to be able to have a strong white house. that s going to be one of the first challenges, i think, facing john kelly, who i know will not hesitate to tell people the truth. the real test is going to be whether he can develop that kind of relationship with donald trump. secretary panetta, i appreciate your time. thanks. you bet. back with the panel now. phillip, what s so fascinating, it s going to be fascinating to watch what happens. you cannot have more different people than general john kelly, president trump, and a lot of the folks on his on the inner staff of the white house, and to see how these two worlds sort of collide is going to be fascinating. it is. yeah. i mean, the real question is going to be can general kelly get the staff to be like the sorts of people he s used to working with, or are they so spoiled by six months of trumpiness that he s not going to be able to get them to stay on the same page
situation and said, are you sure? this is the kind of duty i m confident there were officials right on hand and ready to occupy that seat. it has happened before. even just the image of the president s daughter sitting down there seems provocative to me. but, again, as tim said, there s an assumption within the family that any trump can be slotted into any role and by virtue of their trumpiness, they can handle it. and i think there has to be an eye toward the american public, toward the interests of the united states beyond just service to the president. and that s why i wanted to do this segment. this isn t simply about nobody has more sensitivity to family members of an elected than i do. and i understand that loyalty to family and i believe in family and i get why the president leans on his kids, especially ivanka. she is known to be the son-in-law is known to be competent, smart and he trusts
security. general counsel. someone will have the job of working through all of that. where s the blind trust? how blind is the blind trust? what is the role of the kids? what is it? 25 separate countries? 150 companies with the trump name? it is a business wherefo, el sen he licenses the same. what makes the trump property a trump and asking for 30% more than the going rate for rent is because of the trumpiness. this is the product. how do you separate? i don t know. other than having a tough lawyer in there and listening to him or her. we need that. lawyers. someone has to guide that with a firm hand. one of the series of endless