as we just discussed, sources are telling cnn donald trump is considering a 5% tariff on foreign products sold in the u.s. now the goal would be to protect american jobs. a theme that is at the heart of donald trump s plan to keep america first. the paulout, though, would likely be felt in your pocketbook by way of higher prices. how specifically? to better understand it we re joined by cnn money chief business correspondent christine romans. political editor jason johnson and jackie kucinich. christine i want to start with you on this. walk us through what this tariff would really mean for the average american. well it means at the border there would be let me be clear about this. this is floated. this is one of the ideas we are told that is the the army of things that the trump administration is considering to try to bring american jobs back
policies, not looking the other way when there s evidence of terrorism and wrongdoing, in addition, getting our allies more involved. donald trump is constantly criticized here and elsewhere as oh, my god, look, he doesn t even have the evidence yet and he s saying that it s isis. he s been right every single time. he s not saying it to be right. he s saying it to remind us that the world is a dangerous place and anybody who accepts this as a quote new normal is just not they are giving it this as donald trump continues to build his administration. we expect to soon hear who will serve as deputy secretary of state as well as press secretary. couple other cabinet positions remain open. cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny joins me from palm beach, florida, where the president-elect is spending the christmas holiday. any sense that we may learn some of those things in the coming days given the holiday? reporter: well, there is a potential chance for a couple more staff
press secretaries given how open and honest donald trump has been about how he feels about the press and members of the media. but this is such an important position and especially now. what is it that he s looking for in a press secretary? this person is a very public face of an incoming administration. think about robert gibbs eight years ago behind the white house podium, now josh earnest is the press secretary. every day defending president obama s policies. it looks like sean spicer is the favorite for this job. we are expecting the announcement this week, could come later today. spicer has been the press secretary and chief strategist of the republican national committee for quite some time. very well known among reporters and viewers for his many appearances. i have would to wonder sometimes if they have been trying out for these jobs on television because we know trump watches so much cable news, he s paying a lot of attention to who he sees on tv. we have seen that in his ot
you said, is one of those positions that may be announced as well as a couple other staff positions. i do not expect any cabinet appointments but that s always possible. donald trump certainly has shown he s unpredictable. he is working today at mar-a-lago but then he s going to really spend a few days with his family over the christmas weekend here. but there are two positions in the cabinet that donald trump has not yet filled t veterans affairs secretary as you said, of course, that s a central theme of his campaign and he is leaning toward a couple finalists, and also the ag secretary. department of agriculture secretary. those are the two main cabinet positions. but those staff positions in the west wing also so important. tapping kellyanne conway as the counselor to the president is going to pave the way, i m told, for more staff announcements including communications director, press secretary, but having kellyanne conway at the helm there is a sign that she is going to have a bi
talking. and i think everybody knows it. the question is, who makes the first step to go back and continue the conversation? well, matthew, is there a sense of who may make the first step? is this really just russia setting the table for perhaps in its eyes a better relationship with a trump administration? look, i think that s certainly what russia wants. they said as much. they said they ve not got rose tinted spectacles when it comes to the issue of what trump will be like in terms of president with his relationship with russia. they don t think things are going to change in a second as the kremlin told me this morning. but they are hoping for more constructive dialogue with them. i suppose they ve got good reason to be hopeful as well, because all throughout donald trump s election campaign one of the main, most consistent platforms of lines he followed is he wanted to build a better relationship with russia. wouldn t it be great for him to deal with moscow he said over all sor