in the beginning, howard, at the beginning, until the costs are paid for that war. howard: right. in lives and in treasure. but the speech went on from there, and the speech went on from will and painted an alternative reality. i think dana perino was right, boringly, uninspiringly painteded an alternative reality that americans are not experiencing. a i did a diner for fox & friends the next morning, and it s an odd picture that joe biden chose to paint where inflation is still transitory and something we re going to get over, but he acknowledged it existed. the economy was set to get better as soon as build back better was once passed. this was not what they were discussing at the diner table that morning. howard: i want to get gillian in, the stage craft such as having the ukrainian ambassador sitting in the first lady s box. and yeah, and to the president s credit, that was very effective. the strongest part of the speech
trump s economic message, not just going after the tax cut but americans worried about the economy, their own solutions. so you see senators like warren and sanders, they re getting more traction, but especially senator warren, with their offer of more government intervention, with higher taxes on the rich and the idea that the government could help provide stability for people in this kind of unknown economic climate. gillian what about the president beating up on jay powell, his appointee to the fed? it s a convenient scapegoat. is that going to gain traction? basically, the president is clearly looking for scapegoats to blame if things do go off the rails early in the year and next year. unfortunately, jay powell is absolutely in the crosshairs. most economists, most business leaders would say that is grotesquely unfair because although the fed maybe did loosen or cut one too far, it
who cover it, think this is actually ever going to happen. andrea? robert costa, we do have a u.s. air base there. but the fact of buying greenland, harry truman thought about it in 1946 and also in 1867, there was talk about it. but in this day and age, it would be crazy. my spourss well, can i talk? yes. robert first and then let gillian in, too. my sources on capitol hill think this is a distraction that the president, whether or not he pursues this or not would generate public interest and he likes the idea of purchasing property coming out of the real estate business. in terms of the geopolitical strategy, this greenland issue is not something that s part of the whole u.s. approach to the world. it s more of an issue for president trump to talk about, like he would talk about some
sort of cultural flashpoint this week. and gillian? well with, all due respect, i think the idea has been tossed around quite a bit in recent months. people i ve been speaking to in washington have been talking about this. it s something which wasn t on the table at all a year ago. in fact, the americans were offered a chance to invest in air bases and things, and ports, and they actually turned some of that down. what i expect to see going forward is not so much a debate about whether the government should buy greenland as a whole but whether you re going to start to see american equity and private financial companies investing in hard assets. quite apart from the mineral issue and geopolitical issue to do with the arctic circle and military aspect there s also a big debate about climate change and greenland is one of those places that you want to be in if you believe any of the climate change projections in the coming years are going to be true. people inside the u.s. military ri