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Welcome back to velshi & rhule. president trump you see a picture there. he s about to push his new tax plan to a group of manufacturing executives. we re going to bring that to you live when it happens. new questions this morning about whether president trump will fire health and human services secretary tom price amid the growing controversy over his use of private charter and military jets at the taxpayers expense. the president already said, quote, i m not happy with it. secretary price is now apologizing as new details emerge following days of questions. politico reports his use of military aircraft for multiple trips to europe, asia, and africa this spring and summer cost taxpayers more than 500,000 bucks. trips that included his wife. politico also reports price took at least 26 private charter flights within the united states since may. they cost taxpayers more than
On thursday, the president met with manufacturing executives to discuss tax and trade, regulatory reform, and jobs. the head of major manufacturers were there, ford, g.e., johnson & johnson, snuggie, and many others. first, trump gave his assessment of first month in office. i am delivering on every thing we said, in fact people are saying they ve never seen so much have it in the first 30 days of a presidency. tom: in the roundtable, he took time to engage with the ceos. thank you mr. president, denise morrison from campbell soup company. good soup. tom: it is good soup, the best thing they do is the soup. trump also enjoyed talking with the head of general electric. mr. president, go to to see you again. hi, jeff. look forward to really
$4.12 in china. when i talk to business executives, manufacturing executives, the fact is that those workers have become very, very productive. and so ford is building a $1.6 billion plant in mexico right now to make small cars because you cannot make small cars in america at our wage rates on a cost effective basis. all right. katty kay, this is obviously a challenge also for great britain. how is great britain facing this brave new reality that s really been hampering all of us in the west for the past 15, 16 years? i think this is the biggest challenge facing western leaders and no one frankly has come up with any good solutions. what do you do about post-manufacturing job growth? what do you do about wages for people still in manufacturing sector. some people in the private sector are looking at it. some people in think tanks are