controversial trump tower meeting with the russians offering dirt on hillary clinton. i stay for 15 minutes. it s a clown show. let me finish this. i text and say get me the hell out of here. i leave. i never would have thought about that meeting again. and good day everyone. president trump is diving head first into british politics by trading insults on twitter with the muslim mayor of london just before beginning his first state visit to the united kingdom bringing his family to visit the queen and the royals, making a sermonnial tour. the pomp and circumstances competing for headlines with the president s undiplomatic support. the controversial former foreign secretary and rival of prime minister teresa may. johnson is leading a crowded field competing to succeed may. all of this political drama taking a back seat for royal watchers captivated by the president denying he called the duchess of sussex nasty. joining me now msnbc contributors and washington anchor for bb
door. joining me now, nbc news correspondent, tom costello. tom, what kind of jobs are these? is this factory workers, management? what s happening? no, we re talking about middle level management people for the most part. and let s break these numbers down. because at the first, that 7,000 number is headline grabbing, but that s a global number. and in fact, most of these people are in europe. 2,300 people in the united states, midlevel manager types in the united states are going to be out of a job. however, 1,500 of those have already taken buyouts. that leaves about 800. and this week, 500 or so are learning that they are going to be losing their jobs. another 300 to 400, we ll hear that news by the end of august. ford says it s making this announcement because it has to get leaner and more flexible as part of their program called the smart redesign at ford. they hope it s going to save the company about $600 million overall. listen, the bottom line here, stephanie, is