Jeffrey we werent on a path to greatness. David if a president were to say to you, come in as a cabinet officer, what would you say . Jeffrey im n make great public servants. Woman wou fix your tie, please . David well, people wouldnt recognize me if my tie was fid, but ok. Just leave it this way. All right. I dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job onning a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebodyick . After 16 years as the ceo of ge, you have just stepped down. Is a big burden off your shoulders now . Jeffrey i do if youre doing the job well, you feel oership over everybody who is a constituency, and you wear that 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. So, look, i think 16 years is a long time to r one of these companies,d im starting to feel a little bit of decompression, lets say. David so do you think its too long to run
We want europe to take some of necessary prisoners, they came from several countries well, none from greece, so far. Good. Youre lucky youre lucky we have a lot of people right now in prison, isis fighters, that are tough fighters, and they are where they should be. I think we have done a fantastic job, but eventually, we want to be able to let iraq run its own affairs. Thats very important. At some point we want to get out, but this isnt the point. If we do get out, weve spent a tremendous amount of money on building airports, one of the largest embassies we have in the world, mike, and we want to be reimbursed for the various costs weve had. Well work something out i talk sanctions, but im only talking sanctions if were not treated with respect we have to be treated with respect. Ill tell you what, with what we did excuse me, wait wait wait one second with what we did with isis, and this was done during my administration, because it was a mess before we got here with what we did with
Many more americans. In the event iranians make another bad choice the president will respond in the way he did last week. I know that the efforts that we have taken, not only last week with the strike against soleimani, but strategy we employed saved american lives. Neil what happens next . What are we worried about happens next especially when the iranians are talking about a swift and Immediate Response . Former u. S. Deputy secretary of defense under bush 43, Paul Wolfowitz on all of that. Sir, always good having you. Iran is making it very clear that theyre not going not to respond. How far do you think they push it . What do you think theyre up to . Look i think both sides dont want to see a larger war. I think that will lead to some restraint. But, they keep saying theyre going to respond at time of place of their choosing. Which i suppose is consistent with the idea that revenge is a meal best eaten cold as they say. I think, i think it is very important to keep an eye on iraq
They may get back in. Conditions have to worsen. If something dramatic happens. Or inflation has to majorly overshoot their level. They dont want to be the reason the markets fall off but they also dont want to be the reason they go up. They are not going up or down. They will probably try to stay out of the spotlight. Jonathan joining me around the table, diana amoa, gregory peters, and in london, Andrew Chorlton. Andy, your thoughts on the threshold to bring the fed back to the table in 2020 . Andy i think if we put aside what happened overnight, because i think that is much more complex, otherwise, i dont think the fed is coming back to the table anytime soon. I think the same can be said of basically all Central Banks in the g7. No one is expecting anything from anyone. We are in a very benign period, absent any further escalation to political issues. Jonathan diana, is that your take . Diana for now, for the first half of the year we are likely to see the fed remain on hold. In th
Empathy for people around me . David you get a standing ovatiofor what youve done . Satya no, i get a lot ofeople asking me, hey, look, come home and fix my computer. Aughter] woman would you fix your tie, please . If my tie was fixed, but ok. W just leave it th. All right. David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Youve now had to follow bill gates and steve ballmer, two gendary figures. Did you feel at that time that you were really ready for the job following those legends, or were you saying, i can do a better job than they d . Satya the best advice i got from both bill and steve i think help me a lot. Because their clear message was, dont try be like us. Dont even bother to sort of say, oh, im succeeding these people. Just be your own. In fact, i r