Investors liking what they heard last week from that speech. Doc, ill go to you. You said the market rally was hanging on the speech. Some said it was light on details. But for this president at this moment, style over substance maybe was more important. The tone certainly was favorable to what investors wanted. Yeah, thats right, judge. The tone was terrific. The way he addressed things. It was exactly like the market wanted to hear. Now, when he builds a hotel i know this is a dumb analogy but you know me. When youre building a hotel does trump go out there and tell you the stress test of concrete or steel or any of the rest of it . Thats mnuchin and thats what cohen do as far as comparison. Trump just does the 30,000 foot picture of what its going to look like. And he did a great job laying it out last night. 258point rally out of the dow, that tells me the report card is two thumbs up. Anthony, he clearly delivered what investors wanted to hear last night by virtue of a 250point ra
Economy and growth is slowing. We have world coverage on daybreak asia. Be joined by bigname guests at the finance ministers meeting. We will also be live in hong kong, and beijing. Betty President Trump is meeting president xi jinping right now in the u. S. We will be live there and in new york for all the reaction. This is daybreak asia live from bloombergs u. S. And asian headquarters, i am betty liu in new york where it is just after 7 00 p. M. It is just after 7 00 a. M. Here in hong kong. Man. Man yvonne one wants to make America Great again and one has a chinese dream. Betty they both want to make their countries great again. A big fight between these two coup leaders, the most important leaders for the Global Economy in the world. Certainly a lot on the plate here. You can see that tension in the u. S. Where investors were nervous. Butid and mostly higher theyre also nervous about the jobs report tomorrow and what those numbers will mean for the fed. We did not give you much of
I dont know why whoever sent them to me did so. The American Public getting a glimpse at the tax returns. Dont learn that much from tax returns. The timing is curious. It is an intentional distraction. Fbi director james comey promising answers on President Trumps allegations. Ill leave it to them to issue their report but feels confident to an alternative fact. They should just pull the plug on this bill. Right now im a firm no. I dont see how we get to 216. Were keeping this bill intact. I feel like were in a good place. This is new day. Welcome to your new day. Poppy harlow is here. Good to be here. Someone with a client copy released two pages of President Trumps 2005 tax return. They really just show you what he paid in taxes. What he could have paid if he had a benefit of the alternative tax but they do not answer any of the real questions which raises a new question. Was this yet another distraction at least from the issue of why he doesnt just be the kind of transparent preside
Hey there, everyone. My good friend, david gura, is enjoying the weekend off. Parting shots to talk about. Former secretary David Shulkin with turmoil in the west wing as another member of the Trump Administration, scott pruitt, faces new questions about his previous living arrangement in the home of an Energy Lobbyists wife. Mixed messages. Why has President Trump remained silent on russia even as his administration expels Russian Diplomats . More outrage in sacramento as a private autopsy reveals new information about the death of Stephon Clark, the man shot and killed by police earlier this month. As we speak, hundreds are gathering there to demand justice in this case. Well speak with matt barnes, former nba star organizing that march. On this same day, 60 diplomats expeled, hearing the latest from officials expeled from the cabinet. Now secretary shulkin telling usa today, the administration as big of an organizati organization. Communications director, hope hick, not to mention s
Good on a Campaign Promise to push protectionist trade policies and then on the other theres this thought that the announcement in and of itself could be good for republicans who are trying to hold on to a tightly contested house seat in western pennsylvania, which is steel country. So, at this point, sarah sanders, when asked by reporters, said never say never. The president could always change his mind but in her words shes pretty confident that he wont. David . Jeff, stay with us, if you would. I want to dig into the trump Family Finances here back in the spotlight this week, raising the question, are they profiting from Donald Trumps presidency . Latest from the New York Times that Jared Kushners business got more than 500 million in loans after meeting with the citigroup to finance construction in brooklyn. The loan from apollo was triple the size of the companys property loan. They dropped their inquiry after that loan was made according to the ap and that 285 million loan to kus