HIM AND WHAT HE GAINED.
MARIA: JOINING ME RIGHT NOW FROM
TRUMP KELLY SADLER, GOOD TO HAVE
YOU ON THE PROGRAM.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, MARIA.
FEBRUARY 8TH, ARE WE GOING LIVE
WEEK TO WEEK LIKE TO?
>> WELL, THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
VERY CLEAR WITH HIS IMMIGRATION
PRINCIPALS AND WE HAVE BEEN
MAKING VERY WELL GOOD PROGRESS
IN PUTTING TOGETHER A DEAL AND
FEEL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT.
BASICALLY THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO
SEE, YOU KNOW, FOUR THINGS, HE
WANTS A PERMANENT DACA FIX BUT
HE ALSO WANTS BORDER SECURITY
AND THAT INCLUDES A PHYSICAL
BORDER WALL, HE ADDITIONAL WANTS
TO END CHAIN MIGRATION, WHICH
MEANS IMMIGRANT BRINGING ALL THE
BROTHERS, SISTERS, RELATIVES AND
EXTENDED FAMILY AS WELL AS END
TO VISA DIVERSITY LOTTERY SYSTEM
WHICH BASICALLY OMITS 35 PEOPLE
A YEAR TO THE COUNTRY COMPLETELY
AT RANDOM.
WE WANT TO GO TO A MERIT-BASE
SOLUTION.
WANTED THAT AS WELL AND YET THEY
STILL STAGED THIS WHOLE BIG
THING AND A SHUTDOWN AND BY THE
WAY, THE MARKETS DIDN'T FLINCH
ABOUT IT.
WHAT WAS IT THAT TURNED?
HOW DID YOU ACTUALLY END
UPCOMING TO A DEAL, CONGRESS,
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT THE
MINORITY LEADER BADLY
MISCALCULATED.
BASICALLY HE HELD HOSTAGE 327
TAXPAYING AMERICANS AND HE FOUND
OUT QUICKLY THAT THAT WAS NOT
POPULAR WITH THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC.
HARVARD POLL CAME OUT 58% OF
PEOPLE DISAPPROVED A SHUTTING
DOWN OH GOVERNMENT TO TRY TO PUT
-- FORCE US TO NEGOTIATE
IMMIGRATION REFORM.
IT WAS A BAD MISCALCULATION ON
HIS PART AND I THINK HE REALIZED
IT WHEN HE GOTTEN SENATORS THAT
REPRESENT WHERE PRESIDENT WON
HANDILY, MISSOURI, WEST VIRGINIA
THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES TO
POPULATION OF AMERICA
PANELS AND WASHING MACHINE THAT
IS THE PRESIDENT HAS INSTITUTE
YESTERDAY FOLLOWING
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE U.S.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION,
WHIRLPOOL CHAIRMAN IS APPLAUDING
THE MOVE BUT THE FOUNDER OF
SOLAR PANELS, TARIFFS WILL BE
SHOOTING OURSELVES IN A FOOT.
IS THIS A BEGINNING OF NEW ROUND
OF TARIFFS COMING OUT OF THE
U.S.?
>> YOU ARE SEEING THE
PRESIDENT'S AMERICA FIRST AGENDA
PUT TO PLACE HERE.
HE WAS VOCAL ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL ABOUT HE'S FOR FREE AND
WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE TRADE
ACTIONS WAS THAT BACK IN JUNE
THE USCR OPENED AN INVESTIGATION
BASICALLY LOOKING AT THE WASHER
SITUATION, WHAT LG AND SAMSUNG
WERE DOING AND THEY DETERMINED
AND BROUGHT A RECOMMENDATION TO
THE PRESIDENT THAT THEY, INDEED,
WERE CAUGHT IN ANTIDUMPING
TO VIETNAM AND UNFAIR TO
SAMSUNG ANNOUNCE THEY ARE
BUILDING NEW PLANTS IN AMERICA,
JOBS IN OHIO FACILITY AND WE
EXPECT MORE INVESTMENT FROM THEM
TO COME.
THIS PRESIDENT IS PRO-AMERICAN
AND PRO-AMERICAN COMPANIES, HE
WILL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO
STRENGTHEN IN GLOBAL STAGE.
MARIA: YEAH, BUT PEOPLE ARE
WORRIED THAT THIS IS GOING TO
LEAD TO BIGGER THINGS IN TERMS
NEXT, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S
THE AMERICA FIRST STRATEGY?
LOOK AT WHERE HE'S TAKEN AND
LOOK AT WHERE THE POLICIES HAVE
TAKEN US SO FAR, WE'VE HAD THE
DOW CROSS 26,000, WE HAVE
UNEMPLOYMENT AT A RECORD 17-YEAR
LOW.
WE HAVE GOT ALL OF THESE
COMPANIES NOW INVESTING IN THEIR
WORKERS BY GIVING THEM BONUSES
OR RAISING THEIR WAGES BECAUSE
ALL OF THE POLICIES THAT HE'S
ENACTING ARE REVITALIZING THIS
ECONOMY AND SENDING IT TO NEW
HEIGHTS AND HE'S VERY COGNIZANT
OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL
ONLY GOOD THINGS TO COME FOR
THE PRESIDENT TO START MAKING
NEWS THERE?
>> I THINK WITH A GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN, WE ARE NOW -- WE ARE
NEGOTIATING AND WE KNOW THAT THE
AMBASSADOR IS, YOU KNOW, THE
LOOKING AT THE DISCUSSIONS, I
THINK THAT IN THE BRING IN THE
MONTH OF MAY YOU WILL SEE REAL
MOVEMENT ON THAT FRONT.
MARIA: ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL KEEP WATCHING
THAT.
KELLY, LET ME ASK YOU THIS, THE
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE COMING
TO DAVOS TO DELIVER SPEECH, WHAT
>> ANNOUNCE PROGROWTH STRATEGIES
ON THE WORLD STAGE, LISTEN, I'VE
GONE THROUGH THE STATS OF HOW
GREAT THIS ECONOMY AND HOW GREAT
IT IS UNDER THE PRESIDENT, HE'S
GOING TALK ABOUT REGULATIONS AND
HOW, YOU KNOW, WE SLASHED 22
REGULATIONS FOR EVERYONE ACTED
AND HOW THAT ALONG WITH TAX
TRADE MART.
AND THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR
BUSINESS, BUT WE -- YOU KNOW, WE
ARE TAKING NUMBERS AND THIS
TRADE DEFICIT WITH CHINA,
ACTION ON THAT.
MARIA: ARE YOU EXPECTING A
RESPONSE FROM CHINA ON THE
TARIFFS ON THE SOLAR PANELS?
>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T -- I DON'T
KNOW.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, I THINK
THE FOREIGN MINISTER HAS MADE
SOME REMARKS ON THAT.
AND THAT IS FINE.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT --
PRESIDENT XI KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE
THE PRESIDENT IS COMING FROM AND
THEY HAVE GOOD AND OPEN