>>> WELCOME BACK. GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL
SHAKING UP THE WORLD WHEN SHE
ANNOUNCED SHE WOULD NOT SEEK
REELECTION IN 2021, ASKING
GERMANS AND THE REST OF THE
WORLD TO PREPARE FOR HER
DEPARTURE, AFTER ONE DAY AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUBLICLY
CONGRATULATED BRAZIL’S FAR, FAR
RIGHT POPULIST CANDIDATE JAIR --
WHO WAS JUST ELECT AS BRAZIL’S
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. HE’S MADE OFFENSIVE REMARKS
AGAINST WOMEN AND GAY PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SHIFTING FROM TRADITIONAL GLOBAL
LEADERS TO A FAR RIGHT
NATIONALIST EXTREMISM.
NATIONALIST EXTREMISM. PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR CIVILITY,
DECENCY, MODERATION.
DECENCY, MODERATION. THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE SAYING PEOPLE
ARE ASKING FOR WHEN CANDIDATES
KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR.
IT’S NOT WHAT PEOPLE APPEAR TO
BE VOTING FOR AROUND THE WORLD.
>> THE CHALLENGE HERE IS THAT
THERE ARE SO MANY FORCES COMING
TOGETHER CREATING SUCH A RAPID
PACE OF CHANGE ON CLIMATE AND
WHAT THAT DOES TO IMMIGRATION,
ON A CHANGING ECONOMY, YOU KNOW,
A THIRD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION,
OR SOME WOULD CALL IT A FOURTH,
THIS COMING TOGETHER OF
AUTOMATION THAT SEEMS TO BE
WIPING OUT JOBS.
THERE’S A FEAR OUT THERE THAT
PEOPLE ARE ABOUT TO BECOME WORTH
LESS, THAT ME AND MY CHILDREN
ARE ABOUT TO BE WORTH LESS.
AND IN THAT CLIMATE IT IS EASY
FOR THE SCAPEGOATING, THE BLAME
THE OTHERS, LET’S ERECT A WALL,
PULL UP THE DRAWBRIDGE, LET’S
KEEP WHAT’S OURS.
BUT THE BETTER PATH AND THE
COURSE THAT PROGRESSIVE LEADERS
HAVE TO DIAL UP IS THAT WINNING
STORY OF THE FUTURE THAT PEOPLE
CAN SEE THEIR OWN FAMILY
SUCCEEDING IN.
SUCCEEDING IN. THERE’S A -- YOU KNOW, HILLARY
CLINTON WAS WRONG WHEN SHE SAID
THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF TRUMP
SUPPORTERS WERE DEPLORABLE.
THEY WEREN’T DEPLORABLE.
THEY WERE SCARED.
A LOT OF THEM STILL ARE.
A LOT OF FOLKS IN BRAZIL ARE
SCARED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE FAR RIGHT VOTING FOR
CANDIDATES ACROSS EUROPE ARE.
BUT MACRON OFFERS A WAY FORWARD
FOR PROGRESSIVE LEADERS.
AND THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO
LEAD WITH THE DEMOCRACY REFORMS.
YOU KNOW, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
TO VOTE.
TO VOTE. MAKING SURE OUR GOVERNMENTS ARE
ACTUALLY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT,
WE MEASURE PERFORMANCE, SHOW
PEOPLE WHETHER WE’RE DOING WHAT
WE’RE DOING.
WE’RE DOING. THE GREAT CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRACY
IS WESTERN DEMOCRACY ITSELF,
IT’S EFFICACY, ITS ABILITY AND
ITS ABILITY TO GIVE OUR KIDS A
BETTER SHOT AT A BETTER FUTURE.
>> RON, WHEN MIKE BLOOMBERG
TALKS ABOUT GLOBAL TRADE AND
TRIP
TRIP RELATIONSHIPS, HE SAID IT IS
ABOUT BUILDING FLOORS, NOT ABOUT
BUILDING WALLS.
BUILDING WALLS. IT’S ABOUT CREATING PARTNERSHIPS
OF STABILITY.
OF STABILITY. ANGELA MERKEL IS CONSIDERED,
ESPECIALLY FOR MARKET
PARTICIPANTS, AS INVESTORS, A
SYMBOL OF STABILITY IN EUROPE.
WITHOUT ANGELA MERKEL THERE,
WHAT KIND OF INSTABILITY COULD
WE EXPECT, ESPECIALLY IF SHE’S
REPLACED BY A FAR MORE EXTREME
RIGHT WING CANDIDATE?
>> THE FAR RIGHT IS GAINING
GROUND IN GERMANY.
BRAZIL AS YOU MENTIONED WHERE
THE NEW PRESIDENT SEES A GREATER
ROLE FOR THE MILITARY IN THE
GOVERNMENT, ALONG WITH --
>> AND GERMANY, ONE COULD ARGUE,
THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
IMMIGRATION ISSUE.
IMMIGRATION ISSUE. >> WE DON’T HAVE AN IMMIGRATION
ISSUE, WE HAVE AN IMMIGRATION
SHORTAGE, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT
THIS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT
OCCASIONS, FOR LOW, MEDIUM AND
HIGH SCALE JOBS, DOESN’T MATTER
WHETHER IT’S LEGAL OR ILLEGAL,
WE’RE KEEPING THEM OUT OF THE
WORK FORCE.
WORK FORCE. >> THERE IS ZERO EVIDENCE THERE
ARE GANG MEMBERS ON THAT TRAIL.
>> THEY’RE REFUGEES.
ONE COULD ARGUE THAT MERKEL AND
OTHER LEADERS IN EUROPE MAY HAVE
MISHANDLED OR MISREAD THE
SEVERITY OF THE MIGRANT CRISIS
THEY HAD PARTICULARLY WHEN IT
COMES TO WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
SYRIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST AND
THEY MIGHT HAVE PLANNED OR TRIED
TO PLAN BETTER FOR IT.
IT DOESN’T, HOWEVER, GIVE
LICENSE FOR PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW,
SUDDENLY DECIDE THAT A SHIFT TO
THE FAR RIGHT MAKES SENSE
BECAUSE THEY’RE THREATENED BY
PEOPLE WHO ARE LITERALLY
REFUGEES, NOT TERRORISTS.
THIS IS AN ARGUMENT THAT THE
PRESIDENT PROMULGATES HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES.
WHAT’S INTERESTING TO ME,
STEPHANIE, THIS MOVE TO THE FAR
RIGHT, UNLIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE 1930s IN THE INNER WAR YEARS
IS OCCURRING DURING A PERIOD OF
RELATIVE PROSPERITY AROUND THE
WORLD.
WORLD. YOU HAVE PRETTY STRONG ECONOMIC
GROWTH.
GROWTH. AND NOT THAT IT’S UNDERSTANDABLE
WHAT GERMANY DID IN THE 1930s,
BUT THEY WERE PAYING WAR
REPARATIONS, THEY WERE BEATEN IN
WORLD WAR I, RESENTMENTS THAT
CAME OUT OF LARGE SCALE GLOBAL
EVENTS.
EVENTS. WE DON’T HAVE THAT TODAY, AND
YET YOU SEE THE SAME TYPE OF
FEELING OF DISENFRANCHISEMENT.
THE ONE BIG POLICY FAILURE IN
THE UNITED STATES IS THAT OUR
GOVERNMENT IS SO OUT OF SYNC.
THE POLICY IS OUT OF SYNC WITH
PROGRESS.
PROGRESS. >> AND TECHNOLOGY.
>> THOSE PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND HAVE
NOT BEEN RETRAINED OR REEDUCATED
TO BE PART OF A RAPIDLY
ADVANCING WORK FORCE.
>> IT’S ALMOST AS IF WE WITHIN
THE POLITICALLY FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO HELP OUT WORKERS WHEN THE
WHOLE ECONOMY CHANGES.
WE KEEP SAYING THE ECONOMY IS
BETTER, YES JOB GROWTH IS
BETTER --
BETTER -- >> FOR A PORTION OF AMERICANS.
>> FOR A LOT OF AMERICANS THEY
FEEL THEY’RE WORKING HARDER.
THAT’S A STORY WHERE A
CONGRESSMAN COMES HOME AND HE
CROWS IN A TOWN HALL HOW WE’VE
CREATED MORE JOBS, AND A WOMAN
IN THE BACK OF THE HALL SAYS
TELL ME ABOUT IT, I’VE GOT THREE
NOW.
NOW. THAT’S THE GREAT PROBLEM.
>> THAT’S THE A -- THERE ARE
40,000 OPEN JOBS IN
CYBERSECURITY THAT PAY $95,000 A
YEAR.
YEAR. TRUCKING JOBS PAY BETWEEN 80 AND
$100,000 A YEAR.
THEY’RE NOT OBSOLETE YET.
BUT THERE ARE A HOST OF JOBS
THAT ARE OPEN THAT PEOPLE ARE
NOT TAKING.
NOT TAKING. >> WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT COAL
MINING WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER FORMS
OF ENERGY THAT EMPLOY FOUR TIMES
THE NUMBER OF MINERS.
>> AND OUR OWN GOVERNMENT ISN’T
TRAINING UP PEOPLE AS WE DID IN
EVERY OTHER BIG CHANGE.
>> WE’VE GOT TO CLOSE THE GAP.
>>> I INVITE OUR AUDIENCE TO
LOOK INTO TRUMP’S SUPPORT OF THE
PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL.
YOU KNOW WHO REALIZES WHAT HE
REPRESENTS, PEOPLE IN THE FAR
RIGHT WHO ARE HOMOPHOBIC, WHO
ARE AGAINST EQUALITY.
WHEN THEY SEE THE PRESIDENT SAY