there are others that are important, but there are four koch brothers, and charles koch, they're allrom wichita, kansas. he is a really fascinating and driven character who has had tremendous influence on american politics. very few people know them personally. he is very secretive, under the radar. and he and his brothers are worth about $85 billion. that gives them a lot of weight. they have the money, the brains, and he has the passion player in player. >> some would argue that he is pushing guys that doesn't necessarily make him smart, it might make him greety. >> he has two great degrees from mit. an engineer, okay? and the thing is, it is interesting what there is, what he and his drove, david koch, also a graduate of mit, both of them looked at that is a -- where are the systems, the wid g widgets, how can we turn the dials, and what interested me when i was writing about them, and their point of view, they tried running in an election in 1980 on a libertarian ticket. he ran against ronald reagan from the right, because they thought reagan was too liberal -- >> that's scary. >

is it charles koch, the business roundtable. who is he working for here? they didn't want the bill to pass and it doesn't didn't. >> they created him and secretary price, they created the bill. this was their bill. >> this was the insurance company bill. >> they drafted it and the overwhelming majority of the voters want obamacare repealed. the democrats and republican want it repealed and it was a bad bill and should have been a good bill and would be done. >> lou: they did a bad job educating the public. who the hell educates congress? and the staff around the president? i mean, they are more bold than i can imagine. >> who ever advised the president to go support it early and throw all of his weight behind it, that was bad advice, too. it took him down with the ship. i think the president was damaged by this and i don't think it gets easier from here. >> all of the bravado on the tax. it is a tough sell. >> lou: you use the same leadership in the house to drive that in it will be open and transparent, yeah, right? >> it is not all of the votes for obama

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the report was sponsored by a conservative group linked to charles koch and david coke. arabia this week turned into a lobbying mission. she tried to persuade aramco to pick london for what is likely to be a record-breaking ipo. she is trying to present britain as a financial sector. global news, 24 hours a day. powered by our more than 2600 journalists and analysts, in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. guy: thank you. donald puts will meet theresa the britons growth over the exit for the block. christian schulz is still with us. jon moulton, good morning. kristen scholz said we are heading for a soft exit? jon: he is wrong. be or craddick and subject to elections. the mechanics of negotiating a friendly deal are improbably capable of being done in two years. in fact, 10 might be a challenge. so while we may get some bits of it may actually be sensible to assume that it will be the way and save acrimony trying to get to a deal that cannot be negotiated. guy: we could have a transition time and we can be friends at the end of it? the indeed. a

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charles koch has a new op-ed in "the washington post" and writes in part, trump's policies must not benefitpproach to regulatory reform. at the same time i've used some actions of this administration as counterproductive. these include broad travel bans, discouraging free trade and tendency toward rhetoric that too easily divides americans instead of uniting them. also writes the administration should bypass border adjustment tax and make room for tax cuts by encouraging congress to reign in wasteful spending and reduce corporate welfare provisions that benefit big business at the expense of families. a tax code that champions main street is vital for economic growth and innovation on these issues -- >> mike, i want to jump back to those. >> we want dominic's take. >> i'm sorry, i thought dominic was gone. dominic, i'm sorry. i threw you out. my bad. >> no worries. i mean, this is a huge op-ed coming from obviously one of the biggest business leaders in america. he runs the biggest private company out there. and he also is a huge republican donor. i mean, yes, he did say he was going to sup