that was gary cohn, the former economic adviser to president trump.nistration's trade policy?|j think administration's trade policy?” think he is absolutely right, it is not really about tariffs, they are a bit of a sideshow. it is more about things like intellectual property, and at the centre of all this is who will be the world leader in things like machine learning, quantum computing, and both the us and china wa nt computing, and both the us and china want that title. in artificial intelligence. it was incorporated into china's medium to long—term growth strategy and i don't know why they would be incentivised to back down on that or why the usa would be either. given the us is demanding it, i'm not sure what china can do and offer to the us to show it is scrapping its entire industrial policy. let's just scrapping its entire industrial policy. let'sjust make it clear. to what extent have these midterm results impacted, if at all, what might happen next in this trade war between the us and china? when it comes to decisions about tariffs, that kin

gary cohn and larry fink weigh in on the midterm vote. >> it looks to me that the economic issue didinto the election. ramy: global trade states a hot topic. stays a hot topic. the u.k. trade secretary was at china's import expo and says the outlook is bright despite brexit. >> we have countries lining up to talk to the u.k. ramy: this is bloomberg. ♪ ramy: this is "bloomberg best." let's revisit global reaction to the u.s. midterms. control of the house swung back to the democratic party. a number of important investors were ought the bloomberg for singapore on election night. erik schatzker began his exclusive interview with goldman sachs ceo david solomon by asking what he thought of the results. >> from a market perspective and from an expectations perspective, even in historical context, it is not too unexpected. i am not a big believer this will have a big impact on policy or action or washington or where we are for the next two years. erik: what if the democrats begin never-ending series of investigations with subpoena after subpoena and two things that trump administration an

gary cohn and larry fink weigh in on the midterm vote. >> it looks to me that the economic issue didinto the election. ramy: global trade states a hot topic. the u.k. trade secretary was at china's import expo and says the outlook is bright despite brexit. >> we have countries lining up to talk to the u.k. ramy: this is bloomberg. ♪ comcast business built the nation's largest gig-speed network. then went beyond. beyond chasing down network problems. to knowing when and where there's an issue. beyond network complexity. to a zero-touch, one-box world. optimizing performance and budget. beyond having questions. to getting answers. "activecore, how's my network?" "all sites are green." all of which helps you do more than your customers thought possible. comcast business. beyond fast. ramy: this is "bloomberg best." let's revisit global reaction to the u.s. midterms. control of the house salon back to the democratic party. a number -- swung back to the democratic party. erik schatzker begin his exclusive interview with goldman byhs ceo david solomon asking what he thought of the results.

they cite gary cohn, a former top economic aide and former press secretary sean spicer as two peoplesarily loyal to the president. they claim both are members of what they call the november 9th club, that's a group of people around the president who only supported trump after election day. lewandowski and bossie also took a little bit of aim at chief of staff john kelly, both of them lamenting the restrictions that general kelly had placed around president trump when it comes to access. in their book they apparently mentioned an instance from august where the two advisers were assigned an escort to walk them around the west wing. lewandowski and bossie also sat down for an interview with the president for this book, and of the russia investigation, trump apparently told his two advisers that he believed special counsel robert mueller has solidified their support. he says i think it makes my base stronger. i never would have said this to you, but i think the level of love now is far greater than when we won. the president also in this interview doubling down on his decision last sprin

i'm sure gary cohn didn't vote for him and other people defined as globalists.ere are many individuals who fought hard to get into the white house who did everything they could prior to them getting elected to keep him from being in the white house. what we do is we call these people out because it's the right thing to do. this is not dissimilar from what melania trump has said. there are people in the building they don't trust. president trump said in his ow interview recently that there are people in the building that he cannot trust . >> we still don't know who wrote the anonymous letter. we don't necessarily know who they are. but there are people in the white house who understand and are for this president's agenda and those who are there for their own agenda. >>chris: courtney, i will ask you about something very specific with you in the book go after the current white house chief of staff, john kelly, who you said as recently as august wouldn't let the two of you walk around the west wing without a formal escort. is kelly one of the people you believe is

gary cohn, sean spicer, rob porter, and that agenda was to subvert the will of the president to moven a certain direction. that is not what they were there to do. they were supposed to be there to support the president and i think -- >> martha: what direction were they trying to move the country and? speak of what we saw was that the president trump wanted to sign a trade deal with south korea and the bob woodward deal said that rob porter and gary cohn took the papers of the resolute desk because they did not agree with the president's trade policies. they weren't elected to do that. i think of people in the past like jim baker, who was a rival before he came in to be chief of staff to a different person, and that is what you are supposed to do. you put your personal differences aside, and the privilege of working in the administration means use it for the president and his agenda. you can have differences of opinion and you should air those differences but when he makes a decision, you don't use your position to subvert the decision that has been made. >> martha: who is still in th

david: gary cohn unplugged. found some guy on amazon and went on to say trade deficits can be good. you tend not to hear that from people india administration. david: he does not seem to be pulling his punches at all. alix: that was pretty great. -- one of of a host the hopes of republicans was to change the tax code in their congress. the so-called tax reform 2.0. with democrats taking the house, the question is whether that remains on the table. we will come someone who knows the inner workings of congressional tax legislation, dave camp, he served in congress for 24 years from michigan, including as chairman of the house ways and means committee. he is now a senior policy advisor to pwc. thank you for joining us. dave: great to be here. think that what you have with divided government is some stability and tax policy. i don't think you will see a lot of change going forward. that means you will not see a lot of fixes. treasury was hoping congress would make some of the adjustments to the tax bill and congress

are you planning to meet up with gary cohn? >> there are ongoing discussions.luding goldman sachs has been under civil action in the united states. i think we need due process. we are talking about $600 million of commission, and i think they must understand to be complicit to the excesses and crime is inexcusable. in the process, the country and the people suffer. we must get hold of every cent that has been taken out of the country by the leaders or those complicit. >> how would you describe the state of the malaysian economy in light of the debt we are seeing? >> we are fortunate in the private sector, we still have to resolve this problem with increased production, as in oil exporting country. and a formidable force with the palm oil industry and the services sector, tourism. take this all into account, we have seen in the last budget, the capacity to navigate and resolve the problems of the past, but to be able to attract new ventures in new areas. new areas in the services sector, tourism, artificial intelligence, robotics, etc. haslinda: the bloomberg ne

in the outcome of the midterms that will encourage the president to back off on the trade, or as gary cohn will continue the narrative he is delivered? sense, it is giving trump some confidence in some areas, but could restrict him down the line on his ability to get things done. on infrastructure, some sort of deal could get done closer to the 2020 elections. trumpe moment, i think will carry on as he was. is there anything trump can say that can impact the trump can say that can impact the markets? >> i mean, of course, you can say what it would be. -- he so often comes from left field, and's tweets earlier this morning indicated that he is counterpunching in terms of a threat of the democrats bringing the robert deal investigation to top of mind for into the forefront. i would also say that i would concur would -- i would concur with markets on the trade issue. the authority by which trump has enacted these tariffs is executive order, so congress does not play a role and what he is doing vis-a-vis china. vonnie: but on the extent it does, both houses of congress will be pleased to be mo

reason, these globalists all tend to be jewish finance years, blank fine, yellen, george soros, gary cohn. given these smears, one can conclude that elements of the republican party are clueless or encouraging it. america has a history of paranoid politics infused with the belief there is some conspiracy to betray the public. these voices used to be peripheral voiced by marginal figures. when they seemed to be growing as with the john birch society in the 1960s, those like buckley denounced them. today, senior republicans emulate them. president trump has given a ringing endorsement to alex jones the country's most influential and extreme conspiracy theorist. trump said in a 2015 interview with jones, your reputation is amazing. i will not let you down. the republican party has many good people and good ideas. none of them married while it feeds conspiracies and paranoia i think theed with bigotry and anti-semiticism. until that cancer excised it should not be entrusted with power. for more, go to the website and read my "washington post" column for this week. let's get started. >>> let's

the president and cooperated with robert mueller and describes these two as rats and figures like gary cohnand goes on and on about that. the book is a reminder this administration has been rocked by different people. like lewandowski is on the outside and stirring up trouble. he got an interview with the president with the book. they sat down with the president for a friendly chat and some of it appears in the book and here is one of the standout passages i thought. the president said, i really mean it when i say the fake news is the greatest enemy of the people. he said that this is something that he is very proud of, that he has told the public again and again that the news is fake. you can see the quote here. of course, in trump's under-down world he says real news is fake and fake news is real so he has done a lot of damage to media literacy efforts to label the cnn and "the new york times" as fake. he says he is proud of that and one of his accomplishments as a president is to try to create this confusion in the public about what to believe and what not to believe. this book will help

. >> gary cohn was an enemy, rob porter, sean spicer.know that people who go into the white house who didn't support the president and the campaign, didn't vote for him on election day and went in to take care of their own agenda is what we're talking about. lou: how many more enemies are within the white house working day in and day out? >> lou, one of the things that we haven't found out is who anonymous is. so we clearly know there are more. lou: do you have an idea? >> i don't know who it is. i think i know who it isn't. lou: that's a pretty good accomplishment, i would say. >> it's easier to figure out -- lou: there are a lot of candidates for anonymous. >> it's disappointing to guys like us who want this president to succeeds to that america succeeds that there are people around him that believe they're there to protect america from him. lou: two surprises about the enemies and, and that is the leakers that dill persist in the white house, and the fact that the white house does not have a system that would detect a recording in the

this book presents one version of the enemies list, so-called limousine liberals like gary cohn.etty obvious names on the list but the others in trump's orbit would say the president himself is his own worst enemies. multiple enemies list. >> good to see you. brian's shows is on sunday every morning on sunday at 11:00 eastern. >>> meantime, still ahead in the "newsroom," we have an cnn exclusive. a group of white south african farmers planning for a race war and say they have been energized by a tweet sent by president trump. we'll explain. your live in the cnn "newsroom." smart beds are on sale now during ultimate sleep number week. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. it can even warm your feet to help you fall asleep faster. so you wake up ready to spin into the holiday season. don't miss ultimate sleep number week. it's the last chance to save 50% on the new sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. ends cyber monday. sleep number. proven, quality sleep. at&t provides edge-to-edge intelligence, covering virtually ever

lloyd blankfein, janet yellen, george sorosoros, gary cohn. one can only conclude elements of the republican party are either clueless about anti-semitism or actively encouraging it. america has a history of paranoid politics infused with the belief there is some hidden conspiracy to betray the public, but these used to be peripheral, voiced by marginal figures. when they seem to be growing, as with the john birch society in the 1960s, william f. buckley publicly denounced them. today, senior republicans emulate them. president trump has given a ringing endorsement to alex jones, the country's most influential and extreme conspiracy theorist. trump said in a 2015 interview with jones, your reputation is amazing. i will not let you down. the republican party has many good people and good ideas. but none of them matter while it houses and feeds fantasies, conspiracies, and paranoia tinged with racism, bigotry, and anti-semitism. republicans are now squarely the party of joe mccarthy, and until that cancer is excised, it should not be entrusted w

opposing party, the media and the intelligence and even the president's west wing, they point to gary cohnname that is apparently in this book is former press secretary sean spicer. they describe both as being members of the so-called november 9th club, the group of people they say only supported the president after he had won the election. they also go after chief of staff john kelly a little bit, apparently lamenting the fact kelly has placed all these restrictions since he took control of the chief of staff position. for example they cite an instance in august where they were required to walk around with an escort, something they told chris wallace they didn't feel was necessary. this comes amid renewed speculation that the president might be eyeing replacements for chief of staff john kelly, one of those big nick ayers, and this comes against the backdrop of a larger shakeup. and of course these allegations of hidden opponents among the president's staff are significant because, ana, we know this is president who really values loyalty. >> that's right. sarah, thank you. joining us now

one of them is gary cohn, a former top economic adviser to the president.est during that interview with fox news that cohn may not have even voted for the president on election day. they also cite former press secretary sean spicer as a member of what they describe as the november 9th club. that's a group of people who only came to support the president after election day. but, of course, all of this focus on whether general kelly is loyal to the president comes amid speculation, renewed speculation that kelly may be heading for the exits. the president is said to be eyeing potential replacements for his chief of ayers, the cur chief of staff to vice president mike pence. and after the midterms, it's typical of many administrations that senior administration officials may start to leave the white house. that's something that could certainly happen in the trump administration. but these allegations from bossie and lewandowski, they're significant, ana, because we know that this president highly values loyalty and the people who work for him. >> sarah westwoo

ivanka, jared, steve bannon, steven miller, reince priebus, gary cohn.obvious, overwhelming, "simpsons" episode dystopian-level hypocrisy you're living through, that hillary clinton is living through, that people who -- campaigns, people have strong feelings on both sides. beyond that, because you are a policy person and a serious government-type person, if i can make up a term, what do you think is the import here? what are we learning about the attitude towards public service and the rules by these individuals who have now been busted? >> so let's be very clear. just to bottom line it. ivanka trump's father had a two-year campaign against hillary clinton in which "lock her up" chants, based on e-mail use -- that was the scandal at the basis of all the attacks against hillary, was how she was using private e-mails. or using a private e-mail account. and then ivanka trump comes into the white house, and jared kushner as well, that here we have ivanka trump coming into the white house and she does exactly the same thing. and i think the reason why is beca

gary cohn, no longer in the administration, but one of the president's top economic advisers as well. when you talk about unpaid foreign agents, that kind of takes it to a whole different level. by the way, here in washington today, completely separate event, the secretary of state mike pompeo, the defense secretary jim mattis as well met with their counterparts from china, talking about security issues, but this could potentially tee up as well the meeting that president trump and chinese president xi jinping are going to have roughly three weeks from today in argentina, when those two will talk about, of course, trade and of course, we will have to see what comes from that as well. tough stuff from navarro today. liz: unregistered foreign agent. that harkens back to paul manafort, the campaign manager, who was accused of that. but it's fascinating to see that peter navarro is -- he's a lot like donald trump in that regard. he doesn't care who he offends. he doesn't want to be pushed, nor does the president, on working out whatever strategy they are finessing here with china. that wa

for those watching on television, gary cohn, president trump's former director of the , amongl economicers, are speaking right now at the bloomberg new economy for over in singapore. the midterm results are big topic of conversation as we have seen the democrats projected to take the house. let's listen in to what is going on right now in singapore. >> changes in the economy and the mortgage deduction, caps on deductibility. believe higher interest rates will have an immediate impact on the economy. i don't agree on the forward , because i think they will have to slow down their base. -- pace. >> are the canadians happy with the current administration? and how can your prime minister get a better relationship? >> i will not speak on behalf of government, and we are in this wonderful position of being totally up on flight from government. said, -- that said, it is the most important economy that canada engages with, and from our point of view, it's where we have our money. important, but canada has made great assets trading with europe. it will be fantastic to see more progress in asia.

look at the white house and especially a number of former white house officials but people like gary cohnsecretary, they consider these folks to be sort of working against the president, either shift his style in some way or to signing aspects of his agenda that they don't agree with. they detail people on capitol hill not only the prominent democrats like adam schiff the ranking member of the intelligence committee in the house, but also some republicans who they feel are trying the to block the trump agenda, and most importantly i think for this book, they look at what they call the deep state, the intelligence agencies, the department of justice, the fbi, areas where they feel like people are not only, officials are not only trying to block the president's agenda but trying to delegitimize his presidency all together. these are not new names. the book is sort of the list of the laundry list of the people that trump has been going after on twitter and they put into book form a lot of the president's grievances that we're familiar with. >> they do go after yon kelly who is the sitting ch

. >> gary cohn served as national economic advisor. rob porter staff secretary u sean spicer. didn't know everybody. he knows everybody now. he halls replaced those people with individuals. steve: the ones you just listed they support you had the president. >> they did not. steve: they did in public. >> in public they did. behind the scenes what they were doing was subverting his agenda. that's the most disappointing part. it's a privilege and honor to serve inside an administration u and to use your own desire to thwart the will of the 06 million people to vote for a president is shameful. brian: you talk about being on the plane with the president one of the most tense times. the day paul manafort cuts a deal and michael cohen cuts a deal. you walk on air force one and there is a sense of quiet and fox news is on and he gets off and does i had rally. he gets the calmest when things get tense. >> it's amazing i watched him through the campaign and the last two years he is the biggest game time player i have ever seen. he is so committed to his america first agenda. he is so f