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White House Press Briefing; Trump Administration Hits Iran With New Sanctions; Press Briefing and Media; White House on Israel Settlements; Military Releases Seized Videos. Aired 1-1:30p ET

Aired February 03, 2017 - 13:00   ET

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: -- topic for the meeting with the president and Prime Minister Abe that Japan should pay more and pick up all the expense (INAUDIBLE)?

SEAN SPICER, U.S. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Right. I think there's going to be a lot of both trade and national security. I think as we get closer to that meeting, I'll have further information on it. But right now, as you can imagine, look, there's an economic aspect to this and then there's a national security aspect to this.

Jonathan Karl.

JONATHAN KARL, REPORTER, ABC NEWS: Sean, you had -- you had reference polls a couple of times from the podium. But a poll came out today that CBS says the president has 40 percent approval rating. We've seen the approval rating drop during the transition period. He talked about polls a great deal during the campaign. A, what do you think that says about the way the American people are looking at these actions that he's taking? And, B, what do you think it says about his pledge to unite the country on the eve of his election?

SPICER: I think there's a Rasmussen poll that showed he had a 51 percent approval rating. You had a (INAUDIBLE) regular poll the other day that showed, and, again, I don't have it handy, but a majority of people approve -- hold on.

KARL: (INAUDIBLE.)

SPICER: I understand that. And I think that as the president's policies continue to get enacted, you know, for all the hysteria regarding his efforts to protect the country on those seven countries where we have -- didn't have the proper vetting in place to ensure that the American people were safe, what we did have was a very high response to the American people in support of that.

His policies continue to do it. The president understands this is marathon, not a sprint. As he continues to get people back to work, protect this country, I think the poll numbers will act in accord.

Jeff (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) ahead of that agency?

SPICER: I don't have a staff announcement on the (INAUDIBLE) right now. But we'll see where we go.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: -- criticized the bureau broadly.

SPICER: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But you want to see it (INAUDIBLE.)

SPICER: I think we'll have further updates on that. That's an area we need to work with Congress on. April (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK, Sean, two things. One, you said something about President Trump talking on the Facebook live, (INAUDIBLE.) If he was going to talk about black history month --

SPICER: Right.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- and issues pertaining to the African-American community. A couple of -- well, when you first came, a couple of days into the administration, I asked you about the agenda, the black agenda, that he had possibly formulated or was formulating, as he came out the day before with the issue of Chicago or the day after, something around that time. Chicago and sending the feds in if it doesn't change. Has he now formulated a plan to deal with the black community, not just with issues of law and order? What is that --

SPICER: Sure. I mean, he had a meeting with African-American leaders the other day in the Roosevelt room. I think part of this, to your point, isn't just law and order. It's jobs, it's education, it's health care, small business lending. There's a lot that goes along with that agenda.

And I think part of these business meetings that he had are about hiring and small business and job creation. All of those issues I think are at the forefront of small business -- or that community.

So, it's not just a single thing. I think that there's a lot, whether it's crime and law and order and education and health care, small business, job creating, that impacts that entire segment of the population. That whether they're living in rural part of the country or inner city. And I think that's what he's really focused on right now.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Wait, I'm not -- I'm not finished. He's now -- so, he's now formulating -- he's now formulating the agenda.

SPICER: Absolutely.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. So, the second question. CBE, what's on the table for that?

SPICER: We're not getting -- I have nothing to announce on that right now.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK, you don't have nothing to announce but people are concerned --

SPICER: I understand people -- I understand we've heard a lot of rumors about what may or may not. When we have something to announce on that, we will -- we will do it. But I don't think it should be any surprise that the president, when it comes to rooting out radical Islamic terrorism, which is what that initially was supposed to be focused on, he is going to make sure that he's -- that is a major focus of his keeping the country safe.

And so, I don't have anything further for you on that. I'm just --

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What about excluding people (INAUDIBLE)?

SPICER: OK. April, there are reports. I don't have anything for you. I just made it -- I just said, I don't have anything for you. But I will be very clear that this president's commitment to rooting out radical Islamic terrorism is something that is at the forefront of his agenda. And I know that there's been a lot of reports about where that program or that effort is going to lie.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (INAUDIBLE) target on issues --

SPICER: I have nothing else. Thank you, April.

Cecilia (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sean, thank you. The president (INAUDIBLE) has tough talk tough en voyage on Iran playing with fire. Should Americans be ready for the possibility of military action --

SPICER: Right.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- with Iran? Is that on the table?

SPICER: Look, I've said that before. The president's been very clear. He doesn't take options off the table but he understands the impact of something like that. The sanctions today I think are going to be very, very strong and impactful.

And I hope that Iran realizes that after the provocative measures that they've taken, that they understand that this president, this administration is not going to sit back, take it lightly.

John Gisey (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you, Sean. On Monday, several public reports say that it will be a tie in the Senate on the confirmation of Betsy DeVos --

SPICER: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: -- for secretary of education. And Mike Pence will have to cast historic tie-breaking vote as vice president.

[13:05:09] Should we be watching for any surprises? Has the Congressional Affairs Office perhaps gotten one more vote from the no camp into the yes or do you expect the vice president to be on hand to confirm her?

SPICER: Well, I would say this. Betsy DeVos, as I mentioned before, is an unbelievable champion of education for children, for teachers, for parents. I hope that that vote, you know, gets 60, 70 votes. She is an unbelievable, remarkable woman who has fought very hard to improve our nation's education system and to make sure that schools are serving children.

And I think that we are going to make sure we do everything we can. And we feel 100 percent confident that she will be confirmed Monday night and be the next secretary of education.

Thank you, guys. Have a great weekend.

The president is about to sign executive orders. I hope you all have a great weekend. To those of you who can't travel to Florida, we'll be gaggling on the plane on Monday.

Thank you. Have a great weekend.

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WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Sean Spicer, the White House Press Secretary, wrapping up his daily briefing with reporters, also announcing that the president will sign some more executive orders. We'll have coverage of that coming up as well.

I'm Wolf Blitzer in Washington. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

Let's get some quick perspective on what we just heard. David Catanese, Senior Politics Writer for "U.S. News and World Report," is with us. Our Senior Political Reporter Nia-Malika Henderson, our Senior Media Correspondent Brian Stelter, the Host of CNN's "RELIABLE SOURCES," and our Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour is with us as well. Jim Acosta is in the briefing room. He'll join us momentarily as well.

Christiane, on Iran, the Trump administration, as you know, imposed new sanctions against Iran today, because of the ballistic missile test that the U.S. condemned earlier in the week. And now, there's this back and forth going. Strong words between the U.S., the Trump administration and the Iranian regime.

This could get pretty intense but give me your analysis.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, look, this is what President Trump said he was going to do, get tough on Iran. He said during the campaign that the nuclear deal was no good, that it was weak and that, you know, Iran got much more than it gave.

The truth of the matter is, it is really quite tricky, this whole ballistic missile thing. Because, yes, the U.N. resolution says that Iran should not do any ballistic missile test, but only if the intent was to, you know, arm it with a nuclear warhead or that it would be nuclear capable. And nobody believes that this ballistic missile is nuclear capable and certainly Iran has denied it.

But, also, they're banned from proliferation and trading and all the rest of this which is what the sanctions target. Those dozen entities and another dozen individuals all talking about, you know, all being sanctioned because of, perhaps, trying to help Iran's ballistic missile program.

The sanctions don't really violate the Iran nuclear deal because, as the U.S. itself has said, they always reserve the right to sanction Iran on missiles, on terrorism, on human rights violations before, during and after this deal.

The important thing is, I think big picture, that the Iran nuclear deal has not yet been executive ordered out of existence or ripped up or opened up. Most people believe that it is actually a good deal, in terms of keeping Iran's nuclear program totally visible and totally restricted.

BLITZER: Christiane, stand by. Our Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta is in the White House briefing room. He was there. What jumped out at you, Jim?

JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, a lot of things, Wolf. I think -- as Christiane was just talking about with the Iran nuclear deal, I think just to start on that. While these sanctions that were announced today don't impact the Iran nuclear deal, Sean Spicer the White House Press Secretary, made it clear that the president is still very much against that deal.

And so, while it remains in place for now, I don't think anybody should be placing any bets that it's going to last for years and years. At least that's the posture coming from this White House.

There are lots of other subjects that came up. I thought it was very striking that, once again, as you heard from the president this morning, you heard from the White House press secretary, there is confidence in this White House in the unemployment numbers.

You heard Sean Spicer talk about and tout the unemployment numbers that came out this morning, the jobs' numbers created in January.

Why is that significant, Wolf? Well, for our viewers who don't recall this, I'll refresh their memory. During the campaign, President Trump then candidate Trump, repeatedly raised doubts about the validity of the nation's unemployment numbers that were being generated by the Labor Department.

Now, they seem to be embracing them. So, that is a -- that is a big C change on the economic front, when it comes to those unemployment numbers.

On Russia, I thought, you know, everybody was surprised yesterday to hear Nikki Haley, the new U.N. ambassador, to forcefully say to Russia that these sanctions are going to remain in place so long as there is a Crimea in Moscow's hands. [13:10:09] And you heard Sean Spicer here say during the briefing that Nikki Haley, Ambassador Haley, spoke clearly and forcefully were the words he used. And so, this was not the U.N. ambassador going rogue, in any respect.

So, that is a dialing back of what was considered to be this president's position on Russia. There seemed to be some openness and he indicated this with Prime Minister May a week ago. There seemed to be an openness to doing something with those sanctions.

Of course, there was a slight adjustment to the sanctions yesterday, but I think this was an open question heading into when Nikki Haley made those remarks yesterday.

And, finally, Wolf, you know, I have to tell you. I think it's -- I think it's interesting. This is a new day in the White House briefing room. And I think it's worth noting to our viewers to have the White House press secretary turn to local reporters who are chiming in from around the country, asking questions, I think that's a very healthy sign.

And you're seeing this White House working around the room trying to bring in a lot of other reporters who don't normally get to ask questions during these briefings, during previous administrations.

And so, there's been a, sort of, democratization of the process in this briefing room. And I -- you know, just from my standpoint, I thought that that was pretty healthy -- Wolf.

BLITZER: And very quickly, Jim. As you were in the briefing, we were getting word that a Justice Department official has told the U.S. court that over the past week, since the president's travel ban when into effect, the U.S. has actually revoked more than 100,000 visas that had been granted to individuals to come or visit the United States from those seven predominantly Muslim countries.

I didn't hear anybody ask the press secretary about that but maybe I missed it.

ACOSTA: No, there was a question from Ashley Parker from the "New York Times." She asked about that. And Sean Spicer just did not answer that question, Wolf. He did not have any information on that. It was one of the few moments in the briefing that he didn't have an answer on.

And my sense is that he's going to be going back there right now and reaching out to his contacts over at the Justice Department over at Homeland Security to get to the bottom of that number.

That is a striking number but no confirmation, yet, from the White House, at least not at the briefing -- Wolf.

BLITZER: All right, good point. All right, Jim Acosta, thanks very much.

Nia, I want to play a clip for you. This is Sean Spicer bragging about the jobs numbers that were just released, 227,000 jobs created last month here in the United States. Listen to this.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SPICER: The economy added more than 227,000 new jobs, significantly more than the 175,000 that had been expected. Today's report reflects the consumer confidence -- consumer confidence that the Trump presidency has inspired.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLITZER: As you remember, and all of us remember, during the campaign, a then candidate to Donald Trump, he would belittle the Bureau --

NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER: Yes.

BLITZER: -- of Labor statistics numbers, saying they're widely off, that they said the unemployment rate was 4.8 percent or five percent. He would say they're -- it's really 15 or 20 percent or 30 percent. He thought those numbers were phony but apparently they're accepting these numbers.

HENDERSON: Yes, they're accepting them because they're good numbers, right? I mean, the unemployment rate is 4.8 percent. I guess it's ticked up slightly. These are good numbers, right?

And he, Sean Spicer there and Donald Trump, himself, of course, very happy to take credit for this, essentially saying this is the -- a sign of what the Trump economy is going to look like.

I think, you know, they probably should send President Obama some flowers because this is really due to what he has done, right? I mean, this is an example of the Obama economy and Obama handed him off a very healthy economy, most economists say.

And Obama, of course, didn't get that when he was coming in. I think the question is, if somebody starts to change with these numbers, if the unemployment rate starts to tick up, if next month there are only 70,000 jobs created, does he start to question these? I mean, I think it's very easy to take credit for the good numbers.

BLITZER: You wanted to make a point, David.

DAVID CATANESE, SENIOR POLITICS WRITER, "U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT": My big take away from this briefing is just how normal it feels after two weeks of disruption and tumult. You know, these Iran sanctions, I think there's a lot of consistency with the Obama administration here.

Basically, he's taking the Obama policy and applying it. You had a -- you've had pretty good jobs' numbers. Sean Spicer is, as Jim Acosta said, is, sort of, opening up, taking more questions from other reporters.

So, to me, this is -- this is actually probably Trump maybe his best day in the White House, given all that he has gone through in 14 days. But I think -- just on the Iran story because I think that is the big headline out of today. I think it also shows the limitations of what we can do, as a country, no matter who is there, without provoking war. Right?

This is how the Obama administration tried to deal with Iran, with sanctions. We don't know how effective they're going to be and Iran is going to respond. Iran's already been out there saying, this isn't going to stop up. We're going to continue with missiles and building missiles.

[13:15:05] So, I think it also is going to challenge President Trump and it's going to say, hey, you guys can go to the podium every day and draw red lines and say you're going to be tough but what is the effect of these policies?

BLITZER: Good point.

HENDERSON: Yes, and what does that toughness mean? I mean he said they'll be tough on Iran in a way that wasn't done for these last eight years.

CATANESE: Yes, but what's it -

HENDERSON: And you've sort of heard the idea of this military action come up. We'll see.

BLITZER: All right. Well, let's see. It's a good point.

Brian Stelter is with us as well.

Let's talk a little bit about these press briefings themselves. Jim Acosta raised the issue, they're a bit more produced with special guests, Skype questions, timing. What's your take?

BRIAN STELTER, CNN SENIOR MEDIA CORRESPONDENT: Not to be the pessimist here, but it is beneficial to have local reporters weighing in, asking questions. It does, however, take away time from the journalists who are in the room, who spend every single day covering these foreign and domestic issues for the entire country.

One downside of these Skype questions is that they're bringing in conservative talk radio hosts as well. They certainly have a role to play. Conservative talk radio hosts like Dale Jackson (ph), who asked a question from Alabama, certainly have an important role to play in the media ecosystem, but when you're having questions from people like that, you're not getting question - as many questions about important domestic and foreign policy matters. So there's just a tension here back and forth.

I think Spicer wrapped up pretty early today. He was not asked about that Bowling Green massacre mistake by Kellyanne Conway. You know, Conway said that on MSNBC yesterday. She's not apologized for it. And Spicer did not follow up.

But I agree with your guest, the importance here of establishing a baseline about the unemployment numbers and about the jobs figures, the fact that this White House seem to be agreeing with those numbers, not disputing them, not trying to challenge them is significant. You know, the president woke up and tweeted a whole lot of things, a whole lot of wild things this morning and there was barely even time to follow up about that in this briefing today. Yes, it's a relatively normal day as David was saying, but we're still seeing a lot of disruption on a daily basis via the president's Twitter account.

BLITZER: All right, good point. Brian, stand by.

Christiane, the White House press secretary was also asked about that White House statement in his name that was released yesterday on new or expanded Israeli settlements. In that statement it was said that the - these expanded settlements may not be helpful in achieving peace with the Palestinians. Here is what he said.

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QUESTION: You said that they were not an impediment to peace, but you also don't want them building new ones, so where are -

SEAN SPICER, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Right. I mean I think the statement is very clear about that. We don't believe that the existence of current settlements is an impediment to peace, but I think the construction or expansion of existing settlements beyond the current borders is not going to be helpful moving forward.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLITZER: He went a little bit further than in that written statement yesterday. He said may not be helpful and this time he said is not helpful. So he was pretty firm on that. It caught a lot of people here in Washington by surprise given some of the statements that Donald Trump said during the campaign, some of his advisors were saying. He's got a meeting coming up later this month with the Israeli prime minister. What was your reaction, Christiane?

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think people abroad, allies certainly and other nations are going to be taking a massive and deep sigh of relief after today because you've talked about the position on Ukraine, Russia and Crimea. That is standard American foreign policy position. You've just now raised the issue of settlements in the West Bank. Again, pretty much standard American and international position on settlements and peace, if there is to be a two state solution.

The whole issue on Iran and all the rest of it, again, as yet they have not torn up this nuclear deal because most people say that on the nuclear thing, that there is no other deal to be had at this precise moment because otherwise it would have been had a long, long time ago. So that's also important.

Obviously, we expect to see much more sort of, you know, tough words and sort of, you know, sort of trying to get around the edges and get at Iran for missile and human rights and terrorism activities. But it also raises a kind of interesting question because, you know, Iran and terrorism is basically about Hezbollah now. But because of, you know, Donald Trump's alignment with President Putin over Syria and Putin's aligned with Iran and with Hezbollah, it gets a little tricky, all of that.

So I think there's still quite a lot, you know, to be sorted out, obviously, but on some of these key issues, settlements, Ukraine, Crimea, sanctions and that kind of thing, it's kind of reverting to sort of status quo anti-U.S. foreign policy.

BLITZER: Yes, I think you make an excellent point, Christine, thanks very much.

David Catanese, Nia-Malika Henderson, Brian Stelter, thanks to all of you.

There's much more news on this important day.

The United States military has now released videos recovered in the deadly counter terrorism raid against al Qaeda in Yemen. We're going to play them for you. Get full analysis of those new videos just released when we come back.

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[13:23:43] BLITZER: We're now getting new information about Sunday's U.S. counterterrorism raid against al Qaeda in Yemen. The military has now released a first look at what it recovered from that operation in Yemen.

For more we're joined now by our Pentagon reporter, Ryan Browne, and our CNN military analyst, retired Colonel Cedric Leighton.

Ryan, I take it they've now released, the U.S. military, the Pentagon, five brief video clips that were found among the al Qaeda and Yemen terrorists. What do they show?

RYAN BROWNE, CNN PENTAGON REPORTER: Well, that's right, Wolf. These videos are what the military is calling do it yourself instructional videos for committing acts of terrorism. Now, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al Qaeda's local Yemeni affiliate, they're really well known for this kind of - this strategy of inspiring lone wolf attackers. providing them with the technical knowhow to carry out terrorist attacks as opposed to bringing them into training camps.

And this video in particular is showing how to make bombs out of easily acquired chemical products, much like the explosives that were used in the Paris terrorist attacks in 2015. So - and, of course, this is something that the military is concerned about and one of the reasons this compound was targeted.

BLITZER: In the initial statement that the Pentagon put out, Ryan, about this operation, they said the U.S. collected a lot of very importance intelligence about terror operations. How will these videos specifically help the U.S. military deal with this down the road?

[13:25:10] BROWNE: Well, this video, in particular, not necessarily that advantageous. It does provide a little insight into what this terror group's strategy is. That is trying to inspire these lone wolf attackers in the west. But I think this is one thing that the military has released, but we

are told that there is volumes and volumes of additional information, intelligence on hard drives that the military will not be leasing in the hopes of exploiting that information to conduct additional strikes or additional raids against the terror group down the road.

BLITZER: It looks like these videos were pretty slick propaganda. Were they intended to be posted on social media sites to promote this kind of home grown terror, if you will? Have some of these already been posted or are these all brand new?

BROWNE: Well, that's right, Wolf. We believe this one is brand new. But this is something that they've done in the past. In fact, they produced an English language magazine called "Inspire" that was distributed digitally and has actually been traced to several terror attacks, including the Boston Marathon bombings. So this is something very much in the M.O. of this terror group is not necessarily bringing foreign fighters in, like ISIS does, but actually reaching out to these lone wolves, to these disgruntled people in western countries and trying to kind of show them the knowhow on how to conduct terrorists attacks on their own.

BLITZER: Yes, some pretty sophisticated propaganda terror operations.

Ryan, stand by.

Cedric is with us as well.

Colonel, as you know, for years, al Qaeda in Yemen, AQAP, they have - in the Arabian Peninsula - they have been sending out how to build bomb videos and articles. There was one famous article, "how to build a bomb in the kitchen of your mom" that was put out. So this is not necessarily something new.

COL. CEDRIC LEIGHTON (RET.), CNN MILITARY ANALYST: That's true, it isn't. I think what's new is the detail, Wolf, that they've used here. Very slick graphics and the fact that they spent a lot of time discussing TATP, which is the exact explosive that was used in Paris, in Brussels, by the shoe bombers and it is probably the most dangerous, most volatile explosive that the AQAP group has used. And it also shows, I think, the degree that - to which these people are going to go to inspire their followers and to provide detailed instructions to them.

BLITZER: And you anticipate that a lot more of this will be out there because their goal, AQAP, like ISIS, is to get individuals sympathetic to their objectives, whether in Europe or the United States or elsewhere, to build a bomb and go out and kill, quote, "infidels."

LEIGHTON: Absolutely, because what this is, Wolf, is a perfect way to recruit the lone wolf. And you give the lone wolf some of the techniques, the tactics, techniques and procedures that the military always talks about. It gives the terrorists these tactics that they can then use and they can do it in either small groups or even in some cases as single people.

BLITZER: Cedric Leighton, thanks very much.

Ryan Brown, thanks to you as well.

All right, we're getting the tape now of President Trump signing two more executive orders in the White House. Let's watch.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Today we're signing core principles for regulating the United States financial system. Doesn't get much bigger than that, right?

OK. Thank you very much.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you. There you go.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh.

TRUMP: Would you like to explain.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That's my baby.

TRUMP: Why don't you explain this.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We - what we're doing is we are returning to the American people, low and middle income investors and retirees, their control over their own retirement savings. This is about main street and I am - it's been a labor of love for me for over four years. And the chairman and I have had a - this is a big day. A big moment for - for Americans that care to invest and save.

TRUMP: And she means that so much.

Chairman, I think we should hand the pen to this very special person. Do we agree?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely, Mr. President. She - she earned it. She earned it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you.

TRUMP: Thank you.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.

TRUMP: Congratulations.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm grateful.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you, Mr. President.

QUESTION: Mr. President, do you have anything to say about the -

(CROSS TALK) TRUMP: They're not behaving.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right, guys, thank you.

(CROSS TALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right, thank you. Thanks, guys.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Appreciate it.

[13:30:02] BLITZER: All right, you see the president there in the Oval Office signing two more executive orders, executive actions on principles he wants to ease all the financial regulations that have been imposed over these past