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In the Balance: Trump - The Mayors' Verdict

Trump - The Mayors' Verdict

20/01/2018 GMT

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President Trump's economic record one year into office

Has President Trump delivered on his big economic policies?  After one year in office, a Nobel prize-winning economist and two mayors mark the President's economic report card

As President Trump completes his first year in office, a Nobel prize-winning economist and two mayors mark the President's economic report card.  Has President Trump delivered on his big economic promises to bring back jobs and cut taxes?  Ed Butler is joined by the eminent economist Professor Robert Shiller; the Mayor of Gillette, Wyoming, Louise Carter King and Pete Saenz, Mayor of the border town of Laredo, Texas. Ed also hears from Michael Stumo, CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America.


Image: US President Donald Trump looks on before boarding Airforce One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on January 8, 2018, before departing for Nashville. (Credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

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