Business Deal In China For Ivanka Trump's Company Raises Concern | The 11th Hour

>>> WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE BOLD NEW STEPS TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON
MY PLEDGE TO BUY AMERICAN AND HIRE AMERICAN.
>> ON THE DAY PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED HIS NEW BUY AMERICAN HIRE
AMERICAN EXECUTIVE ORDER, THERE ARE NEW QUESTIONS INVOLVING HIS
DAUGHTER'S BUSINESS AND CHINA. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS,
QUOTE, ON APRIL 6 IVANKA TRUMP'S COMPANY WON PROVISIONAL APPROVAL
FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT FOR THREE NEW TRADEMARKS.
THAT NIGHT THE FIRST DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND SAT NEXT TO THE
PRESIDENT OFOF CHINA AND HIS WI FOR A STEAK DINNER AT
MAR-A-LAGO. WITH US HERE TONIGHT, MSNBC HOST
STEPHANIE OF THE BUSINESS AND BANKING WORLD AND THE TELEVISION
WORLD AS WELL. THIS IS A WEIRD DIAGRAM.
YOU HAVE IVANKA'S BUSINESS AS A SUBSET INSIDE THE TRUMP FAMILY
BUSINESS AT MAR-A-LAGO, WHICH IS INSIDE THE PRESIDENCY.
SO, WHAT DID WE LEARN TODAY? >> WE LEARNED TODAY THAT, AGAIN,
IT MAY BE LEGAL. THERE MIGHT NOT BE AN ACTUAL
VIOLATION. THIS ADDS TO THIS IDEA THAT THE
TRUMP FAMILY IS WILLING TO SELF-DEAL, IS WILLING TO PUT
FAMILY FIRST. IVANKA TRUMP MAY HAVE STEPPED
AWAY FROM HER COMPANY SO SHE IS NOT THE PERSON MAKING DECISIONS.
BUT WE KNOW IT'S HER NAME SAKE BRAND AND CONVENIENTLY DOES SHE
GET THREE TRADEMARKS ON A SPECIFIC DAY, AND THAT DAY SHE
SITS DOWN AND HAS DINNER NEXT TO THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA?
ONE OF THE ISSUES FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, GIVE ME A BREAK, PLEASE
STOP MAKING FUN OF US AS AMERICANS.
PLEASE PUT COUNTRY FIRST, PLEASE DON'T MAKE FOOLS OF US.
>> AS MICHAEL SAID, DON'T INSULT MY INTELLIGENCE.
>> YES. >> ON TAXES, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
MAY SOON BEGIN TO SEE THE TIE BETWEEN YOU WANT US TO APPROVE
TAX REFORM, AND YET WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE YOUR TAX RETURNS
AND POTENTIALLY WAYS THAT YOU MIGHT PROFIT FROM CHANGES IN THE
LAW. THE TAX RETURNS ARE GOING TO
COME ROARING BACK. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THE
PRESIDENT PROBABLY DIDN'T FORECAST.
REMEMBER, TWO DAYS AFTER THE INAUGURATION WHEN KELLYANNE
CONWAY SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP WON, HE DOESN'T NEED TO RELEASE HIS
TAXES. THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN LITIGATED.
WELL, IT HASN'T. AND OVER THE LAST 89 DAYS, WHEN
MANY AMERICANS HAVE SEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP CHANGE HIS
POSITIONS ON THINGS, CHANGE HIS VIEWS ON THINGS, THE FACT THAT
HERE WE ARE WITH TAXES AGAIN AND HE'S SAYING, I HAVE AN
EXTRAORDINARY WIN. WHY ARE MY TAXES COMING BACK
AGAIN? THE FACT THAT HE'S UNWILLING TO
SHOW HIS TAXES HAVE PEOPLE UNEASY AND TO YOUR POINT SAYING
HOLD YOUR HORSES. YOU WANT TO REFORM TAXES, WE'RE
GOING TO NEED TO SEE HOW YOU COULD BENEFIT.
AT THIS MOMENT, DON, JR., OR ERIC, THEY MAY BE ON A COMPUTING
NETWORK DOING AN INTERVIEW. IT WAS VERY CLEAR THEY WERE
GOING TO RUN THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION YET YOU SEE
THEM ON TV TALKING ABOUT THEIR FATHER'S FOREIGN POLICY.
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO
UNDERSTAND YOUR BUSINESS BETTER BEFORE YOU WANT TO REFORM TAXES.
>> 30 SECONDS LEFT. WHATEVER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT NEW
YORK-BASED BANKERS, A LOT OF THEM, SOME OF THE PROFESSIONALS
IN THE WEST WING, HAVE GONE THERE TO SERVE THE
ADMINISTRATION. THEY MUST BE ANTSY ON THIS
TOPIC. >> THEY'RE FRUSTRATED ON THIS
TOPIC. THEY WENT DOWN THERE, THE STEVE
MNUCHINS, THE GARY COHENS, THE WILBUR ROSSES, THEY WENT DOWN
THERE BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND TAX REFORM.
THEY UNDERSTAND BIG BUSINESS. BEING HELD UP, NOT BEING ABLE TO
MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THEY'RE STUCK WITH, WELL, THE PRESIDENT
DOESN'T WANT TO RELEASE HIS TAXES SO THE RESISTANCE IS
SHOWING UP, THEY'RE KIND OF SAYING, GIVE ME A BREAK.
THIS JOB IS HARD ENOUGH AS IT IS.
STEVE MNUCHIN DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO COME OUT AND SAY, WELL,
AUGUST LOOKS AGGRESSIVE. DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET
TAX REFORM DONE THEN. MANY, MANY PEOPLE VOTED WITH
THEIR WALL ET CETERA. THEY WANTED TAX REFORM TO
HAPPEN. THEY WERE WILLING TO HOLD THEIR
NOSES LOOK THE OTHER WAY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BEHAVIOR.
BUT THEY VOTED WITED WITH THEIR POCKETBOOKS.
IF HE CANNOT GET TAX REFORM DONE, WHAT CAN HE GET DONE?
IT'S A MATTER OF ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW YOUR TAXES,
MR. PRESIDENT? IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE IS.
AND IF NOT, WHY? >> STEFR KNEE RUHLE, A FORMER
AND REFORMED NEW YORK-BASED

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