President-elect Donald Trump has the chance to put business and tax reforms into place that will not only benefit the U.S. economy, but keep a Republican in the White House for years to come, according to Michael Reagan.
In an interview Monday with "Newmax Prime" host J.D. Hayworth, the political commentator and son of the late President Ronald Reagan called the Monday meeting between Trump and Alibaba executive chairman Jack Ma to discuss trade between U.S. small businesses and Chinese consumers a sign of what a Trump administration could accomplish.
"You have a president who, first of all, is a businessman and so everything he is doing, he is looking at through the eyes of a businessman," he said. "Businessmen have been railing for years about taxation, about bringing jobs back to the United States and how to be able to do that. You now have a businessman who is trying to find a way to do that, working with Alibaba."
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He also praised Trump's tactic to pressure companies to remain in the United States by threatening big border taxes on imported products from other countries.
"You now have a president who is saying, … 'we're going to find a way to bring you here, we're going to lower corporate taxation'," he said. "And so, all of a sudden people are feeling good again about businesses. And so, this is why you see this influx of companies wanting to come back and coming back to the United States and creating jobs."
"You've got a president who has put a lot on his plate and he's got to be able to perform with what in fact he has promised," he added.
Reagan said Trump's success could benefit Republicans as well.
"If he can prove his mettle and do the things he needs to do to turn this country around… [conservative Republicans] will own the White House for many, many, many years," he predicted.
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