President Donald Trump met on Friday with executives from some of the biggest companies in the world.

The President's Strategic and Policy Forum is headed by Stephen Schwarzman, the CEO of the private-equity giant Blackstone, and includes executives from JPMorgan, BlackRock, General Motors, Disney, and Boeing.

Trump called the assembled group the "best and brightest" and said he wanted to hear from its members about issues such as taxation, regulation, and job creation.

"We're bringing back jobs, we're bringing down your taxes, we're getting rid of your regulations, and there are some really exciting times ahead," Trump told the assembled business leaders.

Trump said his administration was going to be "coming out with a tax bill soon and a healthcare bill even sooner."

The president also described the impact he hoped to have on certain industries.

Trump said he hoped to talk to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon about revising the Dodd-Frank financial regulation. Trump's administration announced that Trump planned to sign an executive order on Friday to direct the Treasury to review and revise the rule.

"There is nobody better to tell me about Dodd-Frank than Jamie," Trump said, referring to Dimon. "So he has to tell me about it, but we expect to be cutting a lot from Dodd-Frank because I have so many people, friends of mine, that have nice businesses, and they can't borrow money. They can't get money from the banks — they just can't get any money because the banks won't let them borrow because of rules and regulations in Dodd-Frank."

I have so many people, friends of mine, that have nice businesses, and they can't borrow money.

Trump also praised Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, saying he used to have money in BlackRock's funds and Fink got him "great returns last year." (Trump has repeatedly said he sold off all of his stocks in June, though he has not provided documentation.)

Schwarzman also addressed the group and said the point of the forum was to "advise the government as to areas we could do things a lot better" and that it was "important to mobilize the nongovernmental sector."

On the agenda, Schwarzman noted, was immigration. Numerous business leaders have spoken out against a recent executive order by Trump temporarily banning entry to the US by people from seven majority-Muslim countries.

Travis Kalanick, the CEO of Uber, was named a member of the group but announced Thursday that he would not be participating. Uber had been the target of protesters who took issue with Kalanick's participation on the forum amid Trump's temporary immigration ban. Additionally, Disney CEO Bob Iger did not attend because of a scheduling conflict.

Trump told the executives that he hoped to meet with them on a monthly or quarterly basis going forward to address business issues.

Trump also praised Friday's jobs report during the meeting.

"227,000 jobs, great spirit in the country right now," said Trump, talking about the headline jobs gains for the month of January. "I think it's going to continue, big league."