1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: And we have a president of the United States of America. 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is officially president again. And he has not 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: wasted any time getting to work. He's laid out dozens 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: of executive orders that he'll sign in the coming days, 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: and he's already instituted many of them already, like pulling 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: out of the Paris Climate Agreement, pulling out of the 7 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: World Health Organization, pardoning twenty twenty one capital attack writers 8 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: fifteen hundred of them, and a border crackdown. And I 9 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: will send troops to the southern border to repel the 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: disastrous invasion of our country. So Republican strategist Amy Tarkanian 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: is joining me now. 12 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,279 Speaker 2: Hello, Amy, thank you for having me. 13 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,959 Speaker 1: You're a Republican, you're a strategist. What have you made 14 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: of what Donald Trump, the President has said today. 15 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 2: Well, I'm not surprised by any of the actions that 16 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 2: were taken so far today than any of the words 17 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: that were shared as well. And here's inaugural speech. He 18 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: came out swinging in Trump fashion, and with the former 19 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 2: administration sitting literally within you know, a few feet in 20 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 2: front of him, he lambasted and pointed out the areas 21 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: that he felt where they did wrong. And then he 22 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 2: pivoted into his lengthy to do list, if you will, 23 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: of ways to make improvements, ways to fix the country 24 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: as he views them. And then he ended off on 25 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: a high note, and I thought that was a good tone, 26 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 2: a good tenor. He mentioned how Americans were courageous, were 27 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 2: full of vigor, we're proud, we're compassionate, and we are 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 2: a prosperous nation. And he basically stated that January twentieth, 29 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,919 Speaker 2: twentieth is Liberation Day and that we are now entering 30 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: a golden age. So it was it was very hopeful, 31 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 2: and and I'm hoping that from his first term that 32 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 2: he unfortunately had to learn a number of things the 33 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 2: very hard way when he campaigned on draining the swamp 34 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 2: and he found out that that was virtually impossible to do. 35 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 2: So he had continued to surround himself with people who 36 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 2: were not good for him. He was not listening like 37 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 2: he probably should have, and it caused great heartache. And 38 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 2: so you know, in the beginning, I think we were 39 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 2: all very excited, and then towards the end of that 40 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 2: term it became extremely chaotic and it was disappointing. So 41 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 2: I think this go around, we have already seen. He's 42 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 2: already lined up his cabinet nominees before today even took place. 43 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 2: And he also had his policy advisors put together this 44 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: lengthy list of two hundred plus executive orders that he's 45 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: going to be signing in the next twenty four to 46 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 2: forty eight eight hours. And he's doing some of them 47 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 2: as we speak, and he's not wasting any time. No, 48 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: he's going to be extremely aggressive, and it is you know, 49 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 2: do I agree with everything? No, but that's fine. But 50 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 2: he's definitely I think he's learned his lesson and he's 51 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 2: moving forward quite quite quickly. 52 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: All of this stuff and everything he said he said 53 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: in the election campaign, and he was given a mandate 54 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: to say this stuff. So the question would then be 55 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: how much of this stuff might not happen because of 56 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: legal challenges, which is what happened to those original one 57 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: hundred executive orders he did in twenty sixteen. 58 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: Sure, well, as soon as President Biden came in, he actually, 59 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 2: you know, he resented a lot and I number said it. 60 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: He got rid of a lot of them. And so 61 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 2: now you've got a little bit of a ping pong effect. 62 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 2: So now that President Trump is right back where we 63 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 2: began before Biden did that. He's now bringing everything back, 64 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 2: but he's going to make sure that everything is well oiled. 65 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: It's going to make there's going to be improvements made 66 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 2: upon these executive orders. And then now that he also 67 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: has a Republican Senate in a Republican House, the wind 68 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 2: is at his back with making sure that everything continues 69 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 2: to go as smoothly as possible. 70 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: He has a mandate to make America great and absolutely, 71 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: but the rest of us and the rest of the 72 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 1: world worried that he may not contribute to the international 73 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: community as much as perhaps he might have done. Is 74 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: that something that you think he should be more worried 75 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: about or not. 76 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 2: No, I think it's quite the opposite. I think he's 77 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 2: made it crystal clear that he doesn't want America to 78 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 2: be taken for granted. He doesn't want us to be 79 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 2: taken advantage of anymore. He did stay here. In the 80 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 2: last five minutes or so, as I'm watching him sign 81 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,679 Speaker 2: these executive orders, a member of the press asked about 82 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 2: tariffs and when would he start implementing them, and he 83 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 2: said he was going to implement a twenty five percent 84 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 2: tariff February first, to Mexico and Canada. So that's going 85 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 2: to be quite an eye opener. And I don't know 86 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 2: if he necessarily means that or if those are just 87 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: words that he's putting out as a I guess, a warning. 88 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 2: I don't want to use the word threat, but you know, 89 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,119 Speaker 2: he is a businessman, so he's going to start high 90 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: and then he negotiates uses and the right. So we'll 91 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 2: see what happens. 92 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: There as we will. I mean, attack Anyan is a 93 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: stategis for the Republican. 94 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 2: For more from hither, Duke Lassy Allen Drive listen live 95 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 2: to news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or 96 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 2: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.