WEBVTT - Andrew Giuliani Talks Trump's VP Selection

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, radio News. Joining us on the

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<v Speaker 1>program is Andrew Giuliani, former special assistant to former President

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump and former candidate for governor of New York,

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<v Speaker 1>to talk a little bit more about the current state

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<v Speaker 1>of play. Well, mister Giuliani, thank you so much for

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<v Speaker 1>joining us. Right off the ball, let's talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>vice presidential selection. What does jd Vance bring to the

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<v Speaker 1>ticket in your.

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<v Speaker 2>View, I think it's a look right at the rust Belt.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, obviously the senator, the junior cenator from Ohio

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<v Speaker 2>carried Ohio was able to win that state. But as

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<v Speaker 2>we know, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, all three states to President

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<v Speaker 2>Trump won in twenty sixteen went Biden's way in twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>and there are three swing states that are going to

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<v Speaker 2>be very very important to determining who wins the presidency

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<v Speaker 2>on November fifth. You have to think that jd Vance

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<v Speaker 2>speaks directly to most of the residents of those three states,

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<v Speaker 2>including his home state of Ohio, which should be in

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<v Speaker 2>the red column. But as ben as swing state is

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<v Speaker 2>recently as twenty twelve, So when you look at the

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<v Speaker 2>math of the electoral map, I think that's exactly what

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<v Speaker 2>the Trump team was doing when they selected jd Vance.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's a good blue collar pick. What about his age?

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<v Speaker 1>Does jd Vance's age lift former President Trump's chances?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? It may. I mean, look, there's been so much talk,

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<v Speaker 2>probably more about Biden, but also about President Trump as well,

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<v Speaker 2>with them being eighty one and seventy eight years old, respectfully,

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<v Speaker 2>I think you get some youth on this ticket and

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<v Speaker 2>it changes it a little bit in terms of what

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<v Speaker 2>does that conversation like now. I know you'll have other

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<v Speaker 2>people that'll say, well, look, this is somebody who's only

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<v Speaker 2>served a year and a half in the Senate here,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who's young, maybe a little bit inexperienced in some

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<v Speaker 2>kind of way. But he's also somebody that is connected

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<v Speaker 2>with the American people, the American masses, through his book,

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<v Speaker 2>through his Senate run in a way that I think

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<v Speaker 2>most politicians have not on a national level. And having

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<v Speaker 2>talked to President Trump just as recently as yesterday, I

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<v Speaker 2>know that something that he was really really looking at

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<v Speaker 2>as he was trying to make his final selection here

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<v Speaker 2>for who was going to join him on the presidential ticket.

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<v Speaker 1>After the attempt at assassination of Donald Trump. But we've

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<v Speaker 1>seen calls from many quarters throughout the country towards seeking

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<v Speaker 1>more unity in the country, coming together as one America.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you see these two President Trump and former President

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<v Speaker 1>Trump and Jade Vance as calling for more unity here

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<v Speaker 1>or kind of going back to sort of tear the

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<v Speaker 1>house down type of ideology.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, look, I want unity, but I also think answers

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<v Speaker 2>are very important, and I don't want unity to lead

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<v Speaker 2>to ignorance, if you will. In terms of the answers

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<v Speaker 2>that my Orcus was talking about, I want to make

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<v Speaker 2>sure that I know exactly what happened in the security collapses.

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<v Speaker 2>Have to have a shooter one hundred and twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>meters away when the longest shots ever made have been

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<v Speaker 2>thirty times that length. That's thing that I sat through

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<v Speaker 2>hundreds of White House security briefings looking at high points

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<v Speaker 2>that were outside of security perimeters to make sure that

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<v Speaker 2>the President was safe, even if it was outside of

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<v Speaker 2>the Secret Service security perimeter. So I think we need

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<v Speaker 2>answers to exactly what ended up happening on that day.

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<v Speaker 2>And frankly, I also think this needs to go both ways.

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Biden needs to have a better answer for why

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<v Speaker 2>he said just a few short days ago, Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be in the bullseye. I don't think his

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<v Speaker 2>answer to Lester Holt today was adequate.

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<v Speaker 1>Even the way the former president was moved to the

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<v Speaker 1>van after the shooter was down. That presupposes there was

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<v Speaker 1>only one shooter. And you wonder, you know, we have

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<v Speaker 1>lots of columns getting written like the motive of the

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<v Speaker 1>shooter is irrelevant, Francis Wilkinson, for instance, writes in our

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<v Speaker 1>own pages here at Bloomberg. But it does sort of

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<v Speaker 1>raise the question as to who else might have been involved.

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<v Speaker 1>Do we have any sense of that? And do you

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<v Speaker 1>fear that.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now? We don't, And I think that's the problem.

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<v Speaker 2>I think we need answers as soon as possible on this.

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<v Speaker 2>We can't allow theories to win the day, right. You

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<v Speaker 2>want facts to be able to look at this stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>because frankly, this is going to be President Trump is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be going out and doing rallies, maybe as

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<v Speaker 2>soon as this weekend. And you think about same thing

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<v Speaker 2>for Biden as well, and RFK Junior. These candidates, they

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<v Speaker 2>deserve to be protective. If we believe in the First

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<v Speaker 2>Amendment in this country, then the public square needs to

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<v Speaker 2>be safe. Whether it's red, whether it's blue, whatever it

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<v Speaker 2>is there. So well, let's hope right now, it's just theories.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's hope this was one often that they will be safe.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm curious about whether or not, you know, you think

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<v Speaker 1>that it will be different this time in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>former President Trump's aides, because one of the things that

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<v Speaker 1>we noticed obviously in the prior administration was that so

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<v Speaker 1>many of his aides eventually left either of their own

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<v Speaker 1>volition or they were booted out by a foreign president Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>Will jd. Evance be any different?

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<v Speaker 2>I think so. I mean, I think this is a

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<v Speaker 2>guy who, obviously, as of eight years ago, he was

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<v Speaker 2>not the biggest fan of Trump, and I'm sure you

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<v Speaker 2>guys have run through some of the stuff that he

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<v Speaker 2>has said. But he's a guy who was really won over,

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<v Speaker 2>i think, to the Trump world by the policies, by

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<v Speaker 2>the policy successes. Maybe he didn't fall in love necessarily

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<v Speaker 2>with the Twitter feed and the current ex feed and

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<v Speaker 2>truth feed at the time, but was won over by

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<v Speaker 2>the policies. I think that shows me somebody who was

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<v Speaker 2>able to keep an open mind, even though he came

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<v Speaker 2>in as a so called never Trumper and realized that

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<v Speaker 2>this president, while he may have a unique style, he's

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<v Speaker 2>able to accomplish things that maybe a typical politician is

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<v Speaker 2>not able to accomplish. And I think you could just

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<v Speaker 2>look at the successes of the forty fifth president and

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<v Speaker 2>compare it to the forty sixth president. Let's talk about

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<v Speaker 2>foreign policy. You talk about the two foreign wars that

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<v Speaker 2>have started under Joe Biden. With Trump, you saw peace

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<v Speaker 2>through strength. Talk about the economy as well, you cover

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<v Speaker 2>that very very well every single day. I think the

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<v Speaker 2>success of the Trump administration from a deregulatory standpoint was

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<v Speaker 2>extremely successful. And you look at the Biden administration, We've

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<v Speaker 2>seen inflation continue to creep up. I know those numbers

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<v Speaker 2>are down a little now, but they're still up much

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<v Speaker 2>higher than it was in twenty nineteen. And I think vance,

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<v Speaker 2>I think probably that won vance over.

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<v Speaker 1>If you will, could you see yourself playing a role

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<v Speaker 1>in an administration under President Trump if he were to win,

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<v Speaker 1>and if so, what might be Well.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, I had that conversation with President Trump last week,

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<v Speaker 2>and I told him, I'm always willing to serve, whether

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<v Speaker 2>it's inside the administration, whether it's outside the administration. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I can tell you when I heard that he was

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<v Speaker 2>shot on Saturday. This is a guy that I've known

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<v Speaker 2>for nearly thirty years, had the honor of working four

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<v Speaker 2>years from in the White House, and I felt like

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<v Speaker 2>it was a family member in those moments where I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know if he was going to live or going

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<v Speaker 2>to die. And I told him, look, also, whether it's

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<v Speaker 2>on the inside, whether it's on the outside, most importantly,

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<v Speaker 2>we need to save our country. And I also told them,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, let's make sure we have that conversation on

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<v Speaker 2>November six. That's the conversation I want to be at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, well, we'll have to leave it there, unfortunately, but

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<v Speaker 1>a good conversation, mister Giuliani, thank you very much for

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<v Speaker 1>joining us. Andrew Giuliani there former special assistant to former

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<v Speaker 1>President Donald Trump and a former candidate for the governorship

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<v Speaker 1>of New York