1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: Good morning, Welcome. It is the Ben Ferguson Podcast. Nice 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: to have you with us. We're live here at the 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: White House, and my guess with me now is May Melman, 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: senior policy strategist at the White House and a unique 5 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:16,240 Speaker 1: perspective because she was in forty five in that administration, 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: you're now in forty seven. We were talking before the 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: show and I just let's just start with this because 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: I think it's so cool. This White House is running 9 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: at a different pace than it did with the first 10 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: time around. Part of that was learning government. I think 11 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: part of it's having a team this time that seems 12 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: to be working as a team and just seems like 13 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: everyone wants to win and is getting along. The leaks 14 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: were not seeing like we did last time. It seems 15 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: like everybody's a team player. This is really fun to 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: watch on the outside. I was in the Bush administration 17 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: and it was in the second from four to HO eight, 18 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: and it was just a different type of team than 19 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: we had in the first part. You got to enjoy 20 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: watching the past and now the president. How cool is 21 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: that for you? Yeah? 22 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 2: I used to be jealous of what the Bush people 23 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 2: had in the sense that they still did reunions, and 24 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 2: they all hung out with each other and they you know, 25 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 2: we had our criticisms, certainly, but it felt like they 26 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 2: were all very unified. And I think during Trump one 27 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 2: point zero, people very much got along. It was friendly. 28 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 2: But people had come from different places. So you had 29 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: people who were campaign people, you had people who were 30 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 2: RNC people, you had people who were either longtime friends 31 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 2: of the family, these sort you know, everyone kind of 32 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 2: had their own different background. But now there is such 33 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 2: a thing as Trump World, and there are people who 34 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 2: have been here and those they've had relationships and they've 35 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 2: had ups and downs with each other, and so it 36 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 2: is easier to have everybody rowing in the same direction. 37 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 2: And I've had strange experiences that I never had during 38 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 2: the first time. So during the first time, I was 39 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: also writing a lot of executive orders, helping push a 40 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: lot of policies, and I would have to follow up 41 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: and follow up and follow up, and nothing would happen 42 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: at the speed and the pace and the level that 43 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 2: I wanted it to. Now, if I write something that's 44 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 2: very nuanced, I'm careful, Okay, we're not trying to do this. 45 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 2: People will just do it at the one hundred out 46 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: of ten, even though we we just need a ten 47 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 2: out of ten. That's okay. So the excitement people have 48 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 2: been planning, people are ready to go, and it does 49 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: feel very different, even though it is actually a lot 50 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 2: of the same people. I'm working with a lot of 51 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 2: the same people, but it's just different this time. 52 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: So let's talk about where we are one hundred days in. 53 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: You're here, your senior pology strategists. I think one of 54 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: the big things that people are witnessing right now they're 55 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: concerned about is the law fair. There is very clear 56 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: a movement by the left, by the Democrats to use 57 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 1: the court system and activist judges, their allies that they 58 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: know are quarly on their team, making sure they're filing 59 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: things in certain courts where they know it'll give them 60 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: a favorable opinion, which is against this White House, and 61 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: trying to stop the president of a law fair. You 62 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: guys are fighting back. You work with Jason Miller. You 63 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: guys are out there hardcore going against this. Where are 64 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: we now and how big of a roadblock is this 65 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: going to be for Trump's agenda getting actually done well. 66 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: The Democrats have no political strategy, they have no political leader, 67 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 2: They have no North Star, so all they have is no. 68 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 2: And the place you go for no is the courts, 69 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 2: and so that's where all the money has been, that's 70 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 2: where the excitement is, that's where the investment is. Is 71 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 2: just no. There's some protests, there's blowing up tesla's, but 72 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: mostly it's in the courts. And I think the judges 73 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 2: are very excited. These are activists, these are longtime Democrat donors, partisans, 74 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: you know, they're part of the movement. They're excited to 75 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 2: actually be the leaders of the left right now. And 76 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 2: so yeah, it is a problem. I'm a lawyer. For 77 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 2: four years when I was not in the White House, 78 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 2: I was bringing lawsuits and the judges that we would get, 79 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 2: even if we were in conservative areas of the country 80 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 2: with very conservative judges, these were measured approaches. I'll just 81 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 2: take Title nine for example, twenty six states brought lawsuits 82 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 2: and I think eight different jurisdictions to challenge Biden's rewrite 83 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: of Title nine. Each one of those judges, every single one, 84 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 2: issued an injunction that was just narrowed to the parties 85 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: that had brought the suit, So there never was a 86 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 2: nationwide injunction. Even with twenty six states in eight different lawsuits. 87 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 2: Compare that to here, where you just have any sort 88 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 2: of group. It's not states bringing these this is just 89 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 2: random people, random activists, bringing these lawsuits and getting nationwide 90 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 2: injunctions at the TRO stage, the temporary restraining order stage, 91 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 2: which is not even assessment of the merits of whether 92 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 2: you're right or wrong. It's just, hey, I'm the judge, 93 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 2: and I feel like doing this nationwide thing based not 94 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 2: even on the merits. I want to freeze the Trump 95 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,239 Speaker 2: administration from doing anything. So this law fair is a serious, 96 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 2: serious problem in my opinion. I think that it violates 97 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 2: the job of the judiciary, which is to say what 98 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 2: the law is, not to become the policymaker. So I 99 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 2: think there's been some calls for impa and things like that. 100 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 2: You know, Congress should absolutely impeach judges who are not 101 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 2: doing their jobs. However, that's just not going to be 102 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 2: the solution. The solution, I think, is going to be 103 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 2: a reshaping of what it means to have judicial power, 104 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 2: whether that's coming from the Supreme Court, whether that's coming 105 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 2: from Congress, or whether that's coming from the administration. 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Where are we with this master plan from 154 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: the President? It seems to me he's saying, Hey, I 155 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: want to get great deals to with a lot of 156 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: countries so that we have much less dependence on China. 157 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: This is about reducing China's influence in the world, especially 158 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: when it comes to trade. Are we moving forward and 159 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: when are we going to start getting deals announced to 160 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: calm the markets but also the people that have businesses 161 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: and how long are they going to have to deal 162 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: with this? Because we saw yesterday it is a good 163 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: sign President was meeting with top companies. They're meeting with 164 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: Lows and Home Depot and Walmarting Target about this trade war. 165 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: That could be good news, but also could be bad 166 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: news depending on who you read and what you're being told. 167 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: We know the media wants us to be miserable. They 168 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: want to be fear mongering. They want this inflation issues 169 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: to happen. They want this to be a Trump disaster. 170 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: I don't see it that way. 171 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 2: Though, Yeah, I think the President's heart is where actually 172 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 2: a lot of Americans' hearts are, which is that we 173 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 2: want to be supply chain independent. We want to be 174 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 2: able to make our pharmaceuticals at home. We don't want 175 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 2: to be reliant on a country who who is threatening 176 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 2: to us. And yet I think the President also is 177 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 2: a very practical person. He's a business person, he is 178 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 2: a listener, and you can see even from the changes 179 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 2: to the original announcement of reciprocal tariffs, that he wants 180 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 2: to be in it with allies to shore up our 181 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 2: manufacturing against people who do not have our best interests, 182 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: including China. So while I can't give a timeline for 183 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: when you would see an exact announcement, I can say 184 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 2: that the White House is in listening mode and we 185 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 2: have been hearing from people changes and those changes have 186 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 2: already been implemented, whether whether it has to do with 187 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 2: lower tariffs on certain electronics that we simply can't make 188 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 2: we can't on shore quickly. And then I think also 189 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 2: part of the tesch. 190 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,959 Speaker 1: Of security, right, this is when I've asked, and I've 191 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,599 Speaker 1: had leaders call me and they're like, Ben, what is 192 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: he doing? Why is he doing this and say, look, 193 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: you got to look at this from two views. One 194 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: is national security, and if you bring enough of that 195 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 1: back to the US, you don't have to be the 196 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: leader in the world, but you need to have enough 197 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: from a national security standpoint that if something happens frowhere 198 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: else in the world, you're still good. And that's part 199 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: of what the president I think learned from COVID. 200 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, and so from a national security standpoint, I think 201 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 2: the nation is pretty strong and we feel good there. 202 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: And so really it is focusing on small businesses and 203 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 2: the impact and it is alarming actually how tightly our 204 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 2: supply chains and how quickly they are connected to China, which, 205 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 2: of course, you know something that we all know, which 206 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 2: is why the whole action exists to begin with. But 207 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 2: nobody wants to harm American small businesses. What we want 208 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 2: is for China and the United States to find a 209 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 2: resolution and then of course to eventually work toward a 210 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 2: trade policy that is going to be best for our 211 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 2: national security, best for our economy. And you know, as 212 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 2: President Trump is going to be income tax replacement. And 213 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 2: it's a complicated thing, but no president has really taken 214 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 2: this on seriously and year by year by year by year, 215 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 2: we become more reliant, less safe, less secure, less independent. 216 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 2: And it almost doesn't matter whether you have a southern 217 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 2: border or if the threat is coming in from your 218 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 2: nation's dependence. That said, I think, as you noted, the 219 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 2: President is in complete listening mode. So there is a 220 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 2: need to make sure that our small businesses and our 221 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 2: large businesses, and our supply chains and our consumers are 222 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 2: all accounted for. And these are conversations that are happening 223 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 2: every day in the White House. They're competing every day 224 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 2: in the agencies, at the US Trade Representative, at the 225 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 2: Department of Commerce, at the Department of Treasury, farmers, at 226 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 2: the USDA. This is definitely the number one topic. This 227 00:11:55,400 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 2: is extremely important. Nobody is taking it lightly, No nobody 228 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:05,719 Speaker 2: looking for you know, massive sacrifices. This is something that 229 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 2: it's a policy that needs to be fixed, it's something 230 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 2: that needs to be implemented. And yet I think you're 231 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 2: going to see reasonable policies being implemented that in our 232 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 2: country toward a more secure posture. 233 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: So when do we start to see I guess, and 234 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: you know, momentums everything right, people say, when are we 235 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: going to start to see big announcements and hey, we've 236 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: got to deal with this country in that country. Are 237 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: we days away from that? Are we weeks away from that? 238 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: Because momentum is everything and it makes people feel better. Okay, 239 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: now we're having success, and now we're getting another one, 240 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: and now we're getting another one. We're about one hundred 241 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: days in here at the White House. What is that 242 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: rollout going to look like? Yeah? 243 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 2: Hard to say a number of days, but I can 244 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 2: say that those conversations with foreign countries are happening right now, 245 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 2: and so at some level, I think there has been 246 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 2: a lot of progress. You've already seen countries make certain 247 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 2: types of concessions, make changes, make promises, and so it's 248 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 2: locking those in. Sometimes that takes a little bit of 249 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 2: time from the other countries perspective in order to get 250 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: an announcement to reality. 251 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: But it's so it's all had done deck right. 252 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 2: It's presently happening. 253 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: So I talked to an ambassador yesterday who said to me, 254 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 1: he said, look, we just want to know what the 255 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: new normal is, and that's what we're working on as 256 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: fast as we can with this White House, so that 257 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: we can continue to see businesses grow. The spirit from 258 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: that ambassador was not one of anger. It was almost 259 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: a spirit of hey, we know we were taking advantage 260 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: of you guys, so was the rest of the world. 261 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 1: We did what the rest of the world did. This 262 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 1: is a smaller country and I don't want to name 263 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 1: it because it was in confidence, but he was basically admitting, like, hey, 264 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: we followed the lead of other countries as they would 265 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: take advantage. We were a little lower than they were. 266 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: But it was like, why not if this is what 267 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: the world looks like in the trade, And he was admitting, 268 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: we're willing to totally read this thing. We want to 269 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: get it done because we want to keep doing business 270 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: with America. We love doing business. He wasn't even upset, 271 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: and that gave me, I think a lot of hope 272 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: that like, there's a lot of company countries I should 273 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: say that are coming to the table who are saying, 274 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: we know this deal is going to get redone. In 275 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: other words, we know that the price is one described 276 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: to me the day they go. We know if you 277 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: live in a house under a lease for a long time, 278 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: ten years later, there's a very good chance there's going 279 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: to be a major change in what you're paying. They 280 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: all know that they're accepting it, and so that to me, 281 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: sin is a signal of something good coming. 282 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, the new normal. You know, for the present time, 283 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 2: there is that ten percent rate, which is sort of 284 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 2: a baseline that I think people have accepted and that 285 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 2: the market celebrated when when President Trump first announced it. 286 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 2: And then you know, as far as there are certain 287 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 2: countries who are willing to help us out and do 288 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 2: additional things Elsealvador, Let's take, for example, there are countries 289 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 2: that I think are trying to either lock in those 290 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 2: rates or secure more favorable deals, but you know not 291 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 2: there are a lot of countries out there who want 292 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 2: to have those conversations. Those conversations are all happening, I 293 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 2: would say, starting with like a group of twenty or 294 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 2: so right now and then moving on, moving on, moving on, 295 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 2: And I think the President has signaled multiple times he's 296 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 2: willing to have those conversations with China, and so that's 297 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 2: something that if the you know, Chinese are here to 298 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 2: make a deal, that that can happen as well. But 299 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 2: even for small countries, just because you're small does not 300 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 2: mean that you're forgotten. I think these are going to 301 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 2: happen just on their own time. 302 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: Let's move to another issue that I think is really important, 303 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: and that is the fight for the president. He has 304 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: done this in sports gender ideology, has been saying. He said, 305 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: we're going to protect them. We're going to protect women 306 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: and women's sports. We're not backing down on that issue. 307 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: You look at the president doing this. Democrats do feel 308 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: like in some states this is a fight worth fighting 309 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: for them. They're trying to rally the troops. As you 310 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, there is no leader of the Democratic Party 311 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: right now. That the party of just no because no 312 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: one's in charge. It's totally anarchy and chaos. But they 313 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: are trying to find an issue to hone in on. 314 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: I think they believe that this gender ideology issue is 315 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: one that can at least rally their core base. And 316 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: they're saying, we're not going to abide by what you're 317 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: telling us to do. Mister President, go ahead and sue. 318 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: We'll see you in court. We heard that, but said 319 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: from a governor at the White House, like, we'll see 320 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: you great, can't wait to see you in court. Where 321 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: are we now with that? Because there are still men 322 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: acting like women that are still getting to play with 323 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: women as we speak in some states. 324 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 2: Right, so it is about to be high school championship season, 325 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 2: and you're already seeing a lot of men at the 326 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 2: regional level, and beyond take trophies from women. You're not 327 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 2: seeing it from the college level because these colleges know 328 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 2: that the NCAA policy requires sex space participation in women's sports. 329 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 2: That doesn't mean you can change your birth certificate. That 330 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 2: means it's based on sex. And this is something that 331 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 2: the NCAA has picked up the phone and enforced when 332 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 2: they feel like something has gone on. So we need 333 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 2: but there's no similar structure at the state level. So 334 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 2: each state is governed by its own state Athletic Association, 335 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 2: and the Trump administration has started investigations into several of them, 336 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 2: into California, into Minnesota, Maine. We filed a lawsuit. First ever. 337 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 2: It has never before happened that a school has lost 338 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 2: its money because of a Title nine violation from the 339 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 2: federal government. 340 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: Why never, that's amazing. 341 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 2: Never in the history of Title nine since nineteen seventy two. 342 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 2: Never there've been private lawsuits where people have had to 343 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 2: pay private judgments, but never has the federal government had 344 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 2: to come down on a school and take their federal money. 345 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 2: Why because usually when the Feds come asking, hey, will 346 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 2: you stop discriminating against women, the school is like, sure, 347 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 2: I'd love to stop discriminating against women. It is wild 348 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 2: to me that Maine, this is a very simple ask, 349 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 2: can you just not have men in women's sports? Man 350 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 2: won't do it, And their governor has doubled, tripled down. 351 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 2: And then other states like California, same deal. Colorado is 352 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 2: not only allowing men in women's sports, but they're now 353 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 2: going to disallow you from calling a parent from calling 354 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 2: his or her own child the correct pronouns because that's 355 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 2: child abuse. So I think you are going to see 356 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 2: a divide and we're not going to actually just sit 357 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 2: by and take it. Title nine is a nineteen seventy 358 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 2: two law that says that in education programs, you cannot 359 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 2: discriminate against women. You have to have equal opportunity. You 360 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 2: are not providing women equal opportunity. If you're saying, okay, 361 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 2: yeah you can come here, but you have to use 362 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,719 Speaker 2: the bathroom with men. Yeah you can come to our school, 363 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 2: but there will be no women's sports because you are 364 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 2: unequally harming them privacy wise. You're unequally harming them safety 365 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 2: wise competitive and so these I think are very easy 366 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 2: winnable cases. Will take them all the way up to 367 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,360 Speaker 2: the Supreme Court if they need to be. But we're 368 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 2: going to make some examples out of some states that 369 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 2: continue to double down on gender ideology, even though the 370 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 2: American public eighty twenty is the other way you. 371 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 1: Look at what the fight looks like. I have a 372 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: feeling this is going to be for years because they're 373 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: just not going to stop. And you're saying that the 374 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: White House has a commitment that we're not going to 375 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 1: let them get away and just isolate and do what 376 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: they want to do, and that maybe a liberal university 377 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 1: or a liberal state exactly. 378 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 2: So if they want to not take federal money, so if. 379 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: You, yeah, fine, do your thing. It's like Harvard, please 380 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 1: give us their tax hours back. I'd love for you 381 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: to operate as a radical left university and just admit it, exactly. 382 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 2: And so this is not some sort of federal takeover 383 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 2: of anything. This is the taxpayers have given you a deal. 384 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 2: And the deal is if you take billions of dollars, 385 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 2: then you're not going to discriminate against women. And we're 386 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 2: just here to enforce that deal. But for states that 387 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 2: spend billions of dollars on illegal immigrant health care, like California, 388 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 2: they can afford to fund their se schools. The federal 389 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 2: government actually is a pretty small percentage of school funding. 390 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 2: Most of it, as you know, is your property taxes 391 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 2: that are local. So it is perfectly possible for states 392 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 2: to fund their own education system, and they would like 393 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 2: to do that and discriminate against women on their own time. 394 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 2: Titlenine has nothing to say about that. Their own state 395 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 2: statutes probably have something to say about that, but Title 396 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 2: nine itself does not. And so that's all we're trying 397 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 2: to do is enforce the deal. And I think Democrats 398 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 2: had a really big opportunity after the election, after they 399 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 2: they took a huge loss because they were too progressive, 400 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 2: and you could hear Seth Moulton and some of these 401 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 2: people saying, maybe we should be more moderate, and I said, no, 402 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 2: they're not going to do that. They can't, and sure 403 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 2: enough they can't. They are owned by their left flank 404 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 2: because they just don't have any leaderships. So this is 405 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 2: going to continue to happen, and we're going to continue 406 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 2: to say fine, no federal funding. 407 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: My guess to me is may Melman. She is a 408 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: senior policy strateger just here at the White House. So 409 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,199 Speaker 1: let's talk about the first hundred days and what are 410 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: your top takeaways if you're checking boxes. I think for me, 411 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: number one is the border and I think that has 412 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: just been an amazing success to watch border crossings drop 413 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: by ninety seven, ninety eight, nine nine percent, whatever the 414 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 1: number is now, it keeps changing, So I want to 415 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: you know, it's why I'm giving a little leeway there. 416 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: Some fact checker out there will freak out, no, you 417 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 1: got it wrong by decimal point. It's the reality that 418 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: this is something he promised and paid off on. But 419 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: there's a lot of other wins right now that have 420 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: not been talked about in the media specifically. 421 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 2: So I will just say one of the biggest wins 422 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 2: is our energy agenda, the drill, Baby drill. I think 423 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 2: it's harder to see wins here because some permits take 424 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 2: a long time to actually turn in to a project. 425 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 2: But when you see what's actually happening, So Biden said, 426 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 2: for LNG exports, we're not going to issue any new permits. 427 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 2: We have already issued four new permits. Biden said, We're 428 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 2: not going to do any coal leasing. We've opened up 429 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 2: federal lands for coal leasing, and we've rescinded regulations that 430 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 2: are preventing coal's minds from moving forward, and several have 431 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 2: already either announced or already opened up. I think you're 432 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 2: going to see a lot of news coming very soon 433 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 2: on this crazy thing called the Social cost of Carbon, 434 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 2: which basically said that if you want a new project, 435 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 2: you have to present to the government as a cost 436 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 2: of your project, the carbon that you would use to 437 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,439 Speaker 2: build the project, and then the carbon that would be 438 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 2: created from your project. Meaning no projects could ever move 439 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 2: forward because it would seem like it was just going 440 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 2: to be so costly, so terrible. These are, of course 441 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 2: invented things about what's going to happen in three hundred years. 442 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 2: I don't even know what the weather's going to be tomorrow, 443 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 2: and so I think that you're going to see a 444 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 2: lot of positive movement there. The Endangered Species Act, I'll 445 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 2: do one more. For years, you can't build anything because 446 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 2: if you hurt the butterfly's habitat, you can't have a project. 447 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 2: And so Biden spent all this money on the Inflation 448 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 2: Reduction Act, and we're going to build this and this 449 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 2: and this billions of dollars nothing was build. Why, well, 450 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 2: you have to do all of these neaper rules, and 451 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 2: you have to do the Environment Metal Species Act, and 452 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 2: what about the caterpillar? So we proposed a rule that said, 453 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 2: it's not about whether you're harming the habitat in some 454 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 2: emotional sense. You actually have to physically harm the animals 455 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 2: in order to trigger this law. So we're making a 456 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 2: lot of these regulatory changes that are going to expand building, 457 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 2: expand energy. We've already hosted all the major energy companies here. 458 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 2: They're very excited building pipeline in Alaska, finishing pipeline on 459 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 2: the East Coast, talking to governors there who are from 460 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,679 Speaker 2: not friendly states, but who understand the national security needs. 461 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 2: So energy, I think is something that's under talked about 462 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 2: but has huge wins and actually will have huge implications. 463 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 1: It's amazing how it's not talked about. When the price 464 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: of gas comes down, it's like, okay, it's better, But 465 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: when it's up, everybody wants to know who to blame. Well, 466 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 1: it's come down, and then the media is like, great, 467 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: we don't have to talk about it anymore. 468 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 2: Right. Even the cost of eggs is I think down 469 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 2: three dollars from the time. 470 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: Man, it was a big deal though at the beginning. 471 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: Remember go back one hundred days ago. Everything's Trump's fault. Now, 472 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:08,199 Speaker 1: no one's talking about the cost of. 473 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,919 Speaker 2: Eggs, right, and there are no shortages. And what Biden 474 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 2: did is he implemented a kill all the chickens strategy. 475 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 2: And so, of course, when Biden kills all the chickens, 476 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 2: there are no chickens left to lay eggs. Not asking 477 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 2: whether you could do pasteurization, other types of things you 478 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 2: could protect the you know, protect the flocks. Whatever kills 479 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 2: all the birds, and so then tries to blame President Trump. 480 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 2: But of course these are things that we are working 481 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 2: through in order to lower costs, our deregulation costs. We 482 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 2: have twelve rules that have either been already rescinded or 483 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 2: being proposed to rescind that have a savings of fifty 484 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 2: billion dollars. So that's just easy deregulatory wins already in 485 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 2: the first one hundred days. So these types of things, 486 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 2: you know, maybe a deregulatory effort that says you no 487 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 2: longer have to purchase an EV won't affect you immediately, 488 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 2: but it will affect you the next time you buy 489 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 2: a car and that car doesn't have an inflated price 490 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 2: of another ten to fifteen one thousand dollars, I think 491 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 2: people can remember how expensive things got, or the California 492 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 2: Evy mandate, where California basically gets to make the car 493 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 2: rules for half the country and we're saying no, California 494 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 2: doesn't get to do that anymore. So these are the 495 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 2: types of things that Americans are going to feel when 496 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 2: they may have those big purchases. You know, standards for showerheads, 497 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 2: washing machines, gas stoves, these types of things, expanding options, furnaces, 498 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 2: water furnaces, these types of things that are deregulatory, giving 499 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 2: options for consumers and lowering prices. 500 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 1: Final question for you, looking for the next hundred days, 501 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: what do you think the biggest win is going to 502 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: be for the American people? Is that going to be 503 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: victories with trade. 504 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 2: I think we can look forward to victories with trade. 505 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 2: I think deregulation is going to really kick in. We 506 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:53,360 Speaker 2: have a ten to one deregulation mandate. It's not a goal, 507 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 2: it's a mandate in order for to see this. But 508 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 2: then I think also we're going to see some action 509 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 2: from Congress. So Congress is going to push forward its 510 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 2: Reconciliation bill, which is going to have a solidify a 511 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,959 Speaker 2: lot of our priorities, but some things that we couldn't 512 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 2: do administratively, things about you know, benefits that go to 513 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 2: illegal aliens that shouldn't these types of things fixes that 514 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 2: we absolutely need. You're going to see that come through Congress. 515 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 2: So a lot of our focus right now is shifting 516 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 2: away from some of these must have administrative wins to 517 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 2: how can we lock those wins in with Congress. It's 518 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 2: a little bit difficult working with you know that many people, 519 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 2: but that's at least where my attention is going right now. 520 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,879 Speaker 1: It's awesome. I appreciate your time. May Melman, Senior Policy Strate, 521 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 1: just here at the White House. Firste hundred days of 522 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: successes are big for the American people. You guys are 523 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,159 Speaker 1: working hard, and there's a lot more to come in 524 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: and we'll obviously be chatting with you again real soon. 525 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 2: All right, Thanks for having me 526 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: Don't forget share this podcast with your family and friends, 527 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: share it on social media please, and I'll see you 528 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: back here tomorrow.