1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Live from our nation's camera. This budget thing is going 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: to do nothing. Space Force. I still think it's interesting 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 1: President Trump not playing his cards yet. Headlines Policy and 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: politics colliding Floomberg Sound On, the Insiders, the influencers, the insides. 5 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,319 Speaker 1: I would rather see a congressional solution. It's part of 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: my DNA. The Senate map in looks a lot different 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 1: than it looked in. You really have a divide within 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: Team Trump. The present has to do exactly what people 9 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: sent him here to do, which is to get it done. 10 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: This is Bloomberg Sound On with Kevin Shirley on Bloomberg 11 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: and one oh five point seven f m h D 12 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: two twenty twenty campaign updates. Senator Elizabeth Warren's fundraising numbers 13 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: have dipped, not because of Saturday Night Live, folks, but 14 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: because she's been battling South Ben Mayor Pete budag Edge 15 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: will have a complete campaign update as we enter into 16 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: the last days of the decade and head into a 17 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: twenty election year. Meanwhile, to Senators, did you see this? 18 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: To us editors have been banned by the Philippines from 19 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: entering into the country. Why, we will give you that 20 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: answer as well. And President Trump boasting about the stock market. 21 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: Is the economy really doing as well as he tweets? 22 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 1: Will dive into the specifics on that front with two 23 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: political insiders. Jonathan cott is her first time on with me, 24 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: second time on the program. He's a former senior advisor 25 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: to Senator Joe Manchin, who, by the way, you know, 26 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask his mansion gonna be with Trump or 27 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: against Trump on impeachment? And now he's the president of 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: a Majority Makers, which is a firm here in Washington, 29 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,919 Speaker 1: d C. Brian Darling his returns. He's the former senior 30 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: communications director to Kentucky Senator Rampaul, the founder of Liberty 31 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: Government Affairs. It's Friday, folks, short and week, but what 32 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: a week it was with the holiday and you know, 33 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: crazy travel out there. I'm still struck by that sixty 34 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: car pile up the other day on the highway around here. 35 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: Sixty cars in Virginia were impacted by that. So drive 36 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: safe if you're heading anywhere this weekend or if you're 37 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: coming back, stay safe out there on those roach. Jonathan 38 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: Cotts here, former senior adviser to Senator Joe Manson, a 39 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: Democrat from West Virginia, now he's the president of Majority Makers. Jonathan, 40 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: thanks for coming to tell us about Majority Makers. It's 41 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: an organization that helps moderate Democrats who are a dying breed, 42 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 1: but a breed that is necessary, I think, to get 43 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: things done in Washington, d C. These days. So we're 44 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: out there just helping moderate members communicate better nationally and 45 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: back home in their district. The Connor Lambs of the world. 46 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: Connor Lambs, Joe Mansion. Yeah, very interesting, interesting stuff. Brian 47 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: Darling's here, former senior communications director to Kentucky Senator Ram Paul, 48 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: founder of Liberty Government Affairs, a massive New England Patriots fan. 49 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: But I've said this the other day and I'm gonna 50 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: say it again. I am going to be rooting so 51 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: hard for the Washington Redskins this weekend against the Dallas 52 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: Cowboys because that means that we're gonna beat the giants. 53 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: That will be the giants. But I'm listen, Washington, you're 54 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: slowly turning me into a go Redskins guy. Yeah, the 55 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: last game of the year. You want to see him 56 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: actually do something, so you guys cheat. So I mean, 57 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: it is going to be interesting. If you you're not there, 58 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: you can't If you cheat. You're not a winner, you're 59 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: a cheating. Oh my gosh. All right, So because of that, 60 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: let's talk. Did you guys see this Ryan teg beck 61 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: with my colleague here at Bloomberg. Ryan teag Beck with 62 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: has this great article up on the terminal, diving into 63 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: the fundraising numbers of all of the candidates, and only 64 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: a little more than a week, he reports. After Elizabeth 65 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: Warren boasted about her grassroots fundraising at a Democratic debate, 66 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: her campaign admitted it is falling short, and an email 67 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: to supporters, the Warren campaign said it has raised less 68 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: money than in the vous quarter up so far this quarter, 69 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: we've raised a little over seventeen million dollars. That's a 70 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,119 Speaker 1: good chunk behind where we were at this time last quarter. 71 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: In the email says and this they cite CNBC. If 72 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: that holds, it would be a thirty percent drop from 73 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: her third quarter total of roughly Is it because of 74 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: Buddha jedge or why is this? Jonathan Cott, I think 75 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: it's probably the fact that the holidays came up and 76 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: people are spending their money elsewhere. I also think this 77 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: is probably going to be a nice ploy for her 78 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 1: to get a huge fundraising day or two in before 79 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: the end of the year, so I would not be 80 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: I would not be surprised if she meets her goals 81 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: from last quarter and if she sees a spike in 82 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: the next couple of days. See, this is why I 83 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: love this is because you two know you you've actually 84 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: probably clicked send on many of those I'm going to 85 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: say it annoying fundraising emails and now text messages that 86 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: everybody gets asking for money from all the campaigns. So 87 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: when you say you're broke with seventeen million dollars, what 88 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 1: you're really saying it's you're really using that. What you're 89 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: telling me is an opportunity to make more money. Is 90 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: Warren doing as bad as maybe that email suggests, Well, 91 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: she's not doing great. I mean she's definitely had her 92 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: peak and fall and starting to fall back. But uh, 93 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: the fundraising is true. A lot of it is a 94 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: ploy where you say, oh, you know, I need money 95 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: and need money were coming to the end of the year, 96 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: I need that money just before the end of the 97 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: year helped me out. Then all of a sudden you 98 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: have a ton of money to report the January one. 99 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: So the next debates on January fourteenth, and Iowa, and 100 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: Biden is going to be in Iowa. Joe Biden, former 101 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: Vice President Joe Biden, gonna be campaigning in Iowa today 102 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: as well as tomorrow. Sanders is up in New Hampshire, 103 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: and then Hill return to Iowa next week. I'm really 104 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 1: struck by this buzz that Bernie Sanders got Jonathan Cott. 105 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 1: All throughout the week, Politico's lead story was you know, 106 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: Democratic establishment now, suggesting that they would have to get 107 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: on board with Bernie. He his poll numbers and I 108 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: sound like a broken record. His poll numbers have just 109 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: been so consistent. No one can make a dent into 110 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: Sanders burn Bernie had a serious base. He has a 111 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: base that's not going to leave him. It's similar to Trump. 112 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: It's a lot less than Trump, but he has a 113 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: floor and a ceiling. I think I think Bernie's never 114 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: gonna fall below like twelve to fourteen percent. But I 115 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: also don't think he's going to rise above much above 116 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: eighteen percent, which I think is gonna eventually hurt him. 117 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: I do think Warren will start taking away UH support 118 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: from him, because if if you're a Bernie supporter, you 119 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: probably agree with Liz Warren a lot and she's got 120 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: a plan for just about everything that Bernie doesn't seem 121 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: to have a plan for, which he's inauthentic. I mean, 122 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: he's the real deal. He's a socialist at his honeymoon 123 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: in the Soviet Union back in the day. He's somebody 124 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: who ran in the last cycle and did reasonably well. 125 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: I mean, he's the only candidate that's been bouncing around 126 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: who actually ran the last cycle, has all that support 127 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: that can transition over to this cycle. Uh. And I'm 128 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: I'm the charter member of Republicans for Bernie Sanders. I 129 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: really want to see him win the nomination. I think 130 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: there are a lot of Republicans who would like to 131 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: see Bernie in the nomination. I think that I think 132 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 1: what you're seeing democrats just saying they're getting on board 133 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: with the ideas that you know, Democrats at their core 134 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: want to be Trump. I think that is something that 135 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: all the all the supporters have in common. And if 136 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: it if Bernie is the nominee, I think you'll see 137 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: people called lessing around him. I just do not think 138 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: it's going to be him at the end of the day, 139 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: for some of the reasons you just brought up. So 140 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: let's go back to the in the Michigan Uh was 141 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: a Michigan, Michigan primary where Bernie beat Hillary? Right? Am? 142 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: I making that? I'm not making it, And I was 143 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: struck by what do you think Jonathan Cott, as someone 144 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: who's an insider with with more moderate centrist Democrats, the 145 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: Connor Lambs of the world and Joe Mansions of the world. 146 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: Do you think that was that was more because of 147 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton's candidacy or do you think Michigan and that's 148 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: a key battleground state that do you think that's an 149 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: illustration that progressive democratic socialism can win in a state 150 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: like Michigan. No. I think that was a product of 151 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: a primary voter going out and it being a small 152 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: sampling of the actual electorate. I think primary voters in 153 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: a state like that would we're probably, you know, four 154 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: percent of what the electorate was in the general election. 155 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: So I I don't put a lot of stock in 156 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: Bernie winning primaries when almost every single person had accepted 157 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: that Hillary was going to be the nominee at that point. 158 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: I know in West Virginia, Bernie killed Hillary in our 159 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: primary and half the half of his voters in exit 160 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: poll said they were going to vote for Trump in 161 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: the general elections. So that that that that didn't tell 162 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,839 Speaker 1: me that West Virginia is very similar to parts of 163 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,719 Speaker 1: Pennsylvania in the sense that there are many voters who, truthfully, 164 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: if if they had their choice, would vote in the 165 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: primary between Trump and Bernie Sanders. And that's that's not's 166 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: a that's a real you know, thinking in our politics. 167 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: In a sense, Bernie Sanders has already won. I mean, 168 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: his policies are dominated the discussion Medicare for all, free 169 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: college tuition. Says I mean, I'm interrupting you, but I mean, 170 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: Nina Turner says that, I mean, that's her. That's the 171 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: That's the Sanders campaign argument against Elizabeth Warren, which is, hey, 172 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: he was there before all of them. He's like the 173 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: Coca Cola of socialist Yeah, no, that's right, and and 174 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: those are his ideas. They have adopted his ideas and 175 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: and and the big knock against the Democrats is that 176 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: lurch the left, the fact that they've they've all gone 177 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: to Bernie Sanders policies. Well, some of them dialed it back, 178 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 1: some of them backed away from Medicare for all, and 179 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: it's hurting some of the candidates. He's still a Bernie 180 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: there and he's still standing. I gotta tell you just 181 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: earlier today, I finally watched it. My mom told me 182 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: to watch it on Christmas. Uh. The SNL the latest 183 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: skit of the Democrats having presidential degree, and they brought 184 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: back Maya Rudolph to do Kamala Harris, which is the best. 185 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,719 Speaker 1: I'm like, please just keep Kamala come back into the 186 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: race because that is my favorite impression. If you haven't 187 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: seen it, you gotta go on YouTube and watch that. 188 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: Coming up, we're gonna talk policy with the panel, Jonathan 189 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: Cott Stays, Brian Darling Stays. Download the Bloomberg Sound On 190 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: podcast on Apple iTunes, Bloomberg dot Com, or by downloading 191 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: the Bloomberg Business app. You can also find us on 192 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: Radio dot Com, I Heart Radio, and Spotify. I'm Kevin Cirelli, 193 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 1: Chief Washington correspondent for Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg Radio. You're 194 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: listening to Bloomberg. You're listening to Bloomberg Sound On with 195 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: Kevin Surrele on Bloomberg and one oh five point seven 196 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 1: FM h D two. I'm Kevin Sirelli, Chief Washington correspondent 197 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: for Bloomberg Television, in Bloomberg Radio. Jonathan Cotts here. He's 198 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,199 Speaker 1: a former senior adviser to Senator Joe Manson, Democrat from 199 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: West Virginia. What's what's Senator? What's he up to for 200 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: the holidays? He is back home with his family. He 201 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: has a very large extended family of kids, grandkids, nieces 202 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: and nephews. And he loves getting home for the holidays. 203 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: And he lives on a boat here in d C. 204 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: He does live on a boat here in d C. 205 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: He want to live on a boat like below deck, 206 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: but like meets the wharf, you know what I mean. 207 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: It gets very cold in the winter and can be 208 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: very hot in the summer. But he does. He is 209 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: not part of d C, and that was the best 210 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: way he could not be part of d C. All right. 211 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: I feel like I would do good on a boat, 212 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:18,839 Speaker 1: Brian Darling, Do you think I would when I make 213 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: it the deck boat would do great? That's really my calling. 214 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: I mean that I feel like I would thrive and 215 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: that that environment. It's been. I'm not gonna lie, folks, 216 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: it's been a relatively I don't want to jinx anything, 217 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: a slow newsday, and we call it in the biz, 218 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: and it's very weird. I was at the White House 219 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: and President Trump's down at Marrow Lago. It's it's eerie 220 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: being in a slow newsday, especially when the town is 221 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: just so used to the dizzy ng barrage of tweets 222 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: and headlines and impeachment and trade deals. I mean, it's 223 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: it's eerily calm, calm before the storm, but no one 224 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,319 Speaker 1: knows when the storm is gonna gonna start with that 225 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: I can start tomorrow. You never know, you know, well, 226 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: he is tweeting earlier today about the stock market. The NASDAC, 227 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: according to Reuter's, crossed the nine thousand point mark for 228 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: the first time on Thursday, as all three major Wall 229 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:14,719 Speaker 1: Street indexes posted record closing highs, boosted by optimism over 230 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: that US China trade deal. Meanwhile, the Bloomberg headline on 231 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: the Bloomberg Terminal year in Stocks ending just like it 232 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: began in straight up bliss. Rita Nazareth and Sarah pon 233 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: check reporting for stock traders. The middle months of nineteen 234 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 1: got crazy enough that one veteran called them weirder than 235 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: the financial crisis. The beginning and the end, on the 236 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: other hand, have featured tranquility with few precedents in the 237 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: financial markets. The SMP five hundred start of the year, 238 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 1: rising in nine of the first ten weeks. Now it's 239 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: closing out with gains in eleven out of the past twelve. Wow, 240 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: it seems like all of this optimism is rooted in trade. 241 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: The President, for his part, a series of tweets all 242 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: morning saying just how well the markets doing. I mean, 243 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: I won't the tweets verbatim, but essentially, you know he's 244 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: he's really hanging it in on on on the stock market. 245 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 1: Is that smart Bran? Yeah, I mean the stock market soaring, 246 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: meaning you know, a lot of these big corporations are 247 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: doing great. Unemployments down, We have unemployment at record lows 248 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: across every demographic. The tax cuts worked, the fact that 249 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: you have the economy growing, and this regulatory reforms working. 250 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: These are things he's gonna he's gonna stake his claim 251 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: on and he's gonna campaign on this. This is why 252 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: I need to be re elected. Because you have a job, 253 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: you're doing better, you have some money in your pocket, 254 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: and you don't want to screw that up by electing 255 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: a socialist. I think, I mean, he's shown he's definitely 256 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 1: gonna run on that. He has said at rallies, you 257 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: have to vote for me because of your four or 258 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: one k. I would agree that the stock market is 259 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: doing well, that that is helpful for a lot of 260 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: us with four or one case and who are invested 261 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: in it. It's not it's not completely helpful for those 262 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: of us who don't, who don't have money in the 263 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 1: st market. And you see that when you get outside 264 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: of the belt Way, that people are still struggling. Yes, 265 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 1: the stock market is through the roof. That doesn't mean 266 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: a lot when you're you know, in downtown Pittsburgh or 267 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,679 Speaker 1: you know. But but I have to push back a 268 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: little bit. I mean, these numbers are hard to push 269 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: back on. I mean the job creation, the low unemployment numbers, 270 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: consumer confidence are all really good numbers. And I see 271 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: a lot of Democrats saying, oh, you know, you gotta 272 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: look really deep to find the bad news, and there's 273 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: a lot of bad news there. But there really isn't. 274 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: It is good news there. There are a lot of 275 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: good news stories out of the economy. I do also, 276 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: I think that we should look back and see how 277 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: how this trend started under President Obama. I think one 278 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: of Obama's problems was he didn't get on Twitter and 279 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: scream every day about how great his economy. That's the 280 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: whole argument, and that right there is the election is tweets. 281 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: I mean to boil it down. I mean, it's it's 282 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: more than that, don't pull off the road if you're driving. 283 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: And but what I mean is, I mean Democrats are 284 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: making this a temperament issue, and they would and Democrats 285 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: would also argue a constitutional one as it relates to impeachment. 286 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: Republicans they would say it's it's a it's an economic argument. 287 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: I mean that right there's the battle line. I'm not sure. 288 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I think we're in for a level of 289 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: what nine more months of this particular thing. I will say, 290 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: I mean there was that one. I'm blanking on the month, 291 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: and I apologize. There was a couple of months ago 292 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: that where everyone was talking about whether or not the 293 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: economic volatility in Europe, which candidly has little to do 294 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: with here, whether or not that was going to spread, 295 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: and and that that the slow downs would lead to 296 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: some type of financial recession here, and that we're ending 297 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: the year very optimistically. So yeah, with the U S. 298 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: M C a deal being passed in Congress. With Trump 299 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: announcing his China deal and selling it. I mean he's 300 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: selling this, He's marketing this to the American people. And 301 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: I think that's one thing that Trump has over President 302 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: Obama and a lot of the presidence of the past, 303 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: is he is not afraid to spike the football when 304 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 1: he has some good news, and he'll spike it over 305 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: and over and over again, which is smart politics. Yeah, 306 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: what's Rampaul did for the holidays? He usually goes down 307 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: to visit his dad in Texas, so the whole ron Paul. Yeah, 308 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: they go down and hang out at the big family 309 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: farm they have down in Texas. It's cool. Yeah, that's 310 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: very cool. Is the next door to the bushes? Or 311 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: is it like the Texas is a big state state. 312 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: Everything's bigger down there. That's what they always say. He 313 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: loads everybody in the car. I don't know if he 314 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: did it this year because dad is a long drive, 315 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: but he usually drives down and hangs out and it's 316 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: extended family. It's a lot of fun. Is Senator Paul 317 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: still tight with Tulsea Gabbert? You know when I worked 318 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: in the Senate, he had a couple of meetings with Tulsey. 319 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: He's I think they see eye to eye and and policy. Right. Yeah, 320 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: it's going to be interesting to see. You know, I'm 321 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: not saying that she's not going to win the nomination, 322 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: but she's pulling very low. She hasn't made the debates, 323 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: but I'll say she's not gonna I don't to predict. 324 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: I don't, you know, I don't I don't know, you know, 325 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: I'm you know. But anyway, when when all this is over, 326 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see how everyone assembles back. Member 327 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz grew a beard, remember that, So you never know, 328 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: all these folks are gonna like go back into Congress, 329 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: go back into the Senate. Coming up, we are going 330 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: to talk impeachment. I'm Kevin SERELLI download the Bloomberg Sound 331 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: On podcast on Apple iTunes and Bloomberg dot Com, or 332 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 1: by downloading the Bloomberg Business app. You can also find 333 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: us on Radio dot com, I Heart Radio, and Spotify. 334 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: Jonathan Cott stays, Brian Darling stays, you're listening to Bloomberg. 335 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: This is Bloomberg Sound On with Kevin Surley on Bloomberg 336 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: and one or five point seven h D two fucking 337 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,920 Speaker 1: back I'm Kevin Serelli, chief Washington correspondent from Bloomberg Television 338 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:02,959 Speaker 1: and Bloomberg Radio. Brian Darling's here, he's the former advisor 339 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: to Kentucky Senator Ram Paul, founder of Liberty Government Affairs. 340 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: And Jonathan Cotts here. Jonathan, you are a former advisor 341 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: to Senator Joe Manson. You just left like within the 342 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 1: last year, and you are the president of Majority Makers, 343 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: a firm which looks to get centrist Democrats elected. Uh, 344 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 1: what was it gonna? Oh? What what is Joe Manson 345 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 1: going to do on impeachment? I he hasn't told me 346 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: what he's gonna do on impeachment yet. I think, unlike 347 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: most of us who were paying attention to everything that 348 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: happened in the House minute by minute, most senators did 349 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: not pay a lot of attention to that. They were 350 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 1: focused on packing the end of the year spending bill 351 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 1: with all of their top priorities. And he was able 352 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,919 Speaker 1: to get his miner's bill in there, and he was 353 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: very happy about that. I think he's probably spending this 354 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: break reading up on I'm sure he's talking to his 355 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 1: very good friend Lisa Murkowski about what she's thinking. I'm 356 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 1: sure he'll talk to some other senators, but I think 357 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, they're all going to 358 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,719 Speaker 1: wait to see how this trial even plays out. I mean, 359 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 1: look at you look at West Virginia, a state that 360 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: Trump carried by like what thirty percentage points forty two 361 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: percentage points. If you're a Democratic senator and he's a centrist, 362 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: I don't see I But when is he up for 363 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: re election? Not for another five years, so I mean 364 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: people might remember he's got time and like Doug Jones, 365 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: Unlike Doug Jones, what's Doug gonna do? Doug and I 366 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: definitely vote against impeachment and then leave the party. He's 367 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 1: still going to lose his reelection no matter what do 368 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,640 Speaker 1: you do. Jeff Sessions, though, I think Jeff Sessions will 369 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: walk right back into his old seat that seats a 370 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: very Republican seat. Doug Jones only one Okay, he ran 371 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 1: against Weekend. Okay, let's go hypothetical, something I never do, 372 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: but let's do it. It's Friday, and Doug Jones, Centrist Democrat, 373 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: narrowly beat he who must not be named by more 374 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 1: um and I shouldn't have said that. But let's say 375 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 1: he switches parties. Trump's got that beef with Sessions, right, 376 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I could stranger things have happened in the 377 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: Trump era, But Sessions has so much support in the state. 378 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: I mean he already the first poll that came out 379 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: after he jumped in had him just destroying all of 380 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 1: the opposition. I guess, you know, you need to get 381 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: fifty to avoid a runoff. He may not get fifty. 382 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,199 Speaker 1: It will be him versus Tubberville, maybe Tommy Tubberville, the 383 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: former Auburn coach. But he's gonna win. I mean, I 384 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: don't see any way that he doesn't win the seedback. 385 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 1: I am curious to see how Donald Trump handles that, 386 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: because in a state where Trump is that popular, I 387 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: think he's going to have to weigh in. And I 388 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: don't think him and Jeff Sessions ended up. They don't 389 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 1: get along at all. And think about the you know, 390 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: my former boss didn't get along with Donald Trump when 391 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 1: he was running again. Lindsay Graham. Lindsay Graham trash Trump 392 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: when he was running for president. Now, Bud Touche, Brian Darling, uh, 393 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: Linda Graham never, according to Donald Trump, allowed a impeachment investigation, 394 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: and Robert Muller to start, I think Sessions and Graham 395 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: might have a little different relationship with Trump. I'll also 396 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: say this, if Tommy Tumberville is the nominee, there a 397 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: lot of Alabama fans don't like Auburn. Wow. You know, 398 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: I always thought Pennsylvania politics was the best. Alabama politics 399 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: is just gonna be insane. And Louise I mean, yeah, okay, 400 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: take us behind the scenes though, seriously, of the centris 401 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: of the centrist Democrats, people like Dog I mean, we 402 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: talked about him, but Joe Manson, Susan Collins, Lisummer, calcu 403 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: Less on the Republican side as well. In terms of 404 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: but let's stay with Democrats, I'm getting all over the 405 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: map on Friday, focus keV in terms of Democrats for 406 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 1: someone like a Joe Mansion, what goes into the calculation? 407 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: I know the Constitution, I know national security, but what 408 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 1: take us behind the scenes? How does that process actually 409 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: work on a very intense vote like that. And let's 410 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: say Kevin, I mean on the kavan All vote. He 411 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: he did not tell me how he was going to 412 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:09,439 Speaker 1: vote until we walked through the floor the day of 413 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: the vote, So I had about fifteen minute notice about 414 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: how he was going to vote. He looks at all 415 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: the information, he went into the skiff and read the 416 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: FBI report. I have a feeling he's going to do 417 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: the same with impeachment. What does he consult with? Usually 418 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: he goes back to West Virginian and talks to every 419 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: single person he can. He will stop at a tutor's 420 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 1: biscuit and talk to somebody. He will, you know, he helps. 421 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: He holds town halls on these issues, even though his 422 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 1: staff begs him not to. He wants to hear from this. 423 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: I don't think it's uncommon in the Senate for staffers 424 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: to watch their boss walk down to the floor and say, hmm, 425 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,919 Speaker 1: I wonder how the boss is going to vote. I 426 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:53,120 Speaker 1: love that. Yeah, definitely, Because you know RAN's a very 427 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,679 Speaker 1: independent guy. You could give him vote recommendations, you know, 428 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: the half the staff could recommend to know when he 429 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: goes down and votes yes, and we're not surprised because 430 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 1: he's just so the way he is. You know, when 431 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,399 Speaker 1: you ask who does he consult with himself? You know 432 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: he he sits down, makes his own mind up. No 433 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: matter what you tell him. He'll listen to you, but 434 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: he'll make his own mind up and do what he 435 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: wants to do. Oh yeah. There were plenty of times 436 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: we walked to the floor and he did not tell 437 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: me how he was going to vote, and I I 438 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 1: had to watch on the floor or or on c SPAN, 439 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: and there were times I couldn't tell reporters how he 440 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 1: was going to vote because I honestly didn't know. I 441 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: think mansion, I think really who I'm interested to see 442 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: Susan Collins. I mean, she's she voted for Kavanaugh. She's 443 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: been incredibly tight lipped about this. But the the marker 444 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: that was laid by Senator Lisa Murkowski earlier this week 445 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: week in Alaska to say that they want tweaks on 446 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,360 Speaker 1: the rules is a very different marker than saying that 447 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 1: he should be convicted. And that's that's a very important 448 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 1: here's a big pushback for me. Republicans are tied to 449 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: Donald Trump. Susan Collins is going to lose. If Trump loses, 450 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,360 Speaker 1: she's gonna have a much better chance of winning. If 451 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: he wins, he's probably gonna win it. You know, means 452 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 1: a funny state that has a divided electorate there where 453 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: you can actually split electoral votes, and she has to 454 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 1: she has to toe the Trump line. I don't think 455 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: you can see any Republican defect on any vote in 456 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: the Senate because they know that. I think she's doing 457 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 1: a lot like what we're gonna see m at Romney 458 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: probably do to a lot of tough talk. Oh, we 459 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 1: need to be stopped doing this. Stop at the rhetoric trial. 460 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: And that's how you inoculate yourself politically. You say you 461 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: talk tough, and then you vote with Trump. I will say, 462 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: during my time in the Senate, I was always troubled 463 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: by the amount of Senators who were troubled by Donald 464 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: Trump but did nothing to change it. And in this time, 465 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: like three or four senators can go to Mitch McConnell 466 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: and tell him they want something and get it done 467 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 1: because of the way the rules of the Senate work. 468 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: I will say, I don't think I agree. I don't 469 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 1: think they're going to be any Republicans who break. But 470 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: Lisa Murkowski is somebody who got elected after losing a primary, 471 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: voted a name right, voted against healthcare, voted against Kavanaugh. 472 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 1: Lisa Mikowski wrote a joint op ed with Joe Mansion 473 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 1: in West Virginia three weeks before our election which I'm 474 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: sure made a lot of Republicans angry. She does not 475 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: seem to care what anybody thinks Alaska. Look, she also 476 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 1: was able to get something done that her father and 477 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: Ted Stevens never got done. She got and more drilling done. Right, 478 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: So I don't think she's good. I don't think Lisa 479 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 1: Murkowski is worried about what anybody wants her to do. 480 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: She'll do whatever she wants, but I don't think she, 481 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: in the end of the day, is going to vote. 482 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: What's with this debate, Brian of whether or not there 483 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: has the Senate has to wait for Speaker Pelosi to 484 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: even hand over the articles of impeachment or whether or 485 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:49,879 Speaker 1: not they can just do it. Yeah, I mean, is 486 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,919 Speaker 1: that's a debate that only eggheads in Washington can have 487 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: and care about has he been impeached or not? It's 488 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: gonna become an academic discussion when she delivers, and it's 489 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: one of those is that no one's gonna ever want 490 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: to have. Twenty years from now, You're gonna be like, like, 491 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: what we're having that debate now? Which is crazy watched 492 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 1: three every four years, a contested convention, and whoever wins 493 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: the most Primaries is going to get the nomination. There's 494 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 1: never gonna be like, sorry, watched me be wrong? And 495 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: did you play this tape? No, you get momentum out 496 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: of Iowa, momentum out of New Hampshild, momentum out of 497 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: South Carolina, the moment amount of Super Tuesday, and no 498 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,360 Speaker 1: American likes to feel that the primary process, even though 499 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: there's a bunch of rules, likes to feel that it 500 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 1: was stolen from them on either party, right that that 501 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: that is correct? And I think you're right. We all 502 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: sit around and we're again, and I think I tell 503 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: every new staffer that comes to the Hill, I know 504 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: you watched West Wind and you think this is gonna 505 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: be your life, and you might tell you and you 506 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: might tell your friends that it's as it's exciting as 507 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: House of Cards, but in reality, it's v end at 508 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: the end of the day, like that's that's what our 509 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: lives are. That's all it is. You gotta keep the 510 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: laughs alive, all right? Coming up? What's on the panel's radar. 511 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 1: Download the Bloomberg Sound on podcast on Apple line, tears, 512 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: apt Bloomberg dot com, or by downloading the Bloomberg Business app. 513 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: I like that line, Cott, I wanted in the intro 514 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: if we'd redo the intro in the New Year, that 515 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: should go in the intro of It's It's Beep. You 516 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 1: can also find us on radio dot Com, I Heart Radio, 517 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 1: and Spotify. John at the Cott stays, Brian Darling stays, 518 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: we're living our lives and veep on a Friday, last 519 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: Friday of the New Year. I'm Kevin Cirelli. You're listening 520 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 1: to Bloomberg. This is Bloomberg's Sound On with Kevin Surrele 521 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 1: on Bloomberg and one oh five point seven f m 522 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: h D two. I'm Kevin Cirelli, chief Washington correspondent for 523 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Television. In Bloomberg Radio, Brian Darling's here, what was 524 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: the best holiday gift you got from Christmas? From Lame, 525 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: I get sweaters that I really like Lame Embrace it 526 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 1: that keeping me very warm. Ally were sweaters and Van shoes. 527 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: That's all I wear. So that's all I want. That's amazing. 528 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: You know, my dad like always wears those dad's shoes 529 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: And I said, Dad, you're like really stylish right now 530 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 1: because they're coming back in style. Jonathan Cott, happy, honakah, 531 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: thank you. What's your What was your favorite Hanaker president 532 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 1: pocket watch? Very nice time. Yeah. I feel like I 533 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 1: was born style wise in the wrong the wrong era. 534 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: I don't have any of those smart watches because I, 535 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: first of all, I don't understand them, and second of all, 536 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,719 Speaker 1: I feel like they would just have a phone. I 537 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: still have never understood what the point is of those 538 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 1: electric thing the electric watches. I just don't get it. 539 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: And it's like one more thing to charge my suitcase. 540 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: We were talking about this in the break. I got 541 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: a suitcase, which I love, for for Christmas. It was 542 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: my big gift. I'm gonna be hitting the road or 543 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: going to Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and I needed 544 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: a new carry on suitcase and it came with a charger, 545 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: but I don't know what I'm supposed to put the 546 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: USB cord in. Now, nowadays suitcases have chargers. Well for 547 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: everybody who needs their iPhone seven you have to have 548 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: it charged up at all times. So I have to 549 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: charge my suitcase. I'm one enough to remember when they 550 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 1: first put wheels on the suitcase and I thought that 551 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: was the coolest thing ever, wheeling right in. And now 552 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 1: we have charged charge charge suitcase what's talking your rate, 553 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 1: Brian Darling. Well, probably something that's not in anybody else's radar, 554 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: but the fact that our federal government is decide of 555 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: control with spending. We just passed a horrible spending bill 556 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: to both Republicans Democrats held their hands on that was 557 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: supported by the Trump administration. And I've talked to my 558 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 1: former boss Rand Paul about this, and you know, trying 559 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: to figure out ways to control spending and you kind 560 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: of at some point throw up your hands because neither 561 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: party cares about it. Nobody cares about two years too early. 562 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: You've got to wait so the next Republican presidential primary, 563 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 1: and that is when everyone will start carrying again about 564 00:29:56,040 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 1: and then they won't do anything. But it's why she toon. 565 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 1: I mean, but to your point, is there a part 566 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 1: of the Republican Party right now that can buck President 567 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: Trump on the issue of government spending and get traction? Yeah, 568 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: I mean the Rand Paul's of the world, the Mike 569 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: Lees in the House. You've got Chip Roys and great 570 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: new member from Texas, Thomas Massey from Kentucky. They seem 571 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 1: to be the only guys that really care. What's Mike 572 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: leaving up to well, he's getting he's he's actually gonna 573 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 1: be very prominent in impeachment because he's yeah, he's obviously 574 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 1: he's going to be a counterweight and he's going to 575 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: be a big defender of President Trump. How I mean, 576 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: how does that because because of his judicial background? But 577 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: why why are we going to be hearing more from 578 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: him specifically? Well, he's taking a leadership role in this fight, 579 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 1: and I think he's going to you know, as somebody 580 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 1: was a dad was a Solicitor General of the United States. 581 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 1: He you know, you need somebody who you could see 582 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: in the Supreme Court leading this fight. And he's one 583 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: of those types of guys. Interesting, all right, So what's 584 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: on your radars? Government? Is government? Yes, coming to waste. 585 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: I Mean the sad thing is I look to this 586 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: next year and I feel like Congress isn't going to 587 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: do much. I mean, I I wonder if what's going 588 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: to happen on cannabis policy and cryptocurrency, But I don't 589 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,479 Speaker 1: think anything's really significant is going to happen. Somethings have 590 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: to happen. I mean, we're gonna have a Vice Patriot 591 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 1: Act reauthorization come up at some point next year. But 592 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: Other than that, I just don't see anything happened with cannabis. 593 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: I'm really interested to see whether or not President Trump 594 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: makes some type of announcement during the next nine months 595 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: about about marijuana legalization, as it could help him with Biden. 596 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: Could it could end with Biden saying exactly where my head. 597 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: Biden took a very odd position on it, very out Yeah, California, 598 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 1: I mean you can be moderate, but in that issue, 599 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 1: it's not moderate. The private sector is light years had 600 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: once again of Washington, d C. All right, what's on 601 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 1: your radar, Jonathan Cott. I think the most important thing 602 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: that happened the day the House voted for impeachment was 603 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: the Fifth Circuit Court ruling on the affordable carrat. I 604 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: think that will be something that more members talk about 605 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: come November. More ads will be run on then impeachment. 606 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: And it unfortunately came down on the busiest newsday in 607 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: the last year, so it got very little coverage. But 608 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: I think that will be something that is key. I 609 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: do think uh cannabis policy will be something that is 610 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 1: will become a hot political topic. I think you saw 611 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: it with vaping. I think there are a lot of 612 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 1: people who claim vapors are like the new you know 613 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: house soccer, moms, superb and dads like that is a 614 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,480 Speaker 1: voting block of people. And I think you're going to 615 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: see the cannabis group come out strong and that that 616 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 1: that will be a issue to keep on your radar. Yeah, 617 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: and and federally raising the age to twenty one. It 618 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 1: was pretty you know, came out of nowhere. You had 619 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:57,960 Speaker 1: a lot of things that happened in that last minute 620 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: spending bill that people are just kind of figuring out now, 621 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: you know, the whole idea in that big end of 622 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: year deal. They had a couple of bills, one of which, 623 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: uh gave a paid family leave to federal workers. And 624 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: you know, issues like that that came out of nowhere. 625 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: All Right, I've got two things on my radar today. 626 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 1: Actually I have a bunch, but let's start with Israel 627 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 1: Yahoo winning party leadership to fight another Israel election. Reading 628 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: from the Bloomberg terminal. Did you see this? Israel's legally 629 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: embattled Prime Minister Benjamin netton Yah, who easily fended off 630 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: a rare challenge to his leadership of the Liquid Party, 631 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 1: reaffirming himself as the dominant figure in Israel's nationalist camp 632 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 1: after two humiliating failures to form a government. Yeah, who 633 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: can never count them out? Lents to fight another another battle. 634 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: So he's Israel's politics right now has been incredible. It 635 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 1: may be crazier than our politics, but our politics has 636 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: seeped in there. He he has formed a strong bond 637 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 1: with President Trump and they they are hand in hand 638 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: exactly unt the other. The other thing on my radar 639 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: the Philippines. Did you see this? The the According to Reuter's, 640 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: the Philippines band to US lawmakers from visiting and is 641 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,800 Speaker 1: going to introduce tighter entry restrictions for U. S citizens 642 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:14,880 Speaker 1: should Washington and forced sanctions over the detention of a 643 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: top government critic. So do tete, the president of the 644 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 1: Philippines imposing uh, these restrictions against U S. Senators Dick 645 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,480 Speaker 1: Durbin and Patrick Lahy. So they're banned from the Philippines 646 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: if they want to go vacation there. Well, they are 647 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,919 Speaker 1: not big fans of territory. So I don't think many 648 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 1: people are very critical of him, and I'm sure they 649 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,360 Speaker 1: would not want him to visit the United States. Okay, 650 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: but now we were talking about this, I did the 651 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,040 Speaker 1: serious stories, you know, but I have to mention that 652 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: President Trump blame Justin Trudeau from being cut from Home 653 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 1: Alone to in Canada. Reading from Fox News, he tweeted 654 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:54,279 Speaker 1: that out Home Alone the the legendary, the best, one 655 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,799 Speaker 1: of the best, um miracle on thirty fourth Street, Home 656 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 1: Alone wanted to are amazing. But a store Trump has 657 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:06,960 Speaker 1: a Christmas store, die Hard great. But Trump makes a 658 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: cameo and Home Alone too. And I guess some Canadian 659 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:16,239 Speaker 1: television should cut it out seconds long. You know. When 660 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,879 Speaker 1: I watched Home I kind of wait to see that. 661 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: I want to see that scene. Oh no, I like 662 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,040 Speaker 1: the scene in the first one where he like I 663 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,320 Speaker 1: always wanted to like chuck myself from the treehouse to 664 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:29,239 Speaker 1: the room, you know. And he thanks Jonathan Cott, Thanks 665 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: Brian Darling. Had a great weekend. Everybody. I'm Kevin SURRELI 666 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: you're listening to Bloomberg.