WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.480 This show is produced and hosted by Mark Webber. 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:05.400 The show is sponsored by G three Aparo. 3 00:00:05.599 --> 00:00:07.919 The views expressed in the following program are those of 4 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:11.160 the sponsor and not necessarily the opinion of seven ten 5 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:17.160 wor or iHeartMedia. Who is Mark Weber. He's a self 6 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:20.480 made business executive here to help you find your success, 7 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:23.920 from the New York City projects to the Avenue Montaigne 8 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:27.359 in Paris. His global success story in the luxury world 9 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:30.480 of fashion is inspirational. He's gone from. 10 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:32.960 Clerk to CEO twice. 11 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:37.039 Mark is classic proof that the American dream is alive 12 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:41.399 and well, here's your host of always in Fashion, Mark Weber. 13 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:42.200 Mark Weber. 14 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:46.399 I have been living by a quote Benjamin Franklin. I 15 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:50.920 love it. Made it my operational business to use this quote. 16 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:56.280 Well done is better than well said. I became a fan. Yes, 17 00:00:56.759 --> 00:01:00.079 I hear what you're going to do, Just show me. 18 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:02.159 I don't want to hear. I want you to show 19 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:07.040 me all the best plans, just that plans until you deliver, 20 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:10.719 they're just words. I have little patience in hearing what 21 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:14.439 you're going to do. I'm only interested in what you do. 22 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:18.200 I voted for a president on his positions and promises, 23 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:22.719 my fingers across, hoping that he delivers. I don't like humans. 24 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.840 You listen to the show, you know that it's just 25 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:31.000 too many disappointments. I've learned, in turn not to expect anything, 26 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:36.159 because that guarantees disappointment in the end. Like most things, 27 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:39.959 it's about character, your character, living up to your promises, 28 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:44.120 doing the right thing. Having integrity is not a concept, 29 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:47.959 it's a choice. There's no version of the truth. There's 30 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:51.760 only truth. Who you are, who we are, who a 31 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:56.159 brand is. How companies behave toward their customers. It's all 32 00:01:56.200 --> 00:02:01.840 about character and who I, who we, who they are? 33 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:06.439 How do companies behave and react to their constituents. There's 34 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:11.319 so many hopes, so many aspirations, wishes, promises. They all 35 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:15.159 sound so good, They feel so good, look so good. 36 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:19.159 The question is is life good? From far? But far 37 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:21.960 from good? I wonder. I have to admit you might 38 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.039 not like where. I first heard this quote when I 39 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:28.120 was young, a teenager, actually a close friend went out 40 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:31.800 on a date and showed me her profile, her picture. 41 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:34.240 After the date, I asked them the next day, was 42 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:37.199 she as pretty as the photo? And the exact quote? 43 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:40.120 I never forgot it all these years, she was good 44 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:44.599 from far, but far from good. Now, before you start 45 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:46.879 calling me a chauvin as, first of all, it wasn't me, 46 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:49.080 it was him, And then of course it could have 47 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:51.719 been a woman saying about a man, So give me 48 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:54.840 a break. The point is, how often does the reality 49 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:57.680 live up to the promise? I could tell you not 50 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:01.840 often enough. People are often wrong, but they're never in doubt. 51 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:05.080 How often does one phone call solve your problem of 52 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.879 the day. Used to be you made an appointment, and 53 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:11.479 you had an appointment. Now this follow up emails, follow 54 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:14.759 up reminders, the threat of canceling on time, the threat 55 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:17.560 of getting charged if you don't show up. Now, don't 56 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:20.000 get me wrong, I'm not complaining about this or anything. 57 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:22.319 I think it's a good thing. But then you get 58 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:25.199 to the doctor's office, after all of that, and you 59 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:28.680 wait for an hour good from far but far from good, 60 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:32.080 waiting for your haircut, your nails, ladies, after all of that, 61 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:37.599 not good tonight, she they him them It looks good 62 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:40.759 from far, but it's far from good. A throwback to 63 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:44.599 my early years. Now joining me, he who looks good 64 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:48.319 from far but even better up close. The lawyer on 65 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:52.280 my show, My co host my son Jesse Weber. And 66 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:54.840 by the way, Jesse, the camera loves you. 67 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:56.439 That's very very nice of you to say. 68 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:59.479 You know, one of the I gotta compliment once that 69 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:02.599 was I don't know if you consider this a backhanded compliment, but. 70 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:03.759 Tell me what you think of it. 71 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:06.439 At one point in my life, I did acting school 72 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:09.840 and one of the classes that I did was acting 73 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:10.400 on camera. 74 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:13.560 And every day the professor, the teacher. 75 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:16.240 Would film different skits and he looks at the footage 76 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:18.439 and he looks at me and he goes, you know, 77 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:21.079 you're one of those rare people. You look so much 78 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:23.079 better on camera than you do in person. 79 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:28.319 Oh great, life, you don't look good. It's a banded compliment. 80 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:32.199 I go, thank you. He goes, it's in this career, 81 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:33.240 it's better to be that way. 82 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:33.480 Yeah. 83 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:36.399 I was like, all right, for acting school, not for life. Good. 84 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.000 Yeah, well, oh, thank you, very very kind of you 85 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:41.279 to say thank you, But you know, putting the looks aside. 86 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:43.079 But I like that I'm getting credibility. 87 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:45.360 Over the last few years, I built up credibility in 88 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:47.959 the legal space, the political space that I'm able to 89 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:50.079 break down these complex topics. 90 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:51.519 And by the way, I. 91 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:54.560 Will tell you that it's not only kind comments I'm 92 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:58.000 getting from people online, and I also get some hate 93 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:58.439 mail too. 94 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:02.040 Let's call it what it is. But I can't reveal who. 95 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:06.680 But I have been having very well notable people, celebrities 96 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:11.279 in fact, reaching out talking about my coverage and actually, 97 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:14.680 in one instance, a celebrity I won't tell you wanted 98 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:18.639 me to cover one of their cases. And it's incredible 99 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.639 that people who I know and admire and have watched 100 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:25.439 and love for years apparently are watching my content now 101 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:29.040 reaching out. It's a very surreal experience. You said it 102 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.000 to me once before. I think when we were first 103 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:35.000 starting out in radio, you never know who's listening, You 104 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:37.560 never know who's watching. You really don't, and so you 105 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:40.560 always have to give one hundred and ten percent. And 106 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:43.240 by the way, by the way, Joe Rogan, if you 107 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:45.959 ever listened to Joe Rogan when he first started, nobody 108 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:46.680 was watching him. 109 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:47.800 Nobody was watching him. 110 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:50.879 But because he put in the effort, because he created 111 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:54.120 an enjoyable show, he got a following and it built up, 112 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:56.000 and it built up and it built up. So whatever 113 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:57.639 you do, you have to put in the effort, even 114 00:05:57.639 --> 00:05:59.480 if you think that you're not getting the return that 115 00:05:59.480 --> 00:05:59.959 you want to meet. 116 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:02.839 Well, Joe Rogan is a funny guy. I never knew 117 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:04.519 he's a comedian until you took me to one of 118 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:07.800 his concerts in Vegas. But I didn't realize how smart 119 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:10.639 he is. He's very articulate, and he's very knowledgeable on 120 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:12.879 a lot of subjects and certainly has a point of view. 121 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:15.199 So he deserves it. But you know me, I was 122 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:17.920 back in Bloomingdale's and I got an update for you 123 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:19.959 of my obnoxious you know. 124 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:22.399 Can you explain that? Can you explain what happened? So 125 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:23.720 everybody remembers, Yeah. 126 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.079 I went into Bloomingdale's a couple of weeks ago and 127 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:28.480 I was paying for something and the guy looks up 128 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:31.920 at me and he says, are you Mark Weber? I said, yeah, 129 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:33.519 I just gave you my credit card. He says, no, 130 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:36.600 are you Mark Weber? From the radio And I'm looking around. 131 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:39.199 What is this candid camera? Someone has taken a picture. 132 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:41.959 I said, yeah, that's me. I knew it from your 133 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:45.040 name and I heard your voice. My family, we love you. 134 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:48.319 We listened to you every Saturday night at seven o'clock live. 135 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:51.199 It's amazing. We think you great. So it just so happened. 136 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:53.519 When I bought, I had to bring back. So I 137 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.560 went back the next day and I brought it back 138 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.959 and he said, I told my wife that I met you. 139 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:02.079 She was so excited. And he shows me the email. 140 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:03.720 He says, let me show you what she wrote me, 141 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:08.399 and the email says, is he obnoxious? I still haven't 142 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:11.040 gotten over it. So anyway, I'm back in Bloomy Dale's. 143 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:12.959 I waved to the guy. He sees you come running 144 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:15.199 down the hole to see me, and he says, man, 145 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:17.079 oh man, I've listened to your show. You were talking 146 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.920 about innoxious. You took it the wrong way. We love you. 147 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.639 We don't think you're obnoxious that hey, you know. You 148 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:24.639 show me an email and the only thing it says 149 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:27.879 is you're asking if obnoxious. Well, my wife she thinks 150 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:30.199 all celebrities innoxious. We love you. 151 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:32.160 So anyway you are. 152 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:35.759 You are such a baby. You are such a baby 153 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.959 that you needed this. I'm glad the guy said something 154 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:41.839 to him. Glad he tried to calm things down. By 155 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:44.839 the way, By the way, talking of this, it kind 156 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:46.120 of relates to something else. 157 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:48.439 I am starting a new show. 158 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:52.920 I'm starting a new show where I call out celebrity, 159 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:57.199 mostly politicians, people in media, not that they're necessarily babies, 160 00:07:57.360 --> 00:07:59.680 but I call him out for things that they say 161 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:01.319 and do it. So I'm glad that you got called 162 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:02.839 out for things that you say and do. It's a 163 00:08:02.839 --> 00:08:05.720 show that I'm starting with another one of Dan Abram's companies. 164 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.240 It's called Mediaite. So the show is currently called The 165 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:12.040 Spin Room and it's gonna be on YouTube. 166 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:12.800 But this is it. 167 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:15.199 It's you would be a prime candidate. I would have 168 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:18.600 loved to cover this. You talking out about this, and 169 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:20.519 I would have loved to cover it on our first episode. 170 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:22.959 It's not too late to do it. Meanwhile, I too 171 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:25.720 have a new show called The Ceo Exchange if we 172 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:28.120 ever get the deal signed. It's gonna be on Saturdays 173 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.560 and one to two where I interview CEOs. In fact, 174 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:34.559 my next CEO is the chairman of SAX Global, the 175 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:38.120 guy who just bought Neiman Marcus and bergdoff Goodman's and 176 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:40.360 put it together with Sachs. So we got a lot 177 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:42.600 going on in that. Yeah, but you're the big shot. 178 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:46.039 I'm just why I'm not interviewing the head of SACK 179 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:47.480 So you didn't really, It's funny. 180 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:49.960 For the first interview, that's a that's a big get. 181 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:53.720 Well, actually the second interview. The first interview you remember 182 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:56.960 was a fellow named Jamie Salter, the CEO of Aumhantic 183 00:08:57.039 --> 00:09:00.080 Brands that owns thirty billion dollars worth of company. And 184 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:02.759 it was a very articulate guy, and I thought he 185 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:05.519 handled himself well. But the concept of my show is 186 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:09.240 me a CEO talking to another CEO, Mono Tomano, with 187 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:12.080 a different perspective than any other pundit might have because 188 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:13.399 they don't really run businesses. 189 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:16.320 So that was a great interview. That was a great 190 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:19.240 first episode of the show. With the one with Tom Well, 191 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:19.519 it was. 192 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:22.480 Great because he was so articulate because he was able 193 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:25.080 to talk about his business. He didn't need much prompting 194 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:28.399 and we have a history together, so it's nice. But 195 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:31.200 back to being called obnoxious, I don't like it. I'm 196 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:35.360 getting over it. To my friends in Bloomingdales, I'm forgiving you. 197 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.919 You know, you tried to make right. But either way 198 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:42.919 I would tell you that I think being vulnerable never 199 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:46.559 goes out of style, particularly when you're on the border 200 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:49.399 of taking a stand. You know, when we stand up 201 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:51.919 and we give our opinions. We're taking a stand, and 202 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:56.759 in my case, I'm demanding new ways of doing things, 203 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.919 which is another way of saying change. I'm offering help. 204 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:03.440 It's upfront and personal. But you have to look who's 205 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:07.279 changing change more than the president. President Trump is leading 206 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:11.480 massive government changes and taking heat. And the question I 207 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:14.559 ask on tonight does he look good from far? But 208 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:18.039 he's far from good. Let's break it down, Jesse with 209 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:25.559 some common sense, because cons common well, on that we 210 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:29.120 agree Trump. I want to talk about Trump. Trump is 211 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:33.159 one of the world's great communicators. He sells everything. He 212 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:39.000 sells everything. Certainly, he's the best politician communicator that I 213 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.720 think I've ever heard. He's always selling Maga hats, sold 214 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:47.320 millions of them, Trump Golden Sneakers, I don't know how 215 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:51.159 many sold. He even sells Trump time and watches. But 216 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:56.240 now he's selling change. He's changing America into the Golden 217 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:00.879 Age of America. The issue is Trump is selling Trump change. 218 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:05.320 The question is he's selling are we buying it? Now? 219 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:08.600 Before we get started here, let me get this out 220 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:16.639 of the way. The Democrats shamefully, embarrassingly, stupidly a buying nothing. 221 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:21.080 He's offering The majority of Americans are ready for change. 222 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:25.799 What's for sale under President Trump? I gotta admit it 223 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:29.399 looks good from far, but I'm questioning whether it's far 224 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:32.360 from good. So let's you and me, Jess take a 225 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:35.440 few of them apart for a second, because I guess, 226 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:38.080 let's see where we are the war. Is he doing right? 227 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:39.840 Does he look good? And is it far from good? 228 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:40.480 Or is great? 229 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:41.799 Difficult to say. 230 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:44.720 If he can create a lasting ceasefire, how could you 231 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:47.039 say it's not a good thing. Some people will say, well, 232 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:49.440 you know, in the long run, is it a good thing? 233 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:51.360 I don't have the answer. But if he could put an. 234 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:53.279 End to the violence immediately, how could you say it's 235 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:53.679 a bad thing. 236 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:56.840 I'm with you. I would make it very simple. His 237 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:59.200 position on the war from day one has been the same. 238 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:02.000 People are dying. I don't want to see people dying. 239 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:07.360 They're dying needlessly. This war will not end perfect. Russia's 240 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:09.639 not going to go away. It's not a question that 241 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.679 Russia did wrong. You want to think that Russia did wrong, great, 242 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:17.320 you believe Russia did wrong. Great, did Russia do wrong? 243 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:20.080 It's not for me to say. It's not for me 244 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:23.679 to say. I don't want to talk about that. What 245 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:25.840 I want to talk about is an ending. He's the 246 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:28.960 only one in two years that's talked about a ceasefile. 247 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:32.519 Enough is enough. There's got to be some compromise to 248 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:35.799 end this thing. So from a far or from up close, 249 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:39.600 I give Trump a ten for trying to get it done. 250 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:45.120 Now vers Selenski behaved, bought properly, and now Russia's behaving improperly. 251 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:47.600 We got to get them both back on track. Stop 252 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:51.120 the killing. It is devastating. Let's go to number two. 253 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:53.840 Immigration good from far, but far from good. 254 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:56.200 What do you say, Jesse, If you look at the numbers, 255 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:57.960 if you look at the way I understand it, the 256 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:01.360 US Border Patrol arrested a lot less migrants than it 257 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:03.840 has in the past. I think in February it was 258 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:06.159 a lot lower than it had been. I mean, I'm 259 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:07.639 looking at this from Reuters, right. 260 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:08.759 So the Border. 261 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:11.600 Patrol's monthly enforcement stats, they go back to two thousand. 262 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:17.200 The lowest monthly total on record previously was April twenty seventeen. 263 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:21.200 They rested a little over eleven thousand they arrested in 264 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:24.000 February after Trump took over eighty three hundred. So there's 265 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:26.720 less people that they need to arrest. And then then 266 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:28.600 if you look at the migrant arrest, it was a 267 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:31.519 steep drop from over one hundred and forty one thousand 268 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:34.279 migrants they picked up in February of twenty twenty four. 269 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:37.759 Now it's much different now, so it seems to be effective. 270 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:40.159 Yeah, I think he's doing a great job. I think 271 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:43.519 the world is seeing the borders being closed and it's 272 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:46.000 almost down to a trickle. So you got to give 273 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:48.000 him a lot of credit for that. And on top 274 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:51.480 of which, the Biden administration was doing nothing. The borders 275 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:54.159 were poorous, they were open, nobody cared. So the building 276 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:57.120 the wall, the stopping at the giving ice, the giving 277 00:13:57.120 --> 00:14:00.039 the head of Homeland Security the power to enforce a 278 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:02.639 sport of laws. I think it's great. So I think 279 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:05.840 good from far, but it's good up close as well. 280 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:08.559 And then of course let's go number three. Doge what 281 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:09.559 does those stand for? 282 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:11.919 Department of Government Efficiency? 283 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:13.080 Uh? 284 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:13.480 Huh? 285 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:14.240 What do you think? 286 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:17.080 I think the spirit in the goal is right to 287 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:19.840 try to cut down on fraud, waste, and abuse, which 288 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:22.440 mostly seems more if you hear elon Musk, is mostly 289 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:23.639 waste than it is fraud. 290 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:25.320 I think the goal is great. 291 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:28.399 The way they're going about it, how quickly they're going 292 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.720 about it, the legal mechanisms, their way they're going about it, obviously, 293 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:34.519 I think is a concern. They might need a little 294 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.000 bit more transparency and a little more clarification on what 295 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:40.960 they're doing. To be clear, it's not like Dozeho's doing 296 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:43.759 it on itself. They're providing recommendations and then the Trump 297 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:46.720 administration is doing it again. Question about how they do it. 298 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:49.399 I think the spirit of it is the right way 299 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.600 the biggest concern, And this is one of those things 300 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:55.080 time will tell you. Hope they're not cutting things and 301 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:58.639 doing and taking initiatives that are going to negatively affect 302 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:01.320 the country moving forward. He won't know that maybe until 303 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:03.000 time will tell you. Don't want to be like, oh, 304 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:05.200 all these people were let go when they provide a 305 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:08.679 really important service to the country. But as of right now, 306 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:11.919 things they're uncovering are definitely a sign of waste that 307 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:12.639 needed to be cut. 308 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:15.159 And why wasn't a cut in the past. That's a 309 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:15.720 good question. 310 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:20.000 Well, first thing you said was about the speed. I 311 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:23.080 can't imagine why they would go slow. I think it's 312 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:26.600 amazing what they're uncovering. I think they're doing a great job. 313 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:28.960 I know he's afraid of the fraud. I mean, Eli 314 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:31.159 Musk even said he's going to be assassinated if he 315 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.320 keeps going on the fraud component, which is scary to 316 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:37.639 think about. He's one of the world's smartest individuals. A 317 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:40.240 year ago, two years ago, he was the darling of 318 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:43.559 the world, the darling of the Democrats. He was great, 319 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:46.279 and now he's hated for doing a job, by the way, 320 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:49.759 which all he could do is recommend. He has and 321 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:53.639 has been serving at the desire of the president. He 322 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:56.480 has no power except to do what he offers up. 323 00:15:56.559 --> 00:16:00.840 He's finding, so I think they're doing an amazing job 324 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:04.840 of unculavering nonsense. I can tell you any company that 325 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:07.559 I've ever gotten involved with, any company I've ever acquired, 326 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:11.000 any company I've involved with merging, any company that ever 327 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:13.639 went in in a new position. I have thirty positions 328 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:16.799 in my first twenty five years at PVH. So there's 329 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:20.399 always change. There's always room for your structure, always places 330 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:23.759 to save money. Sometimes it was people, sometimes it's the 331 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:26.159 way you spend money. So I don't want to waste 332 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:28.240 any time. And if it looks like it's coming fast 333 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.559 and furious, so be it. This is about change. John 334 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:35.039 Kennedy said, you can't stub your toes standing still. We 335 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:38.279 all know you can't make an obilet without breaking some eggs. 336 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:41.440 So they're making it complicated. There's a lot to deal with, 337 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:45.799 so many things to uncover. Why throw away money? I 338 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:49.240 live by. I don't mind spending money, but I hate 339 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.399 wasting it. And there's a lot of waste in this government, 340 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:55.399 and it's time for it to stop. And I love it. 341 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:59.360 I give them big, big marks. For example, they offered 342 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:01.799 the work force the government worked for us pretty much. 343 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:04.640 Anyone quit your job will pay you seventy thousand dollars. 344 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.799 You remember that test, oh I do? 345 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.960 I do remember that. 346 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:10.559 We have no idea how many people took it. We 347 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:12.839 have no idea if it was successful. We don't now 348 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:15.039 have any idea if they're going to do it again 349 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:18.400 or offer more money, so that bothers me. I'd like 350 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:21.839 to know. And then the question is how many agencies 351 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:25.599 have been closed, which one, how many people, how many 352 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:27.920 people will put out of work? And then of course 353 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.839 how much money we're going to save and less, but 354 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:33.000 not at least on this subject, I'm not saying slow 355 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:35.599 it down. I'm not saying do anything different. What are 356 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:40.319 the unintended consequences with masses and the number of people 357 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:42.920 put out of work? They're talked that a lot of 358 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:46.480 veterans went into government after serving, should they be let go? 359 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:49.839 I don't think so. Anyone who served this country in 360 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:52.920 the military should be able to work for the country, 361 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.839 and therefore, maybe they have to be reassigned, maybe they 362 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:57.319 have to be looked at, maybe they have to be 363 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:00.559 handled specially. I know, once you say that, then those 364 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:03.759 other people who should be considered. I know, But when 365 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:06.440 it comes to the military, I feel different than anything else. 366 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:09.640 But the things that those are doing, I got to 367 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:14.319 give them very, very high marks. Which then brings me 368 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:19.039 to tariffs and the question of whether in the tariffs 369 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:24.279 are working. There's a lot of market and certainty. I 370 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:28.200 can tell you the retail and fashion luxury community are 371 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:32.000 really struggling, really struggling. But I want to hold that 372 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:34.839 off for a minute. I have a clip from a 373 00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:39.759 speech that Ronald Reagan made back in the day on tariffs. 374 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:43.720 At first, when someone says let's impose tariffs on foreign imports, 375 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:47.200 it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by protecting 376 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:51.680 American products and jobs, and sometimes for a short while 377 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:55.359 it works, but only for a short time. What eventually 378 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:59.920 occurs is first homegrown industry start relying on government protection 379 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:03.400 in the form of high tariffs. They stop competing and 380 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:07.359 stop making the innovative management and technological changes they need 381 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:10.799 to succeed in world markets. And then while all this 382 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:15.240 is going on, something even worse occurs. High tariffs inevitably 383 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:18.880 lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of 384 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.240 fierce trade wars. The result is more and more tariffs, 385 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:25.680 higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition. 386 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:29.319 So soon, because of the prices made artificially high by 387 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:33.920 tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying. 388 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:38.079 Then the worst happens. Market shrink and collapse, businesses and 389 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:41.759 industry shut down, and millions of people lose their jobs. 390 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:44.799 The memory of all this occurring back in the thirties 391 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:47.680 made me determined when I came to Washington to spare 392 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:52.240 the American people the protectionist legislation that destroys prosperity. 393 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:55.480 So to put things in perspective, right now, you've now 394 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:59.799 heard Ronald Reagan talk about the issues of tariffs and 395 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:04.319 the pitfalls. Tonight we're discussing things are good from far, 396 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:07.039 but are they far from good or are they doing well? 397 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:09.480 I want to take a moment, We'll have a break, 398 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:11.279 we'll come back, and I want to talk to you 399 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:12.799 about tariffs in detail. 400 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:16.440 Always in fashion spent. 401 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:20.000