WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.720 This show is produced and hosted by Mark Webber. The 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:05.960 show is sponsored by G three of Parow. The views 3 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:08.599 expressed in the following program are those of the sponsor 4 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:13.279 and not necessarily the opinion of seven tenor or iHeartMedia. 5 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:18.519 Who is Mark Weber. He's a self made business executive 6 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:21.199 here to help you find your success from the New 7 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.839 York City projects to the Avenue Montaigne in Paris. His 8 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:29.320 global success story in the luxury world of fashion is inspirational. 9 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:34.280 He's gone from clerk to ceo twice. Mark his classic 10 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:38.200 proof that the American dream is alive. And well, here's 11 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:41.359 your host of Always in Fashion, Mark Weber. 12 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:42.200 Mark Weber. 13 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:46.520 Just in case you missed it, there's a new sheriff 14 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:55.240 in town. I'll come back to that. I'm always recalibrating, remastering, rehearsing, reconsidering. 15 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:59.359 There's a famous quote credited to Winston Churchill. It stated 16 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:01.479 that he said the smodest man I ever met was 17 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:04.879 my tailor, for every time he met me, he remeasured me. 18 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:10.359 I remeasure myself all the time. I take a relook, 19 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:15.519 I have a rethink. I wonder about the decisions I'm making. 20 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:19.239 I often rethink that which I believe. I have to 21 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:23.439 admit rethinking is not always of strength. I'm human. I 22 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.879 have my concerns, I have my doubts. I will point out, 23 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:29.439 though that the most foolish of people I've ever met 24 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:32.079 are often wrong, but never in doubt. It's healthy to 25 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:35.359 have doubt. But a second look, a chance to reboot, 26 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:40.280 a moment more of thorough Another question to asked is 27 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:43.640 another chance. Now I have to tell you I am quick. 28 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:46.120 I am super quick. I'm quick on the drawer. My 29 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.959 mind is so fast that it may be my best attribute. 30 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:54.040 I can get from here to there very, very quickly. Therefore, 31 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:58.640 I recognized early on I need to regulate my decision making. 32 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:03.519 It's too fat, too fast. I wonder I need a 33 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:08.199 just in case mechanism, a technique for assuring I'm measured 34 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:10.680 in my approach to the world. It's a way to 35 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:13.719 tell me slow down, mark, not to smell the flowers, 36 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:15.599 but to make sure I see them and I think 37 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:19.080 about them. I've met so many people that are ready 38 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:23.120 fire aim with this in mind. There's just tons of 39 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:27.120 mistakes because they're ready and firing be before they think 40 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:32.199 we need ready aim, fire, and then chances for hitting 41 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:36.080 the target exceeds any of the others. We meet people, 42 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.759 we make judgments quickly. For me, it's in the eyes. 43 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:40.759 I look at a person's eyes and I already know 44 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:43.960 what I think of them from there, based on who 45 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:45.879 I am. I go right to the shoes. I think 46 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:48.560 shoes are a window to the soul, if your pardon 47 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:50.879 the pun. I think shoes tell you a lot about 48 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:53.800 a person. And then, of course it's the overall package 49 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:56.240 that gives you an idea who you're talking to. But 50 00:02:56.400 --> 00:03:00.159 instantly I make a judgment. Yet the words when a 51 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:02.879 spot to speak, can make all the difference in the world, 52 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.639 and in worldly terms, it's recognized and we all heard, 53 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:08.400 and we all know we can't judge a book by 54 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:12.879 its cover. I've been involved in purchasing companies and acquiring 55 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:16.879 the assets, taking over the management making the decisions. It's 56 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:19.000 so easy when you know the brand, you see the 57 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:22.919 pretty pictures, you understand the positioning. Then you hear management's 58 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:24.759 point of view on the strength of the company they're 59 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:27.240 trying to sell you, we have to think, why are 60 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.759 we purchasing it. I'm cynical, so it's easy to say 61 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:33.919 when I listen to their speeches, I start by thinking 62 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:37.840 they're lying because the lips are moving. Now, that is unfair, 63 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.759 But I have to admit I'm there to doubt to 64 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:43.759 make sure I know what's doing. I'm listening to people's 65 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:46.039 opinion as to what's going on in the company and 66 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:48.639 why they're selling it. But in reality, what I need 67 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:52.080 to know, or I need to have known, are the details. 68 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:55.400 Looking at the reports, drilling down on the questions, looking 69 00:03:55.439 --> 00:04:00.840 for inconsistencies, understanding what's working, understand what's not, and determining 70 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:03.400 what course of action to take. For if in fact 71 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:06.520 we buy the company, if the company needs repositioning, we 72 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:09.759 need to know what we need to do. We need 73 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:12.240 to know the value, what should we pay for the company? 74 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:18.920 Therefore taking the time, going the extra mile, going the distance, 75 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:25.000 slowing down, learning and comprehending, and then of course executing. 76 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:28.759 So just in case is what I look to do. 77 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:32.600 Just in case is in fact tonight's show, and just 78 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:35.120 in case I want the show to be best, I 79 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:38.160 bring on now my lawyer, my co host, my son 80 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:40.680 Jesse Webber. Hey, there, what. 81 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:43.240 An interesting thought. If you think about it, the world 82 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.279 would be a lot better if people took a moment 83 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:48.319 to think about what they did before they did it? Right? 84 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:50.160 I cover what do I do? I cover crime all 85 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:52.319 the time. I cover politics on my shows. Can you 86 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:57.920 imagine if criminals maybe thought about the consequences before their actions. 87 00:04:57.920 --> 00:04:59.920 Some of them don't care, some of them do. That's 88 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:01.800 while a lot of them there's evidence that they tried 89 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:05.199 to hide their crimes beforehand. They are its intent, they 90 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:07.199 know what they're about to do. It would be a 91 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:09.319 better world, though, if people had a full grasp of 92 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:13.000 the impact of their decisions. You always say, you throw 93 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:15.639 a pebble in the water, you see the ripple effects. 94 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:17.600 A lot of times people don't realize that they're too 95 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:23.040 short sighted. But my gosh, politics this week, I think 96 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:25.720 it was all about thinking before you're talking, right. Would 97 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:26.600 you agree with me on that? 98 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:31.759 Absolutely? I was all set to talk about Zelenski and 99 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:34.560 I will, and then came the state of the Union 100 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:37.639 and I want to talk about that. And then I thought, well, 101 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:39.399 what do you and I bring to the table that 102 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:44.439 a thousand pundits before us haven't done. And I think, 103 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:47.560 just in case a slow down and recap and think 104 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:51.399 about what we're gonna do, maybe we have something to say. 105 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:54.759 So if it's Okay with you, Jesse, I'd love to 106 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:57.600 know what you think about what happened with Zelensky this week. 107 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.600 I want to start with Zelensky. Okay. It was very 108 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:04.000 clear to me this was a power play because there's 109 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:07.959 nothing that Donald Trump and his administration want more than 110 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:11.399 for this war to end. Obviously they want the killing 111 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:14.040 in the bloodshed to stop, but also for them to 112 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:17.000 tack on the achievement of being responsible for ending this 113 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:21.399 war is huge for them. And so for essentially kicking 114 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:25.279 Zelensky out, saying he was rude, giving his lunch to reporters, 115 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:29.560 and then now after the meeting taking away military aid 116 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:31.839 to Ukraine, this is all trying to put pressure on 117 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:35.560 him to engage in a ceasefire. And what has already 118 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:38.560 happened is Zelenski, it's being reported, wrote a letter, a 119 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:42.600 conciliatory letter to Donald Trump, basically saying I'm willing to 120 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:45.079 give into it because we all know that even if 121 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:47.839 he has support from Europe, he still needs support from 122 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:52.160 the US. And I think you talk about short you 123 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:55.519 talk about the long term consequences of it. Obviously, if 124 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:58.040 you have a ceasefire would be great. The problem is 125 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:01.519 what are the long term costs consequences. Is Russia have 126 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:04.600 to make any compromises? Are there any assured guarantees that 127 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:07.519 they won't move forward with an attack? I guess one 128 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:11.240 way of looking at it is right, if the United 129 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:14.079 States and Ukraine enter into a mineral deal and you 130 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:19.279 have US officials and you have US companies in Ukraine, 131 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:22.360 would be less likely than Russia would take some sort 132 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:25.399 of attack at a Ukraine. Maybe, But I just feel 133 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:27.560 I understand why he wants it to happen. But this 134 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:30.360 was all a major power plan. I have to say. Look, 135 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:34.120 Zelenski tried to correct the record on some misinformation, tried 136 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:36.439 to fight for his people, but he went in there 137 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:38.680 and I don't know what he was thinking he was 138 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:40.600 going to gain by doing that and going on the 139 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:45.720 offensive against Trump and the Vice president. I thought that 140 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:46.759 was really bold. 141 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:49.560 Of him to do. You want my opinion, Yeah, what's 142 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:51.680 your opinion? I'm going to come at it from a 143 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:54.319 different point of view. And I don't remember whether anybody 144 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:57.199 tackled this, but I would tell you the issue is 145 00:07:57.360 --> 00:07:59.079 I guess I'll start with a question. I know what 146 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.759 you're going to say. Who wins the negotiation? 147 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:05.920 Jesse? It's the party who has the power to walk away. 148 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:10.600 I could rest my case right there. Zelenski came in 149 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:15.399 and he started dictating terms to Trump. He disrespect advance. 150 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.319 He thought he was the power player in this whole thing. 151 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:22.480 He thought, because the US was behind him, that he 152 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:24.920 had all the cards. As Trump said that he was 153 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:28.600 the power player. Now, I'd stop for a second and say, 154 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:31.600 I don't know enough about the man except to say 155 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.360 I admire him. I admire his courage. He seems to 156 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:40.679 have great leadership in fighting this war, and he stood 157 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.480 up and to be counted, and I really said it. 158 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:46.519 I admire what he's done. I do believe that a 159 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:49.799 war didn't have to take place between Putin and he. 160 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:53.039 I thought it could be solved. I thought Russia's goals 161 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:55.600 would have a port in the CRIMEA. They want a 162 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:57.840 war report for their navy, and that's the only thing 163 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:00.759 they cared about, and they didn't want anybody else joining 164 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:04.120 NATO that would block his access to the things he needed. 165 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:06.440 I don't think he was doing this because he wanted 166 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:09.639 to acquire more rity. I think the West made a 167 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:11.919 lot of mistakes and poked him in the eye one 168 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:15.840 too many times, and that's what started this, But to me, 169 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:20.679 it's all about negotiating. And Zelenski came into this negotiation 170 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:24.279 as if he had the power moves. He had nothing. 171 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:29.679 He had nothing, And the reality is he's losing the war. 172 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:33.519 Does anybody believe he's gonna win? What is the price 173 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:36.320 for winning? Killing people every day? 174 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.840 The counter argument to that would be, if you do nothing, 175 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:42.919 then what is to stop Russia from going into another 176 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:44.759 country and then another country. 177 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:47.480 His job is not to fight Russia for the rest 178 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:51.799 of the world. His job was to fight Russia for himself, 179 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:55.279 to come up with some kind of plan that would 180 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:59.399 have protected his people. Now the numbers are crazy. Tens 181 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:03.279 of thousands people dying, hundreds of thousands of people, millions 182 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.519 of people. I was in the studio the other day 183 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:09.000 and one of the corporate execs from iHeartMedia asked me 184 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:13.200 what I thought about what happened with Zelenski and the President, 185 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:17.320 and I said to him, Look, there are times when 186 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:20.039 Donald Trump's dos things that I don't agree with, I 187 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:22.519 don't like, I don't think it suits him. When he 188 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:28.120 started talking about Obama giving sheets and he gave Javelin missiles, 189 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:31.799 it didn't need to be said. Put the Obama stuff aside. 190 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:37.960 Trump's position has been I don't want any more people dye. Unfortunately, 191 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:43.039 in this world, every one of us experiences tragedy. Someone 192 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.919 in their family dies, either too young or they live 193 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:49.879 to a ripe old age. But people pass. But every 194 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:54.360 time someone does, it's a hardship. It's devastating. Families get 195 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:58.840 broken over these things, their heartbroken. Could you imagine a 196 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:03.000 country with one hundreds of thousands of people dying, young 197 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:07.759 people dying in both sides, in Russia and the Ukraine. 198 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:12.600 It is unfathomable. What's going on and what's the endgame here? 199 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:18.320 Can they possibly beat Russia? And frankly speaking, let's just say, 200 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:22.039 for the moment, I believe in the industrial military complex. 201 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:24.960 Let's just for the moment say and I do to 202 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:27.759 a degree that I'm a businessman, and if a big 203 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:31.200 business of the United States is weapons, I'd love the 204 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:35.399 idea of making weapons and shipping them to countries for 205 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:39.759 defensive purposes. The more weapons we ship to a given country, 206 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:42.720 the more powerful they are, the more reluctant their enemies 207 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:46.080 are to attacking them. So in that way of thinking, 208 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:49.559 I like the fact that money's being made here. And 209 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:54.440 as a deterrent. But the reality is, if this keeps 210 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:58.639 going on, is there any chance that Zelensky could win 211 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:01.799 this move? The answer, I don't believe. So he walked 212 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:03.919 in like he had the old cards. He thought he 213 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:06.399 had Trump around a barrel. He thought he could dictate 214 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:10.679 whatever he wants, and he couldn't because in Trump's mind, 215 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:14.120 he's one of the great negotiators. He's the new sheriff 216 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:17.080 in town. He doesn't want this war to continue. And 217 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:19.639 for the reasons at least, he's stating I don't want 218 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:22.759 people dying in him. I applaw him one thousand percent. 219 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:26.679 I'm in his corner one thousand percent. Now Europe lining up, 220 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:30.320 what is their goal? All of them supporting Zelenski? What 221 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.120 is the end? So in the end for me, stop 222 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:36.360 this war. Zelensky, you have nothing to say. As much 223 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:39.519 as I admire you, as much as you've rallied your people, 224 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:42.559 You've been an amazing leader, but it's now the time 225 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:45.000 to sit down and think about what am I doing 226 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:47.200 going forward. That's my take. 227 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:50.080 Look, you make a good argument. I don't know where 228 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:53.480 it's gonna go. I think that it was quite a scene. 229 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:55.720 Have you ever seen anything like that? And by the way, 230 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:57.879 by the way. By the way, I thought it was 231 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:01.840 really interesting. Did you catch it when Vance was like, you're, 232 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:05.480 mister President Zelensky, you're litigating this in the media. You 233 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:07.879 want everybody to see this. And Trump stepped in he goes, 234 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:10.000 actually liked it. This is happening. I want everybody to 235 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:12.279 see why this is happening. And he's like, Okay, you're right, 236 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:12.919 mister President. 237 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:15.799 Look Trump, I'm going to talk about him in a 238 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:19.919 little while. The end result here is is he who 239 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:24.720 can walk away wins Zelenski overplayed his hand. He can't 240 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.960 walk away without the United States. This is over quicker 241 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:29.720 than he ever dreamed, and he won't get as good 242 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:32.960 a deal. So I think I've covered that, and now 243 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:36.399 I want to talk a little bit about the president 244 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:37.519 and the State of the Union. 245 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:40.240 Was it the State of the Was it the State 246 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:42.759 of the Union, or was just a his first address 247 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:43.440 to Congress? 248 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:46.600 I don't know which was it. I don't think he 249 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:48.080 said he did it five times. 250 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.639 Ummmmmm. 251 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:52.000 I don't think it was a State of the Union. 252 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:54.639 Oh maybe you're right, you're looking at it. 253 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:58.879 I'm looking it up. I don't know if they Yeah, 254 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:00.440 I don't think it was a state of the Union 255 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:02.720 per se. I think it was, but I don't know. 256 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.559 Maybe I could be wrong, but it was something. 257 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:12.200 It was something I am incredibly impressed with where the 258 00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:15.679 country is right now. There is an energy in the 259 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:18.919 United States that hasn't been here for at least four years, 260 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:24.240 maybe eight. I am impressed, maybe twelve since Trump's first presidency. 261 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:27.200 There is an energy. I've talked about it before when 262 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:30.039 I went for my first interview at LVMH and I 263 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:33.919 met with Bernard Arnaud, the founder of LVMH, the world's 264 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:36.720 largest luxury company, one of the richest men in the world. 265 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:39.879 And I had a meeting with him, and I won't 266 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:43.679 go through all the details, but we got together and 267 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:47.200 his first question to me was Mark, what do you 268 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:50.720 bring to a company? And I said to him, mister Arnaut, 269 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:55.480 I bring energy. I bring energy to a company. I 270 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:58.320 don't know where that answer came from. To this day, 271 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:01.720 I am so pleased with myself, in shock with I 272 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:04.360 came up to an answer, and I can tell you 273 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:07.320 I saw it in his face the moment I said 274 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:10.320 that I had the job. You want to talk Earlier, 275 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:13.840 I talked about being impressionable and just in case I 276 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:16.240 believe I had the job from that one answer, and 277 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:18.600 of course I handle myself well throughout the rest of 278 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:21.399 the interview. So when I look at the President, the 279 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:25.279 first thing I say is he brought energy to our 280 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:29.279 country and why he's made it clear that there's a 281 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:32.039 new sheriff in town. Do you know, Jesse, here's one 282 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:34.720 for you. I've read about this. Do you know sheriff 283 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:38.720 badges have six points? And more importantly, do you know 284 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:43.039 what all those six points stand for? Now? Ah? Well 285 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:44.720 I do. I looked at it. I read it when 286 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:54.639 I thought about him being this new sheriff in town. Integrity, courage, professionalism, service, commitment, 287 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:59.960 and respect. Now, of course they also have to apply 288 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:02.679 the law. But when I thought about those six things 289 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:05.399 and I thought about Trump in the address he gave 290 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:09.360 this week, I think he earned all those categories. He 291 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:12.080 came in. He's trying to do the right thing, but 292 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.840 he's doing it with a great deal of courage in 293 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:18.639 changing everything that there is in front of us. And 294 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:22.000 I love the way he conducted himself in that speech 295 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:26.720 the other day. He was professional, he was presentational, but 296 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:31.840 what he was great he was in your face when 297 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:35.279 he started looking at the Democrats, who were all sitting 298 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:40.559 there glum. He started in and saying, this past administration 299 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:46.080 blew everything. They were useless. We are changing America. We're 300 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:49.919 taking America back again, America. This is now going to 301 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:53.320 be the Golden Age. Everything that was isn't anymore. And 302 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:56.480 then here's the things that we're going to do now. 303 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:59.000 I don't I guess the rest of the world picked 304 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:02.440 it up right away the way I did. I'm watching 305 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:07.759 the points he's making, and the entire Republican delegation elected 306 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.799 to Congress stands up and is imploding. And none of 307 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:14.160 the Democrats are imploring. None of them are standing up. 308 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:17.400 And I'm saying to myself, what's going on here? You know, 309 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:20.880 if they don't like, if they don't like eliminating DEI, 310 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:23.240 how could they not stand up for the fact that 311 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:27.200 immigration illegal immigration has trickled down to five percent, it's 312 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:30.359 down ninety five percent? Then it was how could they 313 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:33.039 not stand up and applaud that? How could they not 314 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:36.000 stand up and applaud the waste that's been found in 315 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:39.680 the government. And I'm watching this and I'm saying, to myself, 316 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:43.119 what is Trump thinking? He's gotta be seeing what I'm 317 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:46.039 seeing when he learned over and he looked at them 318 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:48.160 and he said, it doesn't matter what I do. None 319 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:50.960 of you going to stand up and applaud None of 320 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:53.759 you have anything that you're gonna appreciate. I say, I'm 321 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:57.359 wasting my time, said, if I discovered the cure to cancer, 322 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:00.319 you wouldn't stand up and do it. I loved him that. 323 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:07.920 It proves what a great communicator he is. It proves that. Yeah. 324 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:13.119 How great was it when he called Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas day. Yeah, 325 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:14.920 And then the camera went to her and she looked 326 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:15.960 incredibly angry. 327 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:19.519 What about Nancy Pelosa? She wasn't standing behind him ripping 328 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:22.400 up his speeches this time. She looked like a church mouse. 329 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:25.759 Look. I mean, can I give you my perspective absolutely. 330 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:29.240 My perspective is the Democrats of their own worst enemy. 331 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:33.160 They looked incredibly, incredibly weak. The Democrats who are going 332 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:36.599 to do well in the future, who want people to 333 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:39.279 come into their party, are the ones who have to 334 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:41.559 look at the things that Trump administration is doing and 335 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:44.400 give them credit for and try to work toward cooperation. 336 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.640 They have disagreements, fine, but the ones are going to 337 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:48.839 succeed are the ones that look reasonable, right, and so 338 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:52.359 the fact that they didn't even stand up at certain 339 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:54.799 key moments, even when there was a sick child in 340 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:56.759 the audience, and that whole thing. But I think the 341 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:59.039 other way of looking at it is two things can 342 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:01.240 be true at once. You could say Donald Trump was 343 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:05.160 very strong, the Democrats look weak. But but let's also 344 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:09.400 be intellectually honest. Donald Trump was making a lot of 345 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:13.160 claims and not all of them were one hundred percent accurate. 346 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:16.319 So if you see opposition or you see people saying 347 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:19.359 that's not true, you also have to be an honest 348 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:21.240 broker about that. I think there were things that he 349 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:24.720 was over exaggerating, and it depends upon how much people 350 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:27.319 care about it or not, but there is something to 351 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:30.480 be said. He was over exaggerating certain things. 352 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:34.240 New sheriff in town gets to say what he wants 353 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:37.119 to say. How about the Democrats holding up those stupid 354 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:41.440 signs was more importantly back to the six points on 355 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:46.319 the star. Respect. They absolutely have no respect for other 356 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:50.440 people's opinions. They had their chance, the country voted against them. 357 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:57.079 They went too far left. Everyone knows that. Everyone I 358 00:19:57.119 --> 00:20:04.599 think you would learn I found did incredibly disrespectful that 359 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:10.839 they couldn't find common ground at all. I saw what's 360 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:14.559 his name, Ted Cruz. I saw Ted Cruz from Texas 361 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:18.359 on I think Fox News. Afterwards, I was changing the channels. 362 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:21.759 He said, it's the first time in a historical memory 363 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:26.880 that a president addressed Congress and the other party stood 364 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.440 up for nothing. He said, you know, there are times 365 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:34.200 I'm sitting there listening to former Democratic presidents speak, but 366 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:37.880 I stand up for those things that are right. You know, Jesse, 367 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:41.519 this show, you go back five years ago, long before 368 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:45.279 Donald Trump decided to run for office. Okay, I had 369 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:48.240 a thing that common sense was not so common. I 370 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:50.960 talked about the problem with common sense and business and 371 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:53.839 common sense at work. It isn't common, it doesn't exist. 372 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:58.200 What we saw this week was no common sense. Back 373 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:02.279 to negotiating, Zelenski no common sense in his negotiation. He 374 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:06.240 could not win the Democrats right now, cannot win now 375 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:08.680 when you talk about voters, if they want to get 376 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:12.519 voters again, Look, as long as you're a Democrat in 377 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:15.440 this country, you're gonna get seventy million votes. There's no 378 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:18.480 question about it. You could stand for all the wrong things. 379 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:20.559 It doesn't matter what you stand for, what you do 380 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:24.119 you're gonna get votes, but to win. That's where I 381 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:28.440 agree with you. They lost the center of the country 382 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:31.480 because that's who we are. You have people on the right, 383 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:33.839 have people on the left. You agree, you don't agree, 384 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:36.519 But somewhere along the way, we've always been able to 385 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:40.519 come together on these things. The whole Democratic Party is 386 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:44.279 anti Trump on the Zelenski move. If you take away 387 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:47.119 what Trump is saying, I want to stop the killing, 388 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:51.640 and Zelensky's not going to win the war. What's the 389 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:55.599 debate here, what's the negotiation? Get them the best deal 390 00:21:55.680 --> 00:22:02.200 they can. That's my take, that's my politics. Anything else 391 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:04.359 you'd like to add, My young son. 392 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:08.480 No, I think you nailed it. I think it's interesting 393 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:10.039 time to say the least. 394 00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:15.400 New sheriff in town Sheriff's bands has six sides, six points. 395 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:22.559 They all stand for the following integrity, courage, professionalism, service, commitment, 396 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:25.680 and respect. Just in case you didn't know that, I 397 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:28.279 thought i'd share it with you back in a minute. 398 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:30.920 Always in fashion, I. 399 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:34.920 Spent a lifetime of my career building the van Usen brand, 400 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:37.960 and I am so pleased that they're back with us now. 401 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:43.000