I’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
NOW FOR "KUDLOW".
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LARRY: HELLO FOLKS, WELCOME TO
"KUDLOW," I’M LARRY KUDLOW SO
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE A
POWERFUL AND COLORFUL SPEECH AT
CPAC SATURDAY NIGHT, GIVING NEW
VOICE TO HIS TRADITIONAL THEMES
OF FINISHING THE BATTLE TO MAKE
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, GOING AFTER
THE WASHINGTON, D.C., DEEP
STATE, GOING AFTER GLOBALISTS,
NEOCONS, MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE
D.C. ESTABLISHMENT STATUS QUO.
AS I SAID MANY TIMES I’M NOT
PICKING AND WINNERS OR LOSERS
RIGHT NOW.
I’M PROUD OF MY THREE YEARS AS
ECONOMIC ADVISOR AND CHERISH MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FORMER
PRESIDENT.
I AGREE WITH HIM THE MORE THE
MERRIER, MORE GOP PRIMARY
CONTESTANTS THE MORE FUN WE WILL
HAVE.
HOPEFULLY THE SURVIVAL OF THE
FITTEST WILL PRODUCE THE GOP
CANDIDATE WILL TROUNCE PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN AND HIS FAR LEFT
ADMINISTRATION.
NOTHING PERSONAL, MR. BIDEN, YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT.
JUST WE HAVE SERIOUS
DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT THE
DIRECTION OF POLICY AND THE
COUNTRY.
ONE THING IS FOR SURE, IN THE
FORMER PRESIDENT’S CPAC SPEECH
HE LAUNCHED INTO A VERY
IMPORTANT LITANY OF ISSUES.
HE PROVIDED MORE IN DEPTH POLICY
ANALYSIS THAN ANYBODY SO FAR IN
THE RACE.
HE THRASHED CHINA, PROMISED
GREATER TARIFFS.
HE WILL TRY TO REMOVE THEM FROM
MOST-FAVORED NATIONS.
HE BELIEVES THE WUHAN LAB LEAK
COMPELS CHINA TO PAY AMERICA AND
THE REST OF THE WORLD FOR THE
HORRIFIC COSTS OF COVID.
MR. TRUMP WOULD LEAVE THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
WOE ATTEMPT A PEACE DEAL IN
UKRAINE.
HE CHASTISED EUROPE AND NATO
COUNTRIES FOR NOT PAYING THEIR
FAIR SHARE OF THE UKRAINE WAR.
HE MADE A STRONG PITCH TO RETURN
TO ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, ARGUING
IF AMERICA OPENS THE SPIGOTS FOR
FOSSIL FUELS OIL PRICES WOULD
HAVE SETTLED AROUND 30, $40 A
BARREL.
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO RUSSIAN
INVASION OF UKRAINE BECAUSE THEY
NEVER COULD HAVE AFFORDED IT.
HE WAS HARSHLY CRITICAL
JOE BIDEN’S RETREAT FROM
AFGHANISTAN.
EVEN FOUND TIME TO CRITICIZE
BIDEN’S ECONOMIC REGULATIONS
THAT ARE STRANGLING BUSINESS AS
WELL AS HIS SPENDING, BORROWING
POLICIES THAT GENERATED RECORD
INFLATION AND ESSENTIALLY ARGUED
HE HAS BROUGHT THE COUNTRY BACK
ONCE, AND HE SEES HIS MISSION AS
DOING IT A SECOND TIME.
THEY’RE WERE A COUPLE OF NEW
WRINKLES IN HESS AGENDA, NAMELY
THE CREATION WHAT HE CALLED 10
FREEDOM CITIES AS WELL AS A NEW
BABY BONUS TO CREATE A
GENERATION OF BABY BOOMERS.
PARENTHETICALLY I MUST SAY,
HAROLD FORD AND I ALONG WITH THE
LATE JACK KEMP MANY YEARS AGO WE
ALL ARGUED FOR THIS CONCEPT.
I STILL THINK IT COULD WORK IF
YOU DID IT PROPERLY.
ESSENTIALLY MR. TRUMP OFFERED A
GOVERNING AGENDA AND AS I SAID,
GOING MUCH FURTHER THAN ANYBODY
ELSE IN THE RACE OR FRANKLY
ANYBODY ELSE CONTEMPLATING THE
RACE.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN OTHERS WON’T
DEVELOP AND PRESENT THEIR OWN
AGENDAS BUT SO FAR ONLY
MR. TRUMP REALLY PUT IT OUT ON
PAPER.
AS YOU KNOW, FOLKS, I ARGUED
AGAIN AND AGAIN THE GOP NEEDS TO
RENEW AND RESTORE ITS
TRADITIONAL ROLE OF ECONOMIC
STEWARDSHIP OF PROSPERITY,
CUTTING TAXES, MINIMIZING REGS,
COMPLETELY OVERHAULING THE
UNMANAGEABLE FEDERAL BUDGET,
OPENING THE FOSSIL SPIGOTS, ADD
SOUND MONEY TO FIGHT INFLATION.
MR. TRUMP HAS NOT YET FLESHED
OUT ALL OF HIS IDEAS BUT HE GAVE
PRETTY STRONG HINTS SATURDAY
NIGHT.
I’M SURE ALL THE GOP CANDIDATES
UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM OF AFTER
FORDABILITY IN TODAY’S HIGH
INFLATION AND PROBLEM OF
SECURITY WITH TODAY’S HIGH
CRIME, THE PROBLEM OF DEALING
WITH BIDEN’S OPEN BORDERS AND
THE PROBLEM OF PAYING FOR
GROCERIES, FOR RENT, FOR
UTILITIES.
THE PROBLEM OF YOUNG SINGLE MOMS
WITH JOBS BUT THEY MIGHT EVEN BE
FACING HOMELESSNESS.
THE CRAZY IDEA THAT BLUE-COLLAR
PLUMBERS AND PIPE FITTERS SHOULD
PAY FOR THE STUDENT LOANS OF THE
WELL TO DO, JUST NUTTY AS
KELLYANNE CONWAY SAID MANY
TIMES, WHOEVER HAS THE BEST PLAN
FOR THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO BE
THE LIKELY GOP NOMINEE BUT THEY
HAVE GOT TO HAVE A PLAN.
THEY HAVE GOT TO MAKE A CLEAR
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SOCIALIST
DEMOCRATS AND THE CAPITALISTS
REPUBLICANS.
THEY CAN’T BE BASHFUL LABELING
DEMOCRATS AS PART OF THE BIGGER
AND BIGGER GOVERNMENTAL PROBLEM.
GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME A
LEVIATHAN, AND THAT LEVIATHAN IS
SHUTTING DOWN OPPORTUNITY.
IT IS ATTEMPTING TO CREATE A
GREATER WELFARE STATE.
POLLS SHOW CLEARLY THAT MOST
FOLKS THINK THEY’RE WORSE OFF
THAN A YEAR AGO OR TWO YEARS AGO
THIS IS WHAT BIG GOVERNMENT
SOCIALISM ACCOMPLISHED.
THE ECONOMY IS IN DECLINE.
THE REAGAN BOOM IS LONG GONE.
THE BRIEF TRUMP REVIVAL HAS BEEN
LARGELY OVERTURNED BY BIDEN.
SO IF REPUBLICANS SPEAK PLAINLY
TO ALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE, AND
MOST PARTICULARLY TO MIDDLE
AMERICAN WORKING FOLKS,
ESPECIALLY LIVING IN INDUSTRIAL
STATE, THEY CAN RECLAIM THE
WHITE HOUSE AND GRAB THE SENATE
ALONG WITH IT IN THE 2024
ELECTION CYCLE.
BUT THEY HAVE GOT TO BE CLEAR
AND BOLD AND OPTIMISTIC.
I THINK MR. TRUMP GAVE IT A GOOD
SHOT LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT CPAC