>> AMERICA WILL ALWAYS
CHOOSE COOPERATION AND
INDEPENDENT OVER GLOBAL
GOVERNORS CONTROL AND
REGULATION.
WE CANNOT ALLOW A RERAH JET
STREAM WHO CHANTS DEATH TO
AMERICA TO POSSESS THE MEANS
TO DELIVER A NUCLEAR WAR
HEAD.
CHINA'S MARKET DISTORTIONS
AND THE WAY THEY DEAL CANNOT
BE TOLERATE YOU HAD.
MY ADMINISTRATION HAS
ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN
ALMOST ANY ADMINISTRATION IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
[LAUGHTER]
AMERICA'S -- SO TRUE.
[LAUGHTER]
DIDN'T EXPECT THAT REACTION
BUT THAT'S OKAY.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
BRIAN: PRESIDENT IN THE
MOMENT.
AINSLEY: LET'S BRING IN
NIKKI HALEY SHE WAS THE
GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE
OF NEW YORK.
STEVE: SOUTH CAROLINA.
AINSLEY: I LOVED
SHE IS IN NEW YORK NOW.
AINSLEY: I LIVED IN TWO
STATES I LOVED THEM BOTH.
I KNOW YOU WERE IN THE ROOM
WHEN IT HAPPENED.
SOMETIMES THE MEDIA CAN
PORTRAY IT AS ONE THING AND
IT WASN'T THAT AT ALL.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE.
>> THE MEDIA HAS GOT THIS SO
WRONG.
I DEAL WITH THESE LEADERS
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY
THINK.
DO THEY LOVE AMERICA?
NO.
DO THEY RESPECT AMERICA?
NOW THEY DO.
WHEN THEY SAID THAT THEY
LOVE HOW HONEST HE IS.
AND IT'S NOT DIPLOMATIC.
AND THEY FIND IT FUNNY.
I MEAN, WHEN HE GOES AND HE
IS VERY TRUTHFUL THEY KIND
OF WERE TAKEN BACK BY IT.
>> THEY ARE NOT USED TO IT.
>> ALL DAY YESTERDAY THEY
WERE FALLING OVER THEMSELVES
TO GET A PICTURE WITH HIM TO
TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT HIS
SPEECH WAS.
HOW STRONG IT WAS.
WHETHER HE SAID GOOD THINGS
ABOUT THEM OR NOT THEY LOVE
THAT HE IS HONEST WITH THEM.
AND THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN
LIKE IT.
SO THERE IS A RESPECT THERE.
I SAW THAT THE MEDIA WAS
TRYING TO MAKE IT SOMETHING
DISRESPECTFUL.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS.
THEY LOVE TO BE WITH HIM.
THAT'S THE ONLY TIME YOU
WILL SEE THAT ENTIRE CHAMBER
STANDING ROOM ONLY.
BRIAN: IT WAS THE ECHO
LAUGH.
FOR EXAMPLE, A PART OF IT
WAS HE PULLED OFF THE
PROMPTER AND REACTED IN
REALTIME AND NEVER HAPPENED
AT THE U.N.
STEVE: AD-LIB.
BRIAN: WORLD IS WATCHING
AD-LIB IT.
>> THAT MADE THEM LOVE HIM
ANYMORE.
BRIAN: YOU DEAL WITH THIS
EVERY DAY.
AXIOS WHO TENDS TO BE FAIR.
THEIR LEAD STORY HUG THE
THUG FLIP OF OYOUR FRIEND'S
WORLD VIEW.
THAT'S HOW THEY VIEWED THE
SPEECH WHAT'S YOUR REACTION
TO THAT.
>> YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THE PRESIDENT.
HE IS ALWAYS TALKING TO HIS
AUDIENCE.
WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
KIM, HE WAS TALKING TO KIM.
HE WAS SITTING THERE SAYING
THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP TO
BE HAD.
THERE ARE THINGS TO BE DONE.
WHEN HE IS TALKING ABOUT
OPEC AND THE ISSUES THAT
NEED TO HAPPEN, IS HE
TALKING TO THE SAUDIS SAYING
RELEASE MORE OIL, WE HAVE
GOT TO GET THESE GAS PRICES
DOWN.
IS HE VERY GOOD AT KNOWING
HIS AUDIENCE AND HE IS
TALKING STRAIGHT TO PERSON
OR COUNTRY IS HE TRYING TO
GET A MESSAGE TOO.
STEVE: TALKING ABOUT HOW
TRADE DEALS WITH THE UNITED
STATES HAVE GOT TO BE FAIR
ARECIPROCAL, IS HE TALKING
TO CHINA.
IS HE TALKING TO CANADA.
IS HE TALKING TO WHOM?
>> HE IS TALKING TO MEXICO.
IS HE TALKING TO INDIA.
HE IS TALKING -- HE JUST
FINISHED WITH SOUTH KOREA,
WITH JAPAN.
WHAT HE IS DOING IS SAYING
I'M NOT GOING TO SIT THERE
AND TALK ABOUT THE WORLD
TRADE ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE GOING TO DO DIRECT
NEGOTIATIONS.
HE JUST DID A GREAT ONE WITH
SOUTH KOREA.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HE DID
ONE WITH MEXICO.
HE IS REDOING ALL OF THESE
NEGOTIATION.
SO, FOR THE FIRST TIME,
AMERICANS AROUND THE
SUFFERING.
IT'S FAIR FOR AMERICA.
AND THE COUNTRIES KNOW THAT
IT'S UNFAIR.
THEY KNOW IT HAS TO CHANGE.
THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
BUT THEY KNOW HE IS RIGHT.
AINSLEY: THE PRESIDENT HAD A
MESSAGE FOR IRAN.
YOU HAD A MESSAGE FOR IRAN.
SO DID MIKE POMPEO AND JOHN
BOLTON.
JOHN BOLTON SAYING THERE
WILL BE HELL TO PAY IF IRAN
CONTINUES AGGRESSION.
YOU SAID IF EUROPEAN ALLIES
DO BUSINESS WITH IRAN THEY
WILL FACE SANCTIONS.
WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE NOW FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT ARE
WORRIED ABOUT IRAN?
>> THAT WE DO NEED TO BE
WORRIED ABOUT IRAN HONESTLY
IRAN IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
CAN YOU LOOK, WE ARE HAVING
MULTIPLE ATTACKS FROM
PROXIES ON EMBASSY IN IRAQ.
VERY INVOLVED WHETHER IT'S
LEBANON OR YEMEN.
THEY ARE CONSTANTLY IN THE
MIDDLE OF TROUBLE.
THEY ARE NOT ON OUR SIDE.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE
SURE THAT THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY KNOWS TRYING TO DO
BUSINESS WITH IRAN IS ONLY
HELPING TERRORISTS.
YOU ARE NOT HELPING THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
BRIAN: AMBASSADOR IS IT TRUE
THAT THE EUROPEANS ARE
TRYING TO GIVE INCENTIVES
FOR THE EU COMPANIES TO GO
IRAN WHICH IS REALLY A THUMB
IN OUR EYE.
AND THESE COMPANIES ARE NOT
RESPONDING BECAUSE THEY
DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD
INVESTMENT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
INVOLVED.
IS THAT THE SCENARIO AS YOU
SEE IT.
>> THEY HAVE IT SO WRONG.
HAVE YOU THE WOMAN WHO
HELPED GET THIS DEAL
TOGETHER.
SHE IS TRYING TO HOLD A DEAL
TOGETHER BECAUSE SHE DID IT
SHE IS NOT LOOKING OUT FOR
THE BEST INTEREST OF THE
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHO
NUMBER ONE DON'T WANT TO DO
BUSINESS WITH IRAN.
YOU CAN HAVE THAT PROOF BY
THE FACT THAT COMPANIES ARE
DROPPING DEALS WITH IRAN.
THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO GET
DEALS WITH IRAN.
BECAUSE THEY GET WHO THEY
ARE DEALING WITH.
STEVE: SURE.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN
KERRY?
BEEN -- SOME HAVE DEPICTED DEPIC
BEEN -- SOME HAVE DEPICTED DEPIE
IT SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS
BEEN -- SOME HAVE DEPICTED DEPID
IT AS MEDDLING.
SOME SAY JUST WAIT THIS
ADMINISTRATION OUT.
THINGS WILL GET BETTER.
>> WHAT SECRETARY KERRY DID
WAS NOT ONLY DISRESPECTFUL.
IT WAS HURTFUL TO AMERICA.
WHEN WE ARE SITTING THERE
TRYING TO GET IRAN TO COME
TO THE TABLE IN A WAY THAT
THEY UNDERSTAND THE
BALLISTIC MISSILE TESTING
HAS TO STOP.
THE SUPPORT OF TERRORISM HAS
TO STOP.
THEY HAVE TO QUIT SELLING
ARMS TO THE HOUTHIS, WHEN
ALL THOSE THINGS TO HAVE
ANOTHER AMERICAN GO IN AND
SAY DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT,
THAT ABSOLUTELY IS
ANTI-AMERICAN, AND IT WAS
HURTFUL TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND IF SECRETARY
KERRY WAS SECRETARY OF
STATE, HE WOULD NOT WANT
ANYONE DOING THAT.
BRIAN: HE SAYS DR. KISSINGER
DOES THAT AND NO ONE EVER
COMPLAINS.
>> LET ME TELL YOU A HUGE
FAN OF DR. KISSINGER AND
VERY RESPECTED MAN BECAUSE
HE NEVER GOES OUT OF COUNTRY
WITHOUT TELLING OUR
ADMINISTRATION WHEN HE COMES
BACK HE TELLS OUR
ADMINISTRATION.
HE WORKS WITH US AND TELLS
US WHAT HE IS DOING ALL THE
TIME.
AINSLEY: KERRY DOESN'T DO
THAT.
>> SECRETARY KERRY WE DIDN'T
KNOW THAT CONVERSATION
HAPPENED.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS
DOING.
DR. KISSINGER YOU NEVER HAVE
TO WORRY THAT HE IS NOT ON
AMERICA'S SIDE.
AINSLEY: AMBASSADOR YOU ARE
SITTING NEXT TO THE
PRESIDENT AT THE U.N., YOU
WALKED IN WITH HIM, YOU
INTRODUCED HIM.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE
CRITICISM ABOUT HIM AND
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO WORK WITH
HIM YOU?
KNOW HIM ON A PERSONAL
LEVEL?
>> IT'S GOTTEN SO
DISGUSTING, REALLY.
I MEAN, THE IDEA THAT HE IS
NOT MENTALLY FIT.
THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD BE
TALKING ABOUT THE 25TH
AMENDMENT.
NONE OF THAT IS TRUE.
IT COULDN'T BE FARTHER FROM
THE TRUTH.
YOU'VE GOT A PRESIDENT WHO
IS NONSTOP GOING ALL THE
TIME.
THE CABINET IS JUST TRYING
TO KEEP UP WITH HIM.
IS HE GETTING THINGS DONE
LEFT AND RIGHT.
HOW CAN YOU HONESTLY THINK A
MAN WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE
IS DOING IS GETTING THIS
MUCH DONE ON JOBS, ON TRADE
DEALS, ON FOREIGN POLICY,
LOOK AT THE STOCK MARKET, I
MEAN, AMERICANS ARE LIVING
BETTER THAN THEY EVER HAVE
AND YOU ARE GOING TO
QUESTION HIS LEADERSHIP?
STEVE: WHEN YOU WATCH THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA THOUGH,
ACCORDING TO THE MEDIA
RESEARCH CENTER, 90% OF THE
COVERAGE OF DONALD TRUMP IS
NEGATIVE.
YET, YOU KNOW, HIS
POPULARITY, HIS FAVORABILITY
NUMBER HAS REMAINS STEADY OR
HAS GONE UP A LITTLE BIT,
WHICH IS A SHOCKING NUMBER,
CONSIDERING ALL THE VAST
AVALANCHE OF BAD PUBLICITY
HE HAS GOTTEN.
>> WHAT'S INTERESTING IS I
LOOKED AT THE MEDIA
YESTERDAY AND THEY ALL WANTS
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE WORLD
VIEW OF THE PRESIDENT IS.
WHAT THEY NEED TO
UNDERSTANDING IS THE WORLD
DOESN'T UNDERSTANDING THE
MEDIA IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
LIKE THEY SEE WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS DOING, THAT IS
WHAT MAKES US LOOK BAD IS
WHEN THEY ARE CONSTANTLY --
I WAS TALKING TO A WORLD
LEADER YESTERDAY, I WON'T
NAME WHICH LEADER IT WAS,
AND HE SAID I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT THEY WOULD EVER TALK
ABOUT IMPEACHMENT, 25TH
AMENDMENT.
HE SAID DO THEY
UNDERSTANDING THIS IS
AMERICA?
YOU DON'T PLAY WITH
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AINSLEY: SOUTH KOREA'S
PRESIDENT HE WAS PRAISES
HIM.
>> IT WAS NOT THE SOUTH
KOREAN PRESIDENT.
LEADERS DON'T KNOW WHY THIS
IS A CONVERSATION AND THEY
FIND IT DANGEROUS FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
BRIAN: TALK ABOUT NORTH
KOREA IN PARTICULAR, NOT
JUST PERT THAN IT WAS A YEAR
AGO.
YOU CAN'T SAY THAT WE ARE
ACTUALLY GETTING CLOSER TO
DENUCLEARIZATION, CAN YOU?
>> I THINK THAT -- WELL,
FIRST OF ALL, YES, HUGE
PROGRESS IN THE WAY THAT
HASN'T HAD BALLISTIC MISSILE
TESTING.
LOOK AT THEIR 70TH PARADE.
I REMEMBER A YEAR AND A HALF
AGO LOOKING AT THOSE PARADES
AND IT WAS NOTHING BUT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
NONE OF THAT THIS TIME.
AND YOU HAVE GOT KIM ASKING
FOR ANOTHER MEETING.
AND YOU'VE GOT HIM STARTING
TO SOCIALIZE WITH THE REGION
AND TRYING TO FIND PEACE.
WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY.
WE HAVE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO
BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT TO GET
HIS CONFIDENCE AND TRUST
THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO
ATTACK HIM.
STEVE: RIGHT.
>> HE HAS GOT TO GIVE US THE
TRUST THAT OF COURSE HE IS
GOING TO DO WHAT WE SAY.
BUT EVERY LEADER IS THANKING
THE PRESIDENT FOR WHAT HE
DID ON NORTH KOREA.
STEVE: KIM JONG UN IS A
DIFFERENT KIND OF NEGOTIATOR
THAN HIS FATHER.
>> VERY MUCH.
SO AND THE PRESIDENT TAPPED
THAT.
HE TAPPED THAT.
THAT'S WHY KIM SENT HIM A
NICE LETTER SAYING I WANT TO
MEET AGAIN.
THE PRESIDENT IS VERY GOOD
WHEN YOU PUT HIM IN FRONT OF
A FOREIGN LEADER.
BRIAN: ONE THING IS CLEAR I
THINK YOU ARE GETTING
RESPECT ON BOTH SIDES, I
WATCH YOU ON EVERY SINGLE
SHOW YOU HAVE THE ANSWERS,
ESPECIALLY AS GOVERNOR OF
SOUTH CAROLINA I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU HAVE THE DEPTH OF
KNOWLEDGE ON ALL THESE
THINGS.
THEY SAY ONE OF THE KEYS IS,
AMBASSADOR, THE DEAL YOU CUT
HAVE YOU DIRECT ACCESS TO
THE PRESIDENT.
ANY TYPE OF GRAY AREA YOU
CAN CALL AND YOU CAN RELAY.
IS THAT TRUE?
HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT?
>> HE IS UNBELIEVABLY
RESPONSIVE.
I GO TO D.C. ONCE A WEEKS.
I SEE HIM.
I TALK TO HIM.
IF I NEED ANYTHING I CAN
PICK UP THE PHONE.
IF I DISAGREE WITH
SOMETHING, HE LISTENS.
HE MAY DO IT.
HE MAY NOT DO IT.
BUT I HAVE -- I AM VERY
APPRECIATIVE OF THE
RELATIONSHIP I HAVE WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
THE REASON I'M TABLE TO DO
THE JOB I DO IS BECAUSE IS
HE SO INVOLVED.
LAST NIGHT HE WENT AND
HOSTED MEMBERS OF THE
SECURITY COUNCIL AND THEIR
FOREIGN MINISTERS.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
NOT WORLD LEADERS.
THE ONES THAT MAKE THE
DECISIONS EVERY DAY ON THOSE
NORTH KOREAN SANCTIONS ON
THE ARMS EMBARGO.
STEVE: I BET THEY LOVED
THAT.
>> THAT BUYS SO MUCH
GOODWILL FOR THE UNITED
STATES.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO IT.
AINSLEY: AMBASSADOR YOU WEAR
THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMBLEM.
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
U.N. AMBASSADOR NOW YOU HAVE
A GLOBAL VIEW.
ANY PLANS TO RUN FOR OFFICE?
I MEAN RUN FOR PRESIDENT ONE
DAY AS A FEMALE?
IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I
WILL TELL YOU NEVER FORGET
WHERE YOU COME FROM.
THAT'S WHY I WEAR MY SOUTH
CAROLINA NECKLACE.
I WILL TELL YOU I HAVE NOT
THOUGHT ONCE ABOUT RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT.
THESE THINGS WHERE PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT 2020.
I WOULD NEVER RUN AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT.
I WOULD CAMPAIGN FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
I MEAN, WITHOUT QUESTION HE
HAS DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB.
SO, I'M GOOD ABOUT NOT
THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
>> Steve: YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THOUGH
IS TRAFFIC BECAUSE NOW THERE
IS GRIDLOCK BETWEEN HERE AND
THE UNITED NATIONS BECAUSE