>> [APPLAUSE]
DAGEN: JOINING ME NOW THE
WASHINGTON EXAMINER CHIEF
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT, FOX
NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, BYRON YORK.
HE'S ALWAYS ENTERTAINING BUT HE
MIGHT NOT BE WRONG.
>> YOU KNOW, HE IS THE MOST
TRANSPARENT CAMPAIGNER IN
HISTORY I THINK.
HE JUST CAME OUT AND SAID LOOK,
YOU'VE GOT TO VOTE FOR ME.
IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY RALLY
LAST NIGHT, HUGE AMOUNTS OF SHOW
BUSINESS, AS YOU SAW THE
PRESIDENT LOVES TO HANDICAP THE
DEMOCRATIC FIELD.
HE LIKES THE TURMOIL WE'RE SEE
ING IN THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD
WITH ELIZABETH WARREN COMING UP
AND BERNIE SANDERS COMING DOWN.
NO ACCIDENT THAT HE DID IT IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THE PRESIDENT IS OBVIOUSLY
FOCUSING ON THE STATES THAT HE L
NEED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
HE KICKED OFF HIS ENTIRE
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN FLORIDA.
HE WAS MOST RECENTLY IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
BOTH OF THOSE HE WON.
HE LOST NEW HAMPSHIRE VERY
NARROWLY BY 2,736 VOTES, REALLY
REALLY TIGHT.
THAT'S A STATE HE HOPES HE CAN
PICK UP NEXT TIME.
DAGEN: WHAT ABOUT HIS MESSAGING?
BECAUSE AGAIN, IN THE MESSAGE
AND I'M PARAPHRASEING BUT ON
CHINA WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR
AMERICA.
ITS BEEN GREAT SO FAR.
THE CONSUMERS AREN'T FEELING IT
ALTHOUGH SOME CONSUMER PRICES
HAVE GONE UP.
OVERALL CONSUMER PRICES HAVE
GONE UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
MONTHS.
IT IS IMPORTERS IN THE U.S.
PAYING THESE TARIFFS INTO
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, HOW
THEY'RE SPREAD ACROSS THE SUPPLY
CHAIN IS A DIFFERENT STORY BUT
NEVERTHELESS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT
THAT.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
ON IN THE STOCK MARKET.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE GRAVY.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> WELL A LARGE PART OF THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT
WAS A REBUTTAL TO ALL THE
RECESSION TALK THAT WE'VE BEEN
HEARING LATELY, AND HE DOES HAVE
A CASE TO MAKE FOR THAT, BUT THE
PRESIDENT KNOWS VERY WELL THAT
HE IS ON A TIGHT ROPE, AS FAR AS
TRADE IS CONCERNED, AND
ESPECIALLY WITH CHINA.
HE'S SAID THAT TO PEOPLE.
IT HAS TO WORK.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HE STILL HAS
THE SUPPORT OF FARMERS ON THIS
ISSUE.
WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF POLLS
WHERE FARMERS THINK THAT
ULTIMATELY THIS IS GOING TO WORK
OUT FOR THEM AND THEY SUPPORT
WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING AND
ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT DID IT.
THEY FELT THAT SOMEBODY HAD TO
STAND UP TO CHINA.
IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE EASY.
NOT GOING TO BE NEAT, BUT
SOMEBODY HAD TO DO IT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, GO FORWARD A
YEAR.
IF THERE'S STILL NO CHINA DEAL,
THERE'S STILL NOTHING THERE, I
MEAN, THIS COULD HURT HIM.
THAT'S WHY HE KNOWS HE'S ON A
TIGHT ROPE IF YOU CAN FALL OFF
IT.
DAGEN: WELL I SAID THAT IT WAS
LIKE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AS LONG
AS IT WAS THE STATUS QUO, BUT
THEN HE ANNOUNCED THIS NEW
TARIFF ON THE $300 BILLION
BECAUSE THEY START GOING INTO
EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1, SO
AGAIN, THERE IS THE FIGHT
CONTINUES WITH CHINA, SO THERE
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A QUIET ON
THAT FRONT AT THIS POINT.
I WANT TO MOVE ON TO ISRAEL
OVERNIGHT APPROVING THE REQUEST
TO VISIT THE WEST BANK ON
HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS TO VISIT
HER GRANDMOTHER.
THIS COMING AFTER THE COUNTRY
ORIGINALLY BARRED HER FROM
ENTERING.
THE CONGRESSWOMAN AGREEING TO
CONDITIONS IN A STATEMENT SHE
SAID THIS.
THIS COULD BE MY LAST
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HER.
I RESPECT ANY RESTRICTIONS AND I
WILL NOT PROMOTE ANY BOYCOTTS
AGAINST ISRAEL DURING MY VISIT.
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU FIRST BANNING TLAIB
AND CONGRESSWOMAN ILLHAM
OMAR DUE TO THEIR SUPPORT OF THE
ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT MOVEMENT.
BYRON WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS
DEVELOPMENT?
>> WELL FIRST OF ALL THE
ORIGINAL TRIP THAT TLAIB WANTED
TO TAKE WAS BILLED BY HER OFFICE
AS A VISIT TO PALESTINE, NOT TO
ISRAEL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE ISRAELIS
DID NOT LIKE TO HEAR AND THEY
HAVE PASSED THE ISRAELIS DID
PASS A LAW IN 2017 ALLOWING THEM
TO BAR ENTRY FROM PROMOTESERS OF
THE BDS MOVEMENT SO WHAT
BASICALLY, WHAT SHE DID WHO DOES
HAVE FAMILY IN ISRAEL IS THAT
THEY BASICALLY ALLOWED HER TO
ENTER ESSENTIALLY ON
HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS AND SHE
AGREED NOT TO PROMOTE BDS WHILE
SHE WAS THERE.
THERE ARE REALLY TWO SIDES TO
THIS STORY.
I MEAN, THE PEOPLE WHO SAY
ISRAEL SHOULD NOT BE IN THE
BUSINESS OF THE BARRING U.S.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM
VISITING, I THINK THAT'S A VERY
LEGITIMATE POINT.
ON THE OTHER HAND THEY DID MAKE
THIS LAW BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY DO
NOT WANT PEOPLE TO COME IN AND
PROMOTE BDS.
YOU COULD REALLY ARGUE IT BOTH
WAYS ON THIS.
DAGEN: BDS, BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT
AND SANCTIONS.
AND YOUR TAKE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP
WANTS TO BUY GREENLAND.
>> IT'S FUNNY.
EVERYBODY IS JOKING, FINE, BUT
THERE IS A NON-CRAZY CASE FOR
THIS.
I MEAN, GREENLAND HAS IMPORTANT
GEOSTRATEGIC MEANING FOR US.
WE HAVE AN AIR BASE UP THERE, A
VERY LARGE AIR BASE, WAY ABOVE
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.
IT'S A BIG PART OF OUR EARLY
WARNING MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM.
IN 1946 PRESIDENT HARRY TRUE MAN
ACTUALLY OFFERED TO BUY GREEN
LAND FROM DENMARK WHICH
CONTROLS IT THE OFFER WAS
$100 MILLION.
DENMARK TURNED IT DOWN, DON'T
SEE IT HAPPENING TODAY.
IT'S KIND OF AN ODD 19TH CENTURY
IDEA, THE IDEA THAT YOU WOULD
JUST GO BUY SOMETHING BIG LIKE
THIS.
ON THE OTHER HAND THERE ARE
ACTUAL STRATEGIC REASONS TO WANT
TO DO IT.
DAGEN: I WANT TO MOVE ON TO ONE
MORE THING BECAUSE I FOLLOW YOU
CLOSELY ON TWITTER, YOU GENIUS,
AND YOU'VE BEEN TWEETING ABOUT
THIS BYRON.
NEW YORK TIMES CHIEF REPORTEDLY
TELLING A TOWN HALL EARLIER THIS
WEEK THAT THE NEWSPAPERS
COVERAGE IS PIVOTING TO ALLEGED
RACISM FROM THE PRESIDENT AFTER
THE RUSSIA COLLUSION STORY FELL
APART.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO TRANSCRIPTS
GIVEN TO SLATE MAGAZINE.
BYRON YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?
>> REALLY AN EXTRAORDINARY
STORY.
THERE WAS BASICALLY AN EMPLOYEE
TOWN HALL ON MONDAY AT THE NEW
YORK TIMES, AND DEAN BAQUET, THE
EXECUTIVE EDITOR SAID LOOK, WE
FOCUSED ENTIRELY ON THE TRUMP
RUSSIA MATTER FOR THE FIRST TWO
YEARS OF THE PRESIDENT'S TIME IN
OFFICE, WE "BUILT OUR NEWS ROOM
AROUND THAT STORY" AND THEN CAME
THE MUELLER REPORT AND SOME OF
OUR READERS WERE ANGUISHED AND
SAID THAT GOSH, ROBERT MUELLER
IS NOT GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE
, SO NOW, WE HAVE A NEW
VISION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS,
AND THAT IS TO COVER RACISM AND
THE PRESIDENT'S RACISM AND THE
PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTER'S RACISM.
THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR BIG BIG
STORY.
IT WAS REALLY AN EXTRAORDINARILY
OPEN WAY TO SAY WHAT A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY SUSPECTED
OBSERVING THE TIMES FROM THE
OUTSIDE.
DAGEN: AND I KNOW THIS IS A
SMALL THING, BUT DALE EARNHARDT
JR. , HE'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE
MOST WELL KNOWN SPORTS FIGURES
IN THE COUNTRY, AND HIS FAMILY
WAS IN A PLANE CRASH YESTERDAY,
AND I WENT LOOKING FOR ANY
UPDATES ON THAT STORY.
I COULDN'T FIND IT.
I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH THE
FRONT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE.
I COULDN'T EVEN FIND A MENTION
OF IT.
IT'S NOT ON THE FRONT PAGE TODAY
BASED ON MY FIRST LOOK AND AGAIN
IT'S LIKE ARE YOU A NATIONAL
NEWSPAPER OR JUST THE ANTI-TRUMP
NEWSPAPER?
>> THE TIMES FAMOUSLY DID NOT
RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE DEATH OF DALE EARNHARDT
SENIOR, THE ACTUAL SUPER STAR OF
STOCK CAR RACING, THE TIMES WAS
CRITICIZED FOR NOT REALIZING