OLYMPIC RACE WEARING LEAD SHOES.
TRISH?
TRISH: WOW, INTERESTING POINT
FROM ELON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BLAKE
BURMAN.
JOINING ME WITH MORE ON THIS,
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER
GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS,
MR. MIKE HUCKABEE.
GOVERNOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TRISH.
GREAT BEING WITH YOU.
TRISH: THIS IS ACTUALLY
SOMETHING YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT
FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU HAVE SAID WE HAVEN'T HAD A
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AND YOU HAVE
TALKED A LOT ABOUT TRYING TO PUT
MEASURES IN PLACE THAT WOULD
PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE
TARIFFS THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE
SIGNED IN JUST A SHORT MOMENT
FROM NOW?
>> WELL WE'LL SEE EXACTLY WHAT
THEY ARE BUT I APPLAUD THE
PRESIDENT, FOR NUMBER ONE,
KEEPING A CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE DON'T GET
USED TO POLITICIANS DOING AND IT
IS SHOCKING WASHINGTON BECAUSE
THEY ASSUMED IT WAS JUST
RHETORIC.
NOW THEY'RE REALIZING WHEN HE
SAID HE WOULD CUT TAXES HE
REALLY WAS.
WHEN HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO
BUILD A WALL, HE REALLY WILL.
WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD BRING AN
END TO UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES HE
WILL.
NOW EXACTLY WHAT HE IS GOING TO
DO WE DON'T KNOW BUT LET ME TELL
YOU HE HAS THE ATTENTION OF THE
WORLD RIGHT NOW AND HE IS IN A
VERY STRONG POSITION TO
BECAUSE THEY NOW KNOW THEY'RE
DEALING WITH SOMEBODY THAT
DOESN'T MIND CRACKING THE WHIP,
PULLING THE PLUG, MAKING PEOPLE
COME TO THE TABLE.
THAT IS A POSITIVE THING, TRISH,
REGARDLESS WHERE THIS ENDS UP.
TRISH: GOVERNOR, WHAT I LIKE
ABOUT THIS, I SAID OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, CLEARLY WE KNOW OUR
POSITION IN THE WORLD HAS
DETERIORATED.
WE HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN THE
HEGEMONIC POWER.
>> YEP.
TRISH: WE'VE LET THAT GO OVER
THE LAST DECADE, SPECIFICALLY
THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WITH
PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY NOW TO RESURFACE IN
THIS ROLE IN A WAY THAT IS
HEALTHY, IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T
SPEND RESOURCES USELESSLY OR
NEEDLESSLY BUT ACTUALLY IS
ARTICULATED, THOUGHT-OUT
STRATEGY.
TO ME, ECONOMICS PLAY AS HUGE
ROLE IN THAT WE'RE THE BIGGEST
ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
SHOULDN'T WE BE USING IT?
>> NOT ONLY SHOULD WE BE USING
IT, BUT USING IT TO THE
ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT
THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN THE
WORLDS THE AMERICAN WORKER.
AND IT HASN'T BEEN.
THEY HAVE HAD STAGNANT WAGES FOR
40 YEARS.
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A LOT OF
GLOBALISTS WILL MAKE THEIR MONEY
WHETHER THE STEEL IS MADE HERE,
MADE IN CHINA, MADE IN MEXICO,
MADE IN CANADA, MADE IN VIETNAM,
THEY DON'T CARE, THEY WILL MAKE
MONEY.
BUT NOT EVERY AMERICAN WILL MAKE
MONEY FOR THAT AND I APPRECIATE
A PRESIDENT WHO SAYS I WANT
AMERICAN WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE THE MONEY.
TRISH, I HAVE HEARD THE PUSHBACK
ALL DAY LONG FROM MANY
WALL STREET TYPES.
WE HEAR IT FROM ONE OF THE KOCH
BROTHERS BUT THE FACT IS, WE
HAVE ALLOWED WHAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE FREE TRADE TO BECOME
ANYTHING BUT FREE OR FAIR.
I BELIEVE IN FREE TRADE.
I THINK IT IS GREAT BUT IT ISN'T
FREE IF IT ISN'T FAIR, AND IT
ISN'T FAIR WHEN EVERYONE IS NOT
PLAYING BY EXACT SAME SET OF
RULES.
I LOVE WHAT ELON MUSK SAID, IT
IS LIKE TRYING TO COMPETE IN THE
OLYMPICS WITH LEAD SHOES ON.
IT IS INTERESTING ELON MUSK IS
SALUTING THE PRESIDENT AND ONE
OF THE KOCH BROTHERS WHO IS
CRITICIZING HIM.
DONALD TRUMP HAS DISRUPTED THE
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AS MUCH AS
WE COULD EVER IMAGINED.
>> HASN'T HE?
IT IS AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK OF
THE PEOPLE CHEERING THIS ON AND
THOSE THAT ARE OPPOSED TO IT BUT
I THINK THE REALITY EXISTS, AND
YOU POINT IT OUT, INCOMES
ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION THEY HAVE
GONE NOWHERE FOR DECADES.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
COMPARE THE INCOME CHART TO OUR
TRADE DEFICIT YOU SEE THE TRADE
DEFICIT GOING WAY UP AND INCOMES
FLATTING.
I THINK THAT SPEAKS SPEAKS
VOLUME FOR CHALLENGES WE FACE AS
A RESULT OF GLOBALISM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE
ANSWERS ARE.
I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, GOVERNOR,
IT HAS NOT WORKED FOR SOME
AMERICANS AND ALL THOSE FOLKS
SAY WE NEED BETTER EDUCATION.
SURE WE NEED BETTER EDUCATION
BUT HOW IS THAT GOING TO HELP
THE FAMILY THAT NEEDS TO TAKE
CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN NOW?
>> WHAT YOU HAVE JUST SAID IS
THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING,
NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
SAYING IT, TRISH AND I
APPRECIATE IT.
THAT IS IF YOU CONTINUE THE
EXACT POLICIES WE'VE BEEN DOING
NOW FOR SEVERAL DECADES AND THEY
HAVEN'T WORKED TO THE BENEFIT OF
THE AMERICAN WORKER WHY DO WE
THINK SUDDENLY THEY WILL WORK?
I WISH FOLKS WRITING EDITORIAL
PAGES AT PLACES LIKE
"WALL STREET JOURNAL" WOULD
START RECOGNIZING THIS IS GREAT
ECONOMY FOR SOME PEOPLE.
I GOT THAT.
I UNDERSTAND IT.
BUT YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK DOWN ON
PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE SAID,
THEY SAID HUCKABEE IS NOT FOR
FREE TRADE.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
I AM, BUT I WANT TO SEE NOT JUST
THE PEOPLE AT THE TOP,
CORPORATIONS AND CEOS GET
WEALTHY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THAT PROSPERITY FILLER DOWN TO
PEOPLE AT THE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM
LIFT HEAVY THINGS AND STAND ALL
DAY ON A CONCRETE FLOOR.
THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING IT IN THE
TEETH.
I'M GLAD WE GOT A PRESIDENT WHO
RECOGNIZES THERE OUGHT TO BE
SOME LEVEL OF PROSPERITY THAT
SHIFTS TO EVERYBODY IN AMERICA,
NOT JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE.
TRISH: GOVERNOR HUCKABEE,
WELL-SAID.