THAT WERE ATTACKED.
AND JOINING US NOW IS JARED
KUSHNER, THE SENIOR ADVISER TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND, JARED, IT’S GREAT TO HAVE
YOU WITH US.
YOU’VE HAD QUITE A WEEK.
YOU’RE GETTING USE, I SUSPECT,
TO QUITE THE EXTRAORDINARY
WEEKS.
THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO
MAKE GREAT STRIDES AND ADVANCES.
THESE ARE HISTORIC.
GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS, YOU’VE
BEEN WORKING HARD WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY OF
STATE TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION.
>> THANK YOU, LOU, FOR HAVING
ME.
IT’S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
YESTERDAY WE SU SAW AT THE WHITE
HOUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP PREPSEUDOD
OVER THE SIGNING OF TWO SEPARATE
PEACE AGREEMENTS, ISRAEL AND
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND ISRAEL
AND BAHRAIN.
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP RAN FOR
OFFICE, THE MIDDLE EAST WAS A
TOTAL MESS.
ISIS HAD A CALL LU FATE THE SIZE
OF OHIO, IRAN WAS VERY
EMBOLDENED THANKS TO TERRIBLE
DEAL THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION
MADE, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP REALLY
PUT AN END TO THAT.
HE TOOK HIS FIRST TRIP TO SAUDI
ARABIA AS PRESIDENT, HE LAID OUT
HIS PLAN FOR HOW HE WANTED TO
FIX THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THIS
WEEK WE’VE HARVESTED SOME OF THE
FRUIT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID HE’D START
WORLD WAR III, YESTERDAY HE
ACTUALLY DID JUST THE OPPOSITE
WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE
FIRST PEACE DEAL IN THE MIDDLE
EAST IN 26 YEARS.
AND HE DID NOT JUST ONE DEAL,
BUT TWO DEALS WHICH IS WHY,
AGAIN, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LOVE
THE RESULTS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS BRINGING.
LOU: WELL, WHO WOULD NOT OTHER
THAN, OF COURSE, THE RADICAL
DEMS AND THE LEFT IN THIS
COUNTRY.
NO ONE HAS BEEN MORE EGREGIOUSLY
OPPOSED TO TRUMP’S MIDDLE EAST
POLICY THAN JOHN BRENNAN WHO IS
NOT ONLY THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF
THE OBAMA-ERA CIA, BUT ALSO A
SUSPECT -- YOU CAN ADD THE
NUMBER, YOU WOULD PUT HIM IN THE
TOP FIVE -- OF THOSE LEADING THE
OBAMAGATE SCANDAL AGAINST
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
LET’S GO BACK TO MAY 14TH OF
2018 AND WHAT BRENNAN HAD TO SAY
ABOUT THE TRUMP THE INITIATIVES
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
DEATHS, HE SAID, IN GAZA RESULT
OF UTTER DISREGARD -- IF WE
COULD PUT THIS UP, PLEASE, THIS
FULL SCREEN?
DEATHS IN GAZA RESULT OF UTTER
DISREGARD OF AMBASSADORS TRUMP
AND NET NETANYAHU BY MOVING EMBA
TO JERUSALEM TRUMP PLAYED
POLITICS, DESTROYED U.S.
PEACEMAKER ROLE, NEW GENERATION
OF ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS NEED
TO US ISOLATE EXTREMISTS TO FIND
PATH TO PEACE.
WE COULD GO ON WITH ALMOST THE
ENTIRE NATIONAL SECURITY STAFF
OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN THOSE
YEARS.
THEY WERE WRONG AND THEY WERE
WRONG AND THEY WERE WRONG.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS, THROUGH THE
COURSE OF HIS FIRST TERM IN
OFFICE, BEEN PROVED RIGHT NOT
ONLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IN
CULMINATING IN THESE AGREEMENTS,
THESE HISTORIC AGREEMENTS, BUT
THROUGHOUT HIS PRESIDENCY.
HE HAS BEEN RIGHT ON THE FEDERAL
RESERVE, HE’S BEEN RIGHT ON
INTEREST IT RATES, HE HAS BEEN
RIGHT ON CHINA, ON TARIFFS.
AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
TAX SAUCE -- TAXATION AND TAX
CUTS.
THE LIST GOES ON, AND YET YOUR
ADMINISTRATION DOESN’T GET THE
CREDIT, NEAR THE CREDIT, THAT IT
DESERVES, ONLY ASSAULT FROM THE
LEFT AND THE RADICAL DEMS.
AND NOW COMES NANCY PELOSI
WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THE
STIMULUS PACKAGE, THE CHINA
VIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE.
ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GOING TO
ENTERTAIN, IS THE PRESIDENT
GOING TO ENTERTAIN A $3 TRILLION
NUMBER?
BECAUSE HE LEFT IT AMBIGUOUS AS
TO WHAT NUMBER HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT WHEN HE TALKED TO
REPUBLICANS SAYING GO FOR THE
HIGHER NUMBER.
>> RIGHT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S A DEALMAKER.
HE ALWAYS LEAVES ALL THINGS
OPEN, BUT HE’S A PRAGMATIST, AND
AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE’LL DO
WHATEVER HE THINKS IS BEST TO
MAKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAFER
AND MORE PROSPEROUS.
YOU JUST SHOWED JOHN BRENNAN’S
COMMENTS.
AGAIN, THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND
PRESIDENT TRUMP, THEY DIDN’T
UNDERSTAND WHY HE WON, HUSBAND
SUPPORTERS, HOW FRUSTRATED THE
COUNTRY WAS WITH SEEING DECADES
OF FAILED LEADERSHIP IN
WASHINGTON, SOLDIERS FINISH.
LOU: THEY NOT ONLY DIDN’T
UNDERSTAND, YEAH, THEY DIDN’T
NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND PRESIDENT
TRUMP -- AND THEY STILL DON’T --
THEY DIDN’T OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTAND
THE MIDDLE EAST OR THE POLICIES
THAT WERE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE
THE KIND OF SUCCESS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SUCCEEDED,
HAS ACHIEVED HERE.
AND THEY WERE --
>> TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH,
AND THAT’S WHY --
[INAUDIBLE]
LOU: -- ANYTHING WE CAN POINT
TO.
YEAH, DIFFERENT.
STRAIGHTFORWARDLY.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY DUD, GAVE
$150 BILLION TO THE TREASURY OF
IRAN, THE LARGEST STATE SPONSOR
OF TERRORISM, AND AS THE SAYING
GOES, YOU GET WHAT YOU
SUBSIDIZE.
AND THEYFECTIVELY WERE SUB
SUTIZING NOT ONLY TERRORISM, BUT
CONTINUED CHAOS AND PAWN AND
SUFFERING THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE
EAST IN FAR TOO MANY ARAB
STATES.
YOU HAVE REVERSED THAT.
THE PRESIDENT HAS REVERSED THE
DECLINE OF THIS COUNTRY ON THE
WORLD’S STAGE.
GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH TIKTOK AND THE
CHINESE.
THE DEAL IN THE WHICH TIKTOK
WOULD MAINTAIN, WOULD BE, WOULD
MAIN TALK ABOUT MAJORITY
CONTROL.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN AWFULLY BAD
DEAL.
TELL US WHAT MAKES SENSE ABOUT
IT THAT IS NOT AT LEAST, TO ME,
OBVIOUS.
>> RIGHT.
SO I THINK THERE’S TWO SEPARATE
QUESTIONS.
ONE ABOUT TIKTOK, AND THE SECOND
ONE’S ABOUT CHINA MORE BROADLY.
WITH REGARDS TO TIKTOK, THE
PRESIDENT OBVIOUSLY TOOK A VERY
STRONG ACTION TO SAY THAT HE
WANTED TO PROTECT THE NATIONAL
SECURITY INTERESTS OF AMERICA,
HE WANTED TO PROTECT THEIR
PRIVACY AND THEIR DATA.
HE PUT IN PLACE A VERY STRONG
ACTION THAT SAID IF HE DOESN’T
GET A SATISFACTORY OUTCOME, HE’S
GOING TO SHUT THE COMPANY I
DOWN.
THEY IT?ED A DEAL TO THE CFIUS
REVIEW BOARD, AND I KNOW THAT’S
UNDER REVIEW, SO I CAN’T COMMENT
ON IT, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT’S
BEING ADJUDICATED ON THE MERITS
OF WHETHER IT’S GOING TO PROTECT
AMERICAN CITIZENS’ SECURITY, AND
I’M SURE HE’LL MAKE THE RIGHT
DECISION.
WITH REGARDS TO CHINA MORE
BROADLY, OBVIOUSLY, WE’RE STILL
FIGHTING THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.
I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CONE A
GREAT JOB OF GETTING OUR COUNTRY
TO A PLACE WHERE OUR ECONOMY IS
REBOUNDING.
WE’RE VERY RAPID ARELY
ACCELERATING VACCINES AND THEY
WERE
THERAPEUTICS, AND WE’VE GOTTEN
SUPPLIES TO ALL THE GOVERNORS
AND HOSPITALS THAT HAVE NEEDED
IT.
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP, OBVIOUSLY,
KNOWS THAT THIS IS, THERE’S SOME
VERY TOUGH DISCUSSIONS TO BE HAD
WITH CHINA AND, OBVIOUSLY, BASED
ON THE TRACK RECORD THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS IN THE FIRST
THREE YEARS, NOBODY’S BEEN
TOUGHER ON CHINA WITH HIS
POLICIES.
HE’S VERY ANGRY ABOUT ALL THE
JOBS THAT LEFT OUR COUNTRY, BUT
UNLIKE PAST POLITICIANS, HE
ACTUALLY TOOK ACTION AND WAS
REVERSING THE COURSE BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC CAME.
MY SENSE IS ONCE WE GET THROUGH,
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL REBUILDING
THE ECONOMY, BRING OUR JOBS BACK
FASTER THAN ANYONE THINKS AND
MAKE OUR ECONOMY RISE TO A
HIGHER PLACE THAN WE WERE
BEFORE.
LOU: I WANT TO RETURN TO TIKTOK
BECAUSE IT IS THE PRESIDENT WHO
PUT THIS FORWARD, AND CFIUS,
FRANKLY, I DON’T CARE ABOUT
BECAUSE THEY’RE 99.9% OF THEIR
DECISIONS, THEY RUBBER STAMP
WHAT A PRESIDENT -- IT ISN’T IS
JUST WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION,
BUT AS YOU WELL KNOW, THEY
RUBBER STAMP DECISIONS AND VERY
SELDOM OPPOSE THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT’S VIEW HERE WAS
THAT HE WANTED THEM TO DUH VEST;
THAT IS -- DIVEST, THE CHINESE
COMPANY WITH IS ABSOLUTE
OBLIGATIONS TO THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY AND GOVERNMENT.
HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE A
CONSTRUCT THAT A MAKES SENSE IN
WHICH ORACLE WOULD END UP WITH
MINORITY STATUS, NOT EVEN
MAJORITY CONTROL, AND
FURTHERMORE THEN HAVE THE
COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN THE
UNITED STATES?
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY
PREPOSTEROUS CONSTRUCTION OF A
DEAL TO FOLLOW THE PRESIDENT’S
ORDERS TO DIVEST BY SEPTEMBER
15TH.
>> RIGHT.
WELL, YOU KNOW BETTER THAN
ANYONE, LOU, THAT IF THE
PRESIDENT DOESN’T LIKE A DEAL,
HE WON’T BE AWE GRADE TO WALK
AWAY FROM IT. -- AFRAID TO WALK
AWAY FROM IT.
HE DIDN’T SETTLE FOR A GOOD
DEAL, HE WAITED TIL HE GOT THE
DEAL THAT HE REALLY WANTED AND
MADE THAT DEAL.
THE PRESIDENT WILL REVIEW THIS
DEAL AS IT COMES IN.
I KNOW HE’S BEEN BRIEFED
PRELIMINARILY, BUT I BELIEVE
THEY’LL GIVE HIM THE FULL BRIEF
ONCE THEY F GONE THROUGH THE
REVIEW SO THEY CAN SHOW WHETHER
IT DOES SECURE, PROTECT THE DATA
OF AMERICAN CITIZENS OR NOT.
AND THEN ON THE PROPER BAUCUS,
HE’LL MAKE THE -- BAY US, HE’LL
MAKE THE RIGHT ADJUDICATION AS
HE HAS BEFORE.
LOU: HE HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY
RIGHT ON SO MANY THINGS.
THAT IS NOT MY CONCERN.
MY CONCERN IS OUR AUDIENCE
UNDERSTANDING HOW WHAT LOOKS TO
BE A VERY PECULIAR CONSTRUCTION
BE RATIONAL AND SUSTAINABLE,
PROTECTING THE NATIONAL
INTERESTS WHICH IS, I THINK IS
NOT OBVIOUS.