>>TRUMP MADE A BIG DEAL ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE IN LAST NIGHT'S
STATE OF THE UNION, BUT WE HAVE DETAILS THAT HAVE BEEN LEAKED
ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC PLAN HE HAS THAT WASN'T MENTIONED IN LAST
NIGHT'S ADDRESS, BUT HE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR IT IF YOU
LOOK CLOSELY ENOUGH.
YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THIS CLIP.
>>IT IS ALSO TIME TO REBUILD OUR CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE
BUILT THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN JUST ONE YEAR.
ISN'T IT A
DISGRACE THAT IT CAN NOW TAKE 10 YEARS JUST TO GET A MINOR PERMIT
APPROVED FOR THE BUILDING OF A SIMPLE ROAD?
>>ANY BILL MUST ALSO STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING AND APPROVAL
PROCESS, GETTING IT DOWN TO NO MORE THAN TWO YEARS, AND PERHAPS
EVEN ONE.
>>SO THERE HE SEEMS TO BE IMPLYING THAT WE CAN HAVE ALL
THESE GREAT BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES AND ROADS, IT'S JUST
THAT ALL THIS REDTAPE IS STOPPING US, WE JUST WANT YOU TO
HAVE ACCESS TO MORE STUFF.
BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT MIGHT NOT
ACTUALLY BE THE CASE --
>>BECAUSE IT'S WEIRD THOUGH, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT REDTAPE BUT HE
DIDN'T MENTION NATURAL GAS IN THAT SECTION.
SO --
>>AND WITH GOOD REASON, THEY CONSTANTLY LEAK AND HAVE
ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS AND CAUSE TONS OF PROBLEMS.
SO WE
NEED TO CAREFULLY LOOK AT WHAT THE EXPECTED EFFECT OF THESE
PIPELINES IS AND THAT HAS BEEN CLEAR OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS
WITH KEYSTONE XL AND DAPL AND ALL THAT, BUT WE KNOW WHAT TRUMP
THINGS ABOUT THOSE PIPELINES, HE THINKS PIPE AWAY.
SO --
>>AND IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS SHOW, YOU KNOW THAT THE
SECRETARY WILL APPROVE THOSE PIPELINES.
SO WHY GO THROUGH THE
HOUSE?
WHY GO THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, WHAT IF THEY LOSE
CONTROL AND SUDDENLY YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO AREN'T QUITE AS
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT NATURAL GAS?
THAT'S A DOWNER, JUST LET THE
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR DO IT, HE CAN DO IT WAY FASTER AND YOU
CAN IMPROVE TONS OF PROJECTS THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE GET
BUILT.
>>THERE IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS TOO BECAUSE IF IT'S GOING
TO GO THROUGH SOME NATIONAL PARKS IN SOME PARTICULAR STATES,
THE SENATORS IN THOSE STATES MIGHT GET SOME HEAT FROM THEIR
CONSTITUENTS AND NOT WANT TO DO THAT.
IN FACT WHEN THEY
ORIGINALLY HAD A PLAN TO DESTROY SOME OF THE NATIONAL PARKS IN
UTAH, JASON CHAFFETZ BACK WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOUSE, EARLIER IN
THIS TERM, SAID THAT'S WONDERFUL, LET'S SELL THEM ALL
OFF.
AND CONSERVATIONISTS THAT ARE CONSERVATIVES, HUNTERS,
ETC., CAME OUT AND SAID NO, WE GO FISHING AND HUNTING IN THOSE
LANDS, WE LOVE THOSE LANDS, DON'T SELL THEM OFF.
THEN
CHAFFETZ HAD TO PUT OUT AN APOLOGY, AND IN DOING SO HE DID
ONE OF THE MOST HILARIOUS THINGS, IT'S UNDERRATED, NO ONE
ELSE TALKS ABOUT IT -- IN HIS APOLOGY HE PUT HIMSELF IN A
PICTURE OF A HUNTING OUTFIT AND CAMOUFLAGE, AND HE'S LIKE, YEAH,
I HUNT TOO, I LOVE NATIONAL PARKS, JUST KIDDING.
I HAVE TO
GET OUT OF HERE.
THEN HE RETIRED AND BECAME A FOX NEWS
COMMENTATOR.
SO THAT'S WHY IT MIGHT BE REALLY UNPOPULAR, EVEN
WITH CONSERVATIVES.
SO IF YOU HAVE TO GET CONGRESSIONAL
APPROVAL IT MIGHT BE REALLY HARD TO DO, BECAUSE IT INVOLVES
VOTERS, ETC.
YOU PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR, HE WILL APPROVE ANYTHING.
YEAH, DONE.
AND THAT
STREAMLINES IT.
THE HOUSE WANTED TO DO THIS EVEN WHEN OBAMA WAS
IN CHARGE.
WHEN REPUBLICANS WERE RULING THE HOUSE, THINKING IT'S
MUCH EASIER -- AND BY THE WAY, COME ON, GUYS, DEMOCRATS HAVEN'T
DONE THINGS FOR THEIR DONORS?
LIKE, IF YOU ARE TRYING TO LOOK
OUT FOR THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY OR DONORS IN GENERAL, YOU WANT
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IN CHARGE SO THAT THEY CAN JUST MAKE IT
HAPPEN WITH AS LITTLE SCRUTINY AS POSSIBLE.
AND ESPECIALLY IF
YOU GET A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO GET
APPROVED.
SO THAT'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE.
>>AND WITH INFRASTRUCTURE HE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS $1.5
TRILLION PLAN FOR YEARS NOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK MAYBE THIS IS
AN AREA WHERE TRUMP WON'T TOTALLY SCREW US, BUT IT LOOKS
LIKE AS WITH MANY OF HIS OTHER PLANS THIS IS PRIMARILY NOT
GOING TO BUILD ROADS FOR YOU, IT WILL SHOVEL TONS OF MONEY INTO
THE POCKETS OF THE WEALTHY AND CORPORATIONS.
REAL ESTATE
COMPANIES, NATURAL GAS COMPANIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS IS PART OF A PATTERN WITH DONALD TRUMP --
>>THAT SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE BECAUSE THE RUNNING THEME SINCE
THE INITIAL CONFIRMATION HEARINGS THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION STARTED WORK, YOU TAKE AN ORGANIZATION, YOU PUT
SOMEONE IN CHARGE WHO IS GOING TO DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT
ITS PURPOSE AND MISSION STATEMENT IS.
IF THIS IS
INTENDED TO CONSERVE FEDERAL LANDS, NO, IT'S NOW DESIGNED
TO EXTRACT ALL THE RESOURCES FROM THOSE FEDERAL LANDS.
>>WHAT HAPPENED TO DRAINING THE SWAMP?
>>THEY WILL EXTRACT THE SWAMP.
>>IN THIS CASE THEY ARE LITERALLY BUILDING A PIPELINE
THROUGH THE SWAMP, AND OTHER NATIONAL PARKS, FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE OTHER SWAMP, WHICH IS THE DONORS.
MAN, YOU HAVE TO GIVE
TRUMP CREDIT FOR BEING AN OLD-SCHOOL POLITICIAN WHEN HE
RAN IN 2016, AND WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT ENOUGH ON THIS SHOW, I
WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER TODAY -- THAT WHOLE DRAIN THE
SWAMP THING -- AND YOU KNOW WHY?
IT DIDN'T GET MUCH PRESS
COVERAGE BECAUSE THE PRESS HATES TALKING ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE OF A
LOT OF THE MONEY, AS I TOLD YOU, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, GOES TO TV,
SO THAT PART OF THE TRUMP SPEECHES, THEY DIDN'T SPEND A
LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT.
BUT THAT WAS A BRILLIANT POLITICAL
STRATEGY BECAUSE THERE IS TREMENDOUS CORRUPTION IN
WASHINGTON, AND WASHINGTON DOESN'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT,
TV DOESN'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
TRUMP'S IDEA OF TALKING
ABOUT CORRUPTION, THEN WINNING THE ELECTION, AND THEN DOUBLING
DOWN ON CORRUPTION, IS THE OLDEST POLITICAL TRICK IN THE
BOOK, AND NOW IT'S BEING EXECUTED RIGHT THERE IN
FRONT OF
US.