NEIL: ALL RIGHT, AFTER THAT
INTERVIEW WITH BILLIONAIRES WHO
ARE ALSO GREAT COMICS IF THEY
WANT TO GO, ON THE THREAT OF
TERRORISTS AS HOME DEPOT AND
THEY WERE CELEBRATING THEIR 40TH
ANNIVERSARY TODAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT CHINA FOR A
SECOND, THE HOME DEPOT CHIEF WAS
SAYING ALREADY, IT'S A BILLION
DOLLAR HIT, WITH THE TARIFFS
THAT ARE PROMISED, ON TOP OF THE
TARIFFS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING
EFFECTED.
HOW MUCH HOME DEPOT ABSORBS I
HAVE NO IDEA, BUT DO YOU AGREE
THAT IF THIS CHINA THING ISN'T
SETTLED IN SOON HOME DEPOT AND A
LOT OF OTHER BUSINESSES AND A
LOT OF U.S. AVERAGE FOLKS WILL
FEEL IT.
>> WELL I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO
THREE MANUFACTURES WHO ARE VERY
SLOWLY MOVING THEIR STUFF OUT.
THEY'RE GOING TO VIETNAM,
THAILAND, SINGAPORE, VERY
QUIETLY.
THAT BUSINESS IS LEAVING CHINA.
CHINA IS GOING TO BE A LOSER IN
THIS ONE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO WIN.
I JUST HOPE THE PRESIDENT HAS
ENOUGH BACKBONE AND I THINK HE
DOES, TO STAND ON THIS.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF US, FOR SO MANY
YEARS AND IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT
WRITTEN.
IT'S TRUE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY'VE STOLEN
EVERY SECRET THAT WE HAVE AND
THEY GET AWAY WITH MURDER.
NEIL: BUT HOME DEPOT SHAREHOLDER
S ARE BEING LOOKING
AT THIS SAYING --
>> NEIL IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE
AN EFFECT, LOOK LET ME TELL YOU
WHY.
NUMBER ONE PRODUCTS ARE GOING TO
BE PRODUCED OTHER PLACES.
NUMBER TWO THEY WILL BE ABSORBED
IN THE PRICES.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MAY PAY A
SMALL PERCENTAGE OF IT.
NEIL: YOU DON'T THINK IT'S 25%?
NO, NO, NO, WE DON'T SEE IT NOW,
NEIL.
REMEMBER THIS.
CHINA HAS HAD A FREE RIDE SINCE
WE SAID TO THEM 40 SOME YEARS
AGO WE WANT TO HELP YOU GET ON
TO YOUR FEET AND COME INTO THE
WORLD.
THAT WAS THEN.
TODAY, CHINA AND THE UNITED
STATES REPRESENT 39% OF THE GDP
OF THE WORLD.
CHINA'S 15 AND WE'RE 24.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WE
CAN'T AFFORD ANY MORE TO ALLOW
THIS TO GO ON.
AS BERNIE POINTS OUT THEY'VE
BEEN CLEANING OUR CLOCK
INTELLECT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
MEANS NOTHING.
NEIL: SO THIS IS A FIGHT WORTH
HAVING?
>> BUT WHY HAVEN'T WE HAD IT?
BECAUSE OUR POLITICIANS THE
SWAMP CREATURES, PUSH IT DOWN
THE ROAD.
LET THE NEXT GUY DEAL WITH IT.
>> NO, NO, THEY DON'T HAVE THE
GUTS.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
>> THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO
DO IT.
NEIL: STILL ARGUING.
>> TRUMP IS NOT A POLITIC.
HE DOES WHAT HE FEELS IS RIGHT.
IF HE WAS A POLITICIAN HE WOULD
DO HALF OF THE THINS HE DOES,
BECAUSE IT'S NOT POLITICALLY
CORRECT AND BEING POLITICALLY
CORRECT, WE SAW THAT WITH --
NEIL: WHAT IS THE CLEAREST
STRATEGY HE HAS?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
NEIL: THE LAST SECOND AN IRANIAN
RAID.
>> HE'S GOT GREAT INSIGHT.
>> YEAH I DON'T THINK HE HAS A
STRATEGY.
I THINK HE REACTS TO THINGS AS
THEY HAPPEN AND HE'S GOT COMMON
SENSE THAT TELLS THEM THAT THIS
IS RIGHT AND THIS IS WRONG AND
HE ACTS ON IT AND BY THE WAY
THAT'S WHY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
VOTED FOR HIM.
THEY PES RESO TIRED OF THE SLICK
POLITICIANS, THEY ARE SLICK BUT
THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING.
OBAMA DID NOTHING ON CHINA.
CLINTON DID NOTHING ON CHINA.
BUSH DID NOTHING ON CHINA.
NEIL: ARE YOU REPUBLICAN?
>> I'M A REPUBLICAN BUT I VOTE
DEMOCRATIC.
NEIL: WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU
VOTED DEMOCRATIC?
>> I COULD TELL YOU FOR MEMBERS
OF THE HOUSE, THE SENATE WITHIN
THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
NEIL: LAST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT?
>> THAT I CAN'T TELL YOU
BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DIDN'T VOTE
FOR OBAMA AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T
VOTE FOR CLINTON.
NEIL: OKAY NOW YOUR FIRST
REPUBLICAN VOTE WAS FOR ABRAHAM
LINCOLN?
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU KNOW ABE WAS A GOOD FRIEND
OF MINE.
NEIL: EXACTLY.
>> THE THING WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND ABOUT TRUMP HE'S
KEEPING EVERY CAMPAIGN PROMISE
HE MADE.
GO RIGHT DOWN THE LIST FOR
THINGS HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO
DO.
RIGHT NOW THE MAN'S INSTINCTS
ARE CORRECT.
CHINA NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THEY
CAN'T BE A ROGUE STATE LIKE THEY
ARE IN COMMERCE.
THEY ARE A ROGUE STATE IN
COMMERCE.
THEY DO WHAT THEY PLEASE AND ITS
BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
IF SATURDAY NIGHT ON MARK LEVIN
'S SHOW HE HAD A GUY AND HE
WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
BUREAUCRACY IN WASHINGTON, THEY
RUN AMERICA.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE
CAN'T DO WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST
THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT.
NEIL: WHY ISN'T HE UP MORE IN
THE POLLS?
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
NEIL: I'M JUST ASKING >> I'M
TELL YOU WHY BECAUSE IT'S BEFORE
THE ELECTION, PEOPLE DON'T WANT
TO SAY THEY'RE VOTING FOR HIM.
THEY JUST DON'T.
THEY DON'T VOLUNTEER IT.
NEIL: DO YOU THINK ANYTHING ELSE
GETS IN THE WAY WHETHER IT'S
STYLE?
>> OH, YEAH.
LOOK, HIS STYLE, HE DOES CHASE
PEOPLE OFF.
LISTEN I'VE TOLD HIM THAT AND HE
KNOWS IT.
THE UPPER CLASS COLLEGE EDUCATED
WOMEN, HE GETS RID OF.
HE IS WHO HE IS.
I MEAN, HE'S NOT A POLITICIAN.
>> I SAID YOU COULD WIN OVER
PEOPLE IF YOU ACT LIKE A
POLITICIAN AND HE SAYS I'M NOT A
POLITICIAN.
I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I THINK IS
RIGHT AND I'LL HAVE TO AGREE
WITH KENNY.
THE REGULATIONS OF WHAT HE DID
--
NEIL: ARE YOU THE ONLY ONE
ALLOWED TO CALL HIM KENNY?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
I CALL HIM LANGONI.
LOOK HE'S MY BROTHER.
HE MAY BE ITALIAN BUT HE'S MY
BROTHER.
>> BROTHERS BY DIFFERENT MOTHER
S.
NEIL: I ALWAYS KID YOU GUYS BUT
I'M CONVINCED I KNOW YOUR DAD
WAS A PLUMBER BUT NEITHER OF ME
STRIKE YOU AS HANDY PEOPLE AND
YET YOU'VE STARTED THIS HUGE
OPERATION THAT'S ALL ABOUT HANDY
PEOPLE.
IT'S WEIRD.
ONLY IN AMERICA.
>> ONLY IN AMERICA, TRUE.
DON'T FORGET THAT.
ONLY IN AMERICA.
NEIL: BUT YOU'RE ADMITTING THAT
YOU'RE NOT HANDY?
>> I'M HANDY.
YOU SAID I WASN'T.
>> NO I SAID IT.
>> HOLD IT.
HE SQUEALS ON ME CONSTANTLY.
HE'S THE FIRST JEW SINCE JESUS
--
NEIL: THIS IS A FAMILY SHOW.
[LAUGHTER]
>> AT LEAST I CAN HIT A NAIL
STRAIGHT.
NEIL: REALLY GENTLEMEN THINK OF
THE MOMENT YOU STARTED AGAINST
ALL OF THE ODDS YOU JUST LOST A
JOB, YOU COULD HAVE INVESTED
ANYWHERE.
THIS WAS A SINGULAR INVESTMENT.
I KNEW FROM THE MINUTE BUT YOU
CALL ME --
NEIL: YOU HAD FAITH IN HIM BUT
YOU LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY --
>> THEY'RE BETTER IN BAD TIMES.
NEIL: MICHAEL DELL SAID THAT.
>> THERE WAS AN INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY.
THIS MAN, HE NEEDS TO KNOW THIS.
NOBODY RAN THAT BUSINESS BETTER
THAN BERNIE MARCUS AND HE WAS
HUMBLE, HE STILL IS.
NEIL: YOU'VE DONE OKAY FOR
YOURSELF.
>> I MAKE A LIVING.
>> WE MADE A BUCK.
NEIL: I'M CRAZY ENOUGH TO SAY
I'M GOING TO BUILD A WORLD CLASS
A CARE YUM IN ATLANTA.
>> YOU WERE THERE.
IT'S A GREAT AQUARIUM.
NEIL: IT'S STUNNING.
>> IT'S LIKE NOTHING ELSE IN
THE WORLD THAT I'VE SEEN ANYWAY.
>> THE FISH ARE HAPPY.
>> THEY ARE.
I LIKE THE BELUGA SHARK IS THAT
WHAT IT WAS?
NEIL: NO IDEA.
THEY'RE FISH.
WHAT THE HELL?
>> TO BE THEIR PEOPLE.
NEIL: AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
GENTLEMEN SERIOUSLY IT IS A
GREAT TESTAMENT OF CAPITALISM
JUST GOOD PREVAILING WHAT YOU'VE
DONALD WHERE YOU MAKE IT.
>> ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS
IN MY LIFE IS MY FRIENDSHIP AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM.
>> I LOVE THIS MAN.
>> WE WERE MEANT TO DO WHAT WE
DID TOGETHER.
I HAD THE DAY HE CALLED ME TO
TELL ME HE GOT FIRED I SAID DEAR
GOD THANK YOU.
THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN.
NEIL: THE ONE AREA YOU SAID
BERNIE BROUGHT YOU OUT OF YOUR
SHELL.
>> OH, NO, NO, IT STILL NEEDS
MORE WORK.
I'M SEEING A SHRINK NOW.
NEIL: CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
NEIL: JUST MARVELOUS.
YOU KNOW THE ONE THING I LOVE
ABOUT DOING MY JOB IS I GET TO
TALK TO GREAT PEOPLE AND PEOPLE
I CAN GO BACK IN TIME AND SAID
YEAH, I KNEW THAT PERSON, I KNEW
MICHAEL DELL WHEN HE WAS JUST
STARTING OUT I KNEW BILL GATES
WHEN HE JUST WENT PUBLIC AND
THESE TWO GUYS WHEN THEY WERE
NEAR MILLIONAIRES AND NOW THEY
ARE MULTI-BILLIONAIRES AND