THAT’S MY RIFF.
NOW, SPEAKING OF HAPPY, WOW,
JOINING ME, BRIAN KILMEADE,
CO-HOST OF "FOX & FRIENDS," HOST
OF "ONE NATION" WITH BRIAN
KILMEADE, HOST OF BRIAN KILMEADE
RAID QUOTE SHOW.
AUTHOR OF, THE PRESIDENT AND THE
FREEDOM FIGHTER.
VERY COOL, HOST OF A NEW
DOCUMENTARY ON "FOX NATION."
IT IS CALLED WHO IS RON
DESANTIS, AVAILABLE FOR
STREAMING RIGHT NOW.
BRIAN, MY LOVE, WE’LL GET TO
THAT IN ONE SECOND.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU.
LARRY: GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
HAPPY THURSDAY.
BEFORE WE GET TO GOVERNOR
DESANTIS, A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC
I WANT TO REVIEW THE BIDDING A
LITTLE BIT.
THIS TRAGEDY IN, IN PALESTINE,
OHIO, WHICH IS REALLY RIGHT NEXT
TO PENNSYLVANIA ALSO, SO NOBODY
FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WENT
THERE UNTIL DONALD TRUMP WENT
THERE.
THE FIRST -- NOW, BUTTIGIEG WENT
THERE.
ALL HE DID WAS INSULT REPORTERS.
FEMA FINALLY GOT THERE.
BUT I MEAN TRUMP STIRRED THE
POT.
HAD A GREAT EVENT.
GAVE AWAY, GOD KNOWS, THOUSANDS
OF BOTTLES OF WATER.
APPARENTLY HE WAS BUYING
EVERYBODY McDONALD’S.
>> FIRST-RESPONDERS.
LARRY: WHAT IS UP WITH THIS
GROUP?
WHY CAN’T THEY GET ANYTHING
RIGHT?
WHY CAN’T BUTTIGIEG GET -- I
KNOW BIDEN WAS OFF IN THE
UKRAINE AND SO FORTH BUT HE HAS
A WHOLE OTHER CABINET.
EVEN GOT KAMALA HARRIS INSTEAD
OF AT BOWIE STATE IN MARYLAND.
QUO, DONALD TRUMP, MY FORMER
BOSS SHOWED THEM UP.
>> NUMBER ONE THIS HAPPENS.
IT IS NOT JUST A TRAIN
DERAILING.
IT HAS TOXIC CHEMICALS.
THEY TRIED A COUPLE DAYS LATER
WE’LL DO A CONTROLLED
DETONATION.
OUR BEST BET, BLOW UP, DRAIN THE
CHEMICALS OUT INTO THE GROUND
AND BLOW UP THE TRAIN, SO IT
DOESN’T EXPLODE, BECOME
SHRAPNEL, DESTROY A CITY FULL OF
HOT MELTEN METAL.
THAT IS DECISION I THINK WE’LL
COME BACK TO IN A MONTH OR TWO,
BY THE WAY, GOVERNOR DEWINE, WHO
ACTUALLY TOLD YOU TO DO THAT,
WHO DID YOU CONSULT TO DO THAT.
LARRY: THEY WILL HAVE TO BLOW
THIS THING UP?
>> THEY BLEW IT UP.
THE MUSHROOM CLOUD.
LARRY: GOT IT, GOT IT.
>> THEY DOT PLANNED DETONATION.
THEY BLOW IT UP.
THAT IS WHAT WILL PLAGUE THIS
TOWN FOR A WHILE.
MAYBE EXPERTS WILL COME IN,
DIFFERENT THAN ONES WE HEARD OF
LATE SAY THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE.
WHERE IS THE COMMUNICATIONS
TEAM?
WITH ARE THE EXPERTS?
WHO HANDLES TOXIC CHEMICALS?
WHO WILL HANDLE THE WATER?
WHO WILL HANDLE THE GAS?
WHO WILL MAKE THE PEOPLE WHOLE
AGAIN?
HOW DO WE GET THE COMPANY
INVOLVED?
I WOULDN’T GIVE THE PRESIDENT A
PASS ON THIS.
I KNOW HE HAD TO GO TO MUNICH,
EXCUSE ME, WARSAW.
CALL IT OFF.
LARRY: HE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO
THIS SITE.
>> WHAT I FEAR IS HE SAW TRUMP
VOTERS.
A STATE THAT WENT BY EIGHT TO
TRUMP.
CERTAIN AREA 70% VOTED FOR
TRUMP.
I THINK DONALD TRUMP EXCELS AT
THIS.
INSTINCTIVELY KNOWS WHERE TO GO,
LIKES PEOPLE.
PEOPLE THINK, HE WAS BORN, WAS
BORN RICH PEOPLE, SOME OF HIS
FRIENDS ARE THE MOST FAMOUS
PEOPLE.
HE IS JUST THE OPPOSITE.
HE FEELS MORE COMFORTABLE IN
THAT CROWD THAN HE DOES WITH THE
SO-CALLED ELITE CROWD YOU MIGHT
FIND IN NEW YORK CITY OR THE ON
THE PAGES OF PAGE 6.
I THINK HE EXCELS THERE.
ALSO COAL COUNTRY.
PRESIDENT HATES COAL.
I’M NOT SAYING HE DISLIKES THESE
PEOPLE.
HE THOUGHT THIS WOULD GO AWAY.
WHAT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG?
HE DOESN’T NEED INSTINCTS.
THAT IS NOT TRUE.
YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN FRONT OF
ANY MAJOR ISSUE FROM THE SUPPLY
CHAIN.
IF I HAD THAT JOB, I WOULD HAVE
BEEN SITTING THERE WITH A PUP
TENT ON THE DOCKS UNTIL YOU
EXPLAIN TO ME ACCURATELY HOW
THESE BARGES GET IN, WHY THEY’RE
STUCK OUT THERE, WHAT I CAN DO.
I WOULD RATHER FAIL IN ACTION
THAN BEING ON THE SIDELINES AND
RIDICULE PEOPLE.
LARRY: HE WAS NASTY.
HE WAS NASTY.
NOT HELPFUL.
>> HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE THERE.
LARRY: THEY SHOULD HAD HALF A
DOZEN OTHER CABINET SECRETARIES
ARE, OKAY?
HHS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
>> RIGHT.
LARRY: ENERGY SHOULD HAVE BEEN
THERE.
I’M JUST GOING TO THINK DOWN THE
LIST.
TRANSPORTATION.
SO TOOK HIM 20 DAYS TO GET
THERE.
THE COMMERCE SECRETARY COULD
HAVE BEEN THERE.
THE VICE PRESIDENT COULD HAVE
GONE THERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LARRY: INSTEAD OF BLOWING SMOKE,
GIVING US UNTRUTHS ON INFLATION
IN BUOY STATE IN MARYLAND.
>> YOU UNDERSTAND.
TRUMP WHIPPED THEIR BUTTS ON
THIS WHOLE THING.
THE THING THAT PEOPLE WILL BE
PROTECTED.
I DON’T KNOW IF THEY WILL BE
PROTECTED OR NOT.
I HAVEN’T FOLLOWED THE STORY
THAT CLOSELY.
>> THERE IS PSYCHO SOMATIC PART
OF IT.
YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME THIS IS
DANGEROUS, TOXIC.
YOU CAN MANIFEST MAY NOT BE
CAUSED.
YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME I GOT THIS
HEADACHE.
MAYBE THE HEADACHE IS FROM SOME
OF THE CHEMICALS.
THAT CAN HAPPEN.
LARRY, EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE
WILL STAND THIS, EVERYBODY’S
HOUSE WORTH A THIRD THAN THE DAY
BEFORE.
THAT IS THE THEIR 401(k).
LARRY: THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
POINT.
>> I FEEL BAD FOR THESE PEOPLE.
LARRY: WHO IS RON DESANTIS?
WE WILL PLAY SOME SOUND.
YOU INTERVIEWED A WHOLE BUNCH OF
PEOPLE.
HERE IS ANOTHER FORMER GOVERNOR
OF FLORIDA.
>> IS THIS RON DESANTIS’S
OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR HIGHER
OFFICE?
>> I THINK IT IS.
HE HAS BEEN A REALLY EFFECTIVE
GOVERNOR.
HE’S YOUNG.
I THINK WE’RE ON THE VERGE OF A
GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN OUR
POLITICS.
I KIND OF HOPE SO.
I THINK IT IS TIME FOR A MORE
FORWARD LEANING, FUTURE ORIENTED
CONVERSATION IN OUR POLITICS AS
WELL.
LARRY: ALL RIGHT.
YOU GOT LOW ENERGY JEB.
BY THE WAY I SAY THAT TO BE
FUNNY.
I HAPPEN TO LIKE JEB BUSH A LOT.
HE IS A VERY FINE PERSON.
WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER IN YOUR,
DESANTIS HIMSELF IS NOT IN THIS.
>> THAT IS THE WHOLE THEME WHO
IS SERIES.
LARRY: DID YOU ASK HIM TO COME
ON?
>> NO.
I WILL BE INTERVIEWING HIM
MARCH 8th FOR HIS BOOK THAT
COMES OUT IN A FEW WEEKS.
I SPENT A DAY WITH HIM TO SEE A
SLICE OF HIS LIFE
YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO.
LARRY: HOW WAS IT?
>> IT WAS MIDDLE OF THE
PANDEMIC?
LARRY: MIDDLE OF PANDEMIC?
>> WE WENT DOWN THERE.
HE OPENED UP THE PLACE RIGHT
AWAY.
I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE HIM.
FAMILY, THREE YOUNG KIDS.
VERY EXTREMELY ENGAGED.
WHILE TOM COTTON SAID MY KIDS
ARE YOUNG.
I DON’T WANT TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.
IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR US.
HIS WIFE AND HE, TALKED ABOUT
IT.
I THINK HE IS CLEARLY RUNNING.
I THINK HIS THREE KIDS ARE YOUNG
BUT HIS WIFE IS ALL-IN.
I WOULD SAY THIS, ABOUT WHAT YOU
FIND JEB BUSH WHO SAID THAT I’M
EXTREMELY IMPRESSED.
BASICALLY I’M ENDORSING HIM.
I THINK HE WOULD BE A GREAT
PRESIDENT.
LARRY: DID HE SAY THAT?
>> HE BASICALLY SAYS THIS IS --
LARRY: BY THE WAY I CALL HIM LOW
ENERGY JEB TO BE CUTE.
HE IS A FINE PERSON.
>> WOULD BE A GREAT CABINET
SECRETARY.
WAS A GREAT GOVERNOR.
LARRY: HE WAS A SUPERB GOVERNOR,
YES HE WAS.
HE IS A PERSONAL FRIEND.
>> NO, OF COURSE.
I DID THAT.
IF I WANT TO KNOW TO
LARRY KUDLOW I WOULD PROBABLY
TALK TO YOUR TENNIS INSTRUCTORS.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO HIS
BASEBALL COACH AT COLLEGE.
WHO WAS ALSO CAPTAIN OF THE
BASEBALL TEAM.
GEORGE H.W. BUSH.
HE IS PLAYING BASEBALL.
A CAPTAIN.
HAD TO WORK TWO JOBS WHILE AT
YALE.
HE WENT THERE AS A GUY WITH, HAD
TO PAY FOR SPENDING MONEY.
OR ELSE YOU HAVE NONE.
HE WAS ABLE TO WORK.
PLAYFUL TIME SPORTS.
CAPTAIN OF BASEBALL TEAM.
LARRY: IN THE MILITARY.
>> WHEN HE IS DONE GOES TO
HARVARD.
INSTEAD AFTER LAW FIRM HE GOES
INTO THE MILITARY.
HE GOES INTO CONGRESS.
THE GUY WILL NOT BE OUTWORKED.
HIS INTELLECT IS WICKED STRONG.
I THINK HE WILL BE EXTREMELY
FORMIDABLE.
I’M NOT SAYING HE WILL BE, I
DON’T KNOW HOW HE WILL DO ON THE
DEBATE STAGE.
I DON’T THINK HE WILL BE
UNPREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
LARRY: WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT
NATIONAL ISSUES FROM DESANTIS,
OKAY?
HE HAS SAID RECENTLY, NO BLANK
CHECK TO UKRAINE.
>> RIGHT WHICH WE ALL
FUNDAMENTALLY THIS.
LARRY: YES.
AND IN FACT HE IS QUESTIONING
WHERE THE WHOLE UKRAINE STORY IS
GOING TO GO.
I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
SUBJECT FOR ANOTHER SEGMENT, YOU
AND I.
I’M SAYING --
>> WHAT HE SAID WAS A LITTLE
DISTURBING, LARRY, TAXES,
SPENDING, REGULATIONS.
I KNOW HE HAS A STATE PLAN ON
IMMIGRATION, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD A NATIONAL
PLAN.
IN OTHER WORDS I WANT TO HEAR
HIM ON THESE NATIONAL ISSUES.
I’M NOT PRO, I’M NOT CON.
I JUST WANT TO HEAR HIM.
>> I’LL TELL YOU PERSONALLY
DISAPPOINTED WAS HIS ANSWER ON
RUSSIA.
I DON’T WORRY ABOUT RUSSIA.
THEY CAN’T HANDLE UKRAINE
THEY’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE ELSE.
THEY’RE ALREADY IN MOLDOVA.
GEORGIA THEY HAVE A THIRD OF IT,
CAN FINISH IT OFF.
MOLDOVA, WILL YOU FIGHT FOR
MOLDOVA?
AVERAGE AMERICAN SAYS NO.
MAYBE WE SHOULDN’T.
TRYING TO FOMENT A SLOW MOVING
COUP THERE.
IF YOU TELL ALL THE BALTIC
STATIONS, THOSE NATIONS ALL OF
SUDDEN THEIR ELECTIONS, HAVE
BEEN MANIPULATED INFILTRATED
ANYWAY.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO
IT.
IF YOU DON’T STOP THEM HERE --
LARRY: DO YOU THINK IS HE DOVISH
ON IT, TOO DOVISH?
>> I THINK 53% OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY SAY I SUPPORT.
I THINK THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO
DROP.
I THINK TO A DEGREE DESANTIS
SEES THIS, I’M NOT GOING TO BE
WHERE McCONNELL IS BUT I JUST
THINK THAT HE IS SUCH A STUDENT
OF HISTORY, HE HAS TO KNOW
RUSSIA’S GOALS ARE.
IT IS ALWAYS EXPANDING.
LARRY: REAL QUICK, BRIAN, TAX
CUTS, HOW IS HE ON TAX CUTS?
I’M INTERESTED.
I’M A SUPPLY-SIDER AS I BELIEVE
YOU KNOW.
I BELIEVE LOWER TAX RATES WOULD
REJUVENATE THE ECONOMY AND
CONQUER INFLATION.
DID HE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY
ABOUT THAT?
>> WE DIDN’T GET INTO HIS
NATIONAL POLICY BUT IF YOU LOOK
WHAT HIS TRACK RECORD HE IS NOT
RAISING TAXES ON ANYONE.
LARRY: HE RAISED CORPORATE TAXES
IN FLORIDA VERY BADLY.
THEY WERE THREE 1/2, WENT TO
FOUR 1/2, 5 1/2%.
CORPORATE TAX.
I DON’T KNOW WHY, I DON’T KNOW
THE FULL STORY.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
NOT HAPPY WITH THAT.
>> I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT.
LARRY: I AM YOUR RESEARCH
ASSISTANT.
>> I WILL GET RID OF MINE.
START INTERVIEWING RIGHT AWAY.
AS SOON AS I LEAVE, I HAVE A
HUGE STAFF.
LARRY: DOES IT PAY?
>> I CAN’T GET YOU UP THAT
EARLY?
YOU HAVE TO GET UP AT 2:30.
LARRY: THAT MAY BE TRUE.
>> HE SAYS I WILL FOCUS ON THE
STATE LEGISLATURE, YOU THINK
I’VE DONE A LOT ALREADY, HE HAS
A SUPERMAJORITY.
GET DONE WITH THE STATE AROUND
MAY AND I THINK HE WILL PROBABLY
ANNOUNCE.
LARRY: YOU CAN CATCH BRIAN’S NEW
DOCUMENTARY, "WHO IS RON
DESANTIS?
" ON "FOX NATION."
BRIAN IS TERRIFIC RADIO GUY.
LOVE DOING RADIO.
>> ME TOO.