CONGRESS IS EXPECTED TO RETURN
TOMORROW.
>> THANK YOU.
JOINING ME NOW IS CORY
LEWANDOWSKI, CO-AUTHOR OF
TRUMP'S ENEMIES, HOW THE DEEP
STATE IS UNDERMINING THE
PRESIDENT.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TRIP TO
IRAQ.
I WONDER IF THERE WILL BE
APOLOGIES FROM THE MEDIA THAT
SAID THIS IS THE FIRST
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AFRAID TO GO
TO A WAR ZONE.
>> THE MEDIA IS NEVER GOING TO
GIVE HIM THE CREDIT HE DESERVES.
WE'VE SEEN THE TWITTER EXPLODE
THAT DONALD TRUMP WASN'T
VISITING THE TROOPS ON
CHRISTMAS.
THIS WAS ALWAYS PLANNED.
HE LEFT UNDER THE COVER OF
DARKNESS.
THEY WENT TO VISIT THE TROOPS TO
SHOW THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT.
THEY WILL HAVE ALL TOOLS
NECESSARY TO ERADICATE OUR
ENEMIES OVERSEAS.
THIS PRESIDENT IS COMMITTED TO
THAT.
YOU WON'T SEE YOU TALK ABOUT
THAT OR THE 1,000 POINT INCREASE
IN THE STOCK MARKET.
>> DAVID: HE COMES OFF THIS WEEK
AFTER HIS DEFENSE SECRETARY LEFT
THE ADMINISTRATION, ANNOUNCED HE
WAS LEAVING.
WE HAVE A BIG CONTROVERSY ABOUT
SYRIA.
THE IDEA, THE WAY THE MEDIA IS
PORTRAYING IT IS THAT THE
PRESIDENT MADE A SECRET DEAL
WITH THE LEADER OF TURKEY TO
ABANDON OUR ALLIES IN SYRIA.
>> IT'S NOT TRUE.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING
TO THE PRESIDENT BEFORE HE LEFT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, WE'VE BEEN
IN SYRIA FOR 2388 DAYS.
THIS PRESIDENT WAS VERY CLEAR
THAT WHEN HE RAN FOR OFFICE HE
MADE THE PLEDGE TO BRING THE MEN
AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM HOME.
HE GAVE THAT DIRECTIVE TO
GENERAL MATTERS A YEAR AGO HE
SAID HE NEEDED SIX MONTHS AND
THEY REEVALUATED IT.
GENERAL MEDICINE LEAVING.
BARACK OBAMA HAVE FOR
SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE INCLUDING
FIRING THEN SENATOR, CHUCK HAGEL
WHO BECAME SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
OVER POLICY DISAGREEMENT.
>> THEY DIDN'T EVEN SAY IT EVER
EXISTED.
>> THERE IS A CONCERN ON THE
PART OF PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY
THAT THE CURRENT BUSH FOUGHT IN
SUCH A BRAVE MANNER THROUGHOUT
SYRIA AGAINST ISIS, NOBODY WOULD
TAKE UP THE ARMS AGAINST ISIS
THE WAY THE KURDS DID.
THAT SOMEHOW THEY WILL BE
ABANDONED OR ON THEIR OWN
AGAINST THE TURKS WHO WANTS TO
WIPE THEM OUT.
ARE THERE CONTINGENCY PLANS TO
PUSH THE TURKS BACK?
>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT
UNDERSTANDS WERE IN A GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE TO STAY
WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND PUNISH
OUR ENEMIES.
BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE PRIORITIES ARE.
SECURING OUR BORDER HAS TO BE
THE PRIORITY.
IT IS THE PRESIDENT SOLEMN DUTY
TO MAKE SURE EVERY AMERICAN IS
PROTECTED AGAINST ALL ENEMIES
BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
WE CAN HAVE A PERMANENT MILITARY
PRESENCE EVERYWHERE.
THAT'S WHAT HE PLEDGED AND NOW
HE'S BRINGING OUR TROOPS HOME.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BORDER
WALL IN THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
ONE THING THAT IS CLEAR, WE KNOW
WHERE THE PRESIDENT STANDS ON
BORDER SECURITY.
HIS ALLIES AND ENEMIES
UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT NEITHER
MR. SCHUMER MS. PELOSI HAS PLANS
FOR BORDER SECURITY.
IF THEY HAVE THEY HAVE NEVER
SHARED IT WITH US.
>> IT'S CLEAR THE DEMOCRATS WANT
TO POLITICIZE THIS ISSUE.
MANY DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR BORDER
SECURITY IN THE LAST DECADE.
THEN DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGNS ON
THIS TO CLOSE OUR BORDERS AND
THEY THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF A CARAVAN OF
INDIVIDUALS TRIED TO MAKE THEIR
WAY WHAT THE MEDIA WOULD BE
SAME.
THEIR SOVEREIGN NATIONS, YOU
CAN'T DO THIS.
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WANTS TO
PROTECT.
THEY HAVE NO PLAN FOR BORDER
SECURITY AND THEY SHOULD LOOK IN
THE EYES OF THE FAMILIES WHO
LOST LOVED ONES AND EXPLAIN WHY
WE CAN'T FIND $5 BILLION TO
BUILD THE WALL WHEN WE FOUND
OTHER MONEY.
>> THE TRUMP ECONOMY GOT A BOOST
TODAY.
A HUGE GAME.
THE BIGGEST POINT GAME EVER IN
THE MARKETS.
WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FUTURE OF
THE MARKET AGAIN IS GOING TO BE?
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE RETAILERS
THEY'VE HAD A PHENOMENAL HOLIDAY
SEASON.
SPENDING IS UP.
TRAVEL IS UP.
THAT'S BECAUSE TAX QUOTES.
OUR GROWTH RATE IS OVER 3%.
THAT'S UNHEARD OF UNDER THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH