Klein (73:02)
On occasion I have little arguments, but generally I would say really good. And who's doing. And start off with a man who's doing a phenomenal job. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen. Scott. Thank you very much, Scott. And he loved this right from the beginning. Scott, right? He saw this and he said, wow, what a great idea that is. This is, you know, hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time they reach 18, but we can go 21. They can keep it in longer. But he saw this right from the beginning. He said, wow, that's just great. And we have some other ideas that will be great. But this was one that just hit everybody. This was an easy one to think about. And again, that bill allowed us to do this. Otherwise, can you imagine trying to get this approved by Democrats and Republicans? Let's get together. We got it done. Also, a man who's made your life much easier, because those of you that are building plants and equipment so you can give your money, ultimately you're giving your money away anyway, no matter how much you make. But he's made it a lot easier. You know, approvals for big plants used to take 20 years, 25 years, and then you'd get rejected. Actually, you'd go 20 years environmentally and they'd reject you. You. Finally, if I think of it, a guy starts young, he starts an approval process. By the time he's middle aged, they take a vote and he loses. It's not worth it. But we have a man that's getting these things done in a matter of weeks. And the biggest plants in the world are being built right now, and he's getting them done fast. He's getting electric plants built so that we can buy them, they're paying for them, they want to pay for them so they can open up their AI plants and they can open up their automobile plants and lesser. So the automobiles, believe it or not, take much less electricity. You're going to have to tell me why you need so much electricity to create information. I said, what's your primary product? Information. Oh, I see. Information. It better be damn good information for the kind of money. But Lee Zeldin is a star and he has been incredible. Thank you, Lee. And you know, I have to say this, Scott and I were talking about it. So Lee went out to California after the fire, which should have never happened, if they would have let the water flow from the Pacific Northwest, which everybody's been telling them, including me. Now, I just opened it up. We literally sent in the military to open it up. But if they would have let, you wouldn't have had the fires because you would have had a little thing called the old fashioned way. Water in the fire hydrants, as opposed to empty fire hydrants. You would have had water. And most of the houses had the sprinklers on top of. No, there was no water in their sprinkler in their living room. All those fires wouldn't have started. But they did start. And I will say that Lee. The most difficult permit was Lee. I went there a couple of days after the fire, met so many people on the streets who were many cases, fairly wealthy people, some very rich people. Some of the best houses in California burned down. And I said to them, so what do you want to do? They said, sir, we want to start immediately. Immediately. Well, we'll get your permits. Now, the hardest permitly was the federal permit. Is that right? He got everything done in 20 days, right? The whole thing. Is that a correct statement or less? 20 days. So he got everything done, 100% ready to go. And I went for a meeting. And this mayor, who's a grossly incompetent person, she said, we're going to try and have the permits done within two years. Remember that? I got into an argument. I said, you mean within two days? Right. She said, no. And I'm meeting all these people as I'm walking along the streets with the fire departments and the policemen, and they're all devastated. You know, they're still smoldering. They weren't even allowed to go in there. The Environmental Protection Agency local said, don't go in your property. Okay? We said, okay, don't worry about it. Any. Any problem is gone. Any problem is burned. Any germs are burned. They're burned. They were burned. Nobody's ever seen anything like it. But all so unnecessary that it happened. But we got it all done in 20 days, the whole place. And yet now, still more than a year later, they don't have permits. Almost nobody is building. So I haven't told this to Lee Zeldin yet, but I'm going to put you in charge of getting permits. I think we're going to override to local authorities because they're never going to. They're never going to have it. And when I was told that there's a provision where you can override the local authority to get things done, case of. Because it's really, to me, it's a national emergency. What they've done to these people is horrible. It's just horrible. And they'll still vote Democrat. Can you believe it? After all, it's just. They get used to it. Although I must say, we converted many. We'll probably convert a lot more. But I just want them to get into their houses and I don't want a big section of the area built into low income housing. They want to put low income housing right smack in the middle of it. And that's not the American dream. You know, you didn't do that. And low income housing is great. I built a lot of low income housing, but you don't put it there. This is one of the richest neighborhoods in the world and we're going to let those people. And I recommended strongly that everybody gets the approval, immediate approval to build the house. And you give them a 10% bonus so they can build a house 10% larger than they had before if they want, for all the suffering they've been caused so they can build a little bit bigger house. So Lee, if you want, will you accept the job? He's under a lot of stress. Okay, all right, override those people. Those people are incompetent. Between the mayor and the governor, they're incompetent. They'll never get. They'll never get approved. They'll never get approved. So do whatever you can. Lee, there's a provision that you're allowed to do it. And we will. I'll sign it in two seconds. Frankly, they'll never ever. It'll never happen. I also want to introduce a man, Frank Pasigno. Now, if you met Frank and if you knew Frank, he's quiet, but he's actually a stone cold killer. He was one of the biggest people in business. He would be sitting with you. In fact, now he's got a better seat because he's working for the. He's the head of a lot of things, but the job he's done in this country is great. And he's working on Social Security and a thing called the irs. He's working with Scott on both of them, really, but the IRS in particular. And he is a fantastic man. Warrior Frank took the biggest pay cut in history. He went from being paid 35 million a year to being paid about $35 a year. I think you may have taken the biggest pay cut in history. He'd be close. He'd be one of the top five because a few people have done that. Few billionaires have left. But Frank has gone from one of the most successful people. He worked with, Jamie Dimon. I don't think Jamie likes me too much nowadays, but that's okay. I never minded that. But, Frank, you are fantastic and you're doing a great job. We appreciate it. Thank you. And thank you to the family. The Director of Economic Counsel, a man who's in the news a lot. You know, my only problem is I don't want to lose him. I will tell you that he's working from a big deficit because I don't want to lose him. He's so good. Kevin has it. Thank you, Kevin. Thank you, Kevin. A friend of mine, a senator who has been unbelievable. She's a tremendous woman, a tremendous. Married to a great football player. She's married. Her husband is a massive man. This guy, he played in the NFL, I guess, for 11 years. He was top of the line player. I met him. I said, that's not a normal situation. Look at this guy. This guy was seriously powerful. Big. And he's as nice as he is big. And she is one of our best senators. Senator Katie Britt. Thank you, darling. From Alabama. I love Alabama. We have. We love Alabama. Marsha Blackburn is an incredible person. Unfortunately, she's running for governor. She's running for governor of Tennessee. I'd love her not to. I begged her. I said, marcia, we don't want to lose you in the Senate. But I have to say, they're lucky. They're lucky to get you because you are. You are a talent and a great person. And you've been with me all the way, and I appreciate it. And you're a very special person. Marcia, stand up, please. And a senator who's a friend of mine, you wouldn't believe that because we went through a rough campaign together. It was nasty. We got along so well, and everybody. We actually did joint rallies. Can you believe it? He wanted to get some of the action. So he's smart. He said, would you do a rally with Me, but we, we did joint rallies and the press used to say, will you ever, you know, start fighting? I said, don't worry, it'll come. He said the same thing, don't worry, it'll come. He's a very tough guy, very brilliant guy. In fact, when I said, you know, because I had never gone into a debate before officially, my whole life was a debate, but I'd never debated before officially. And I, I said, let me find out about my competition. Who are these people? Because many of them, you know, they were senators and mostly senators and governors. And I said, well, why don't we start with this guy named Ted Cruz? Let me, you know, give me. Well, he was the best student at Harvard, number one in his class. He was the best student at Princeton or something, and he was the national debate champion for three years. And I said, well, I don't like that. I didn't know that. I don't like that. And he was very good debater, I will tell you that. He's a smart guy, but I'll never forget because he was the first one I looked at, you know, I just joined the ranks of politics. And the first famous, that was the Rosie o'. Donnell, Remember that? Only Rosie o'. Donnell, we, they can. Ireland, you can keep her. Ireland is not as tremendous. The head of Ireland said, are all your people this way? We don't want that. But, But Ted Cruz has one thing that I like. If I ever have problems because it's hard to get people approved, he's a brilliant legal mind. He's a brilliant man. If I nominate him for the United States Supreme Court, I will get 100% of the vote. The Democrats will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out. And the Republicans will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out, too. Where's Ted? Where are you, Ted? And with all of that being said, he's a great guy, too. He's a great guy. We've become friends. And he's a very effective person, too. Thank you, Ted, very much. The man knows more about tax than anybody that I know. Jason Smith, Congressman, wonderful person. Thanks, Jason. Thank you, Jason. Great job. Idaho Governor Brad Little. Terrific guy. Thank you, Brad. Georgia Lieutenant Governor Bert Jones, who hopefully will be the governor of Georgia very shortly. They have a big race. He's leading by a lot in the polls. He was outstanding as a lieutenant governor. He's great everywhere, and I've endorsed him fully. So I don't want to, you know, do anything that you don't know about. I have given him my complete and total endorsement. Bert Jones. Where are you, Bert? Thank you, Bert. Great guy. Chief design officer of the United States, Joe Gebbia. Joe, thank you. Great idea. Great, great ideas. Also we have Mr. Wonderful, Kevin O'. Leary. I like Kevin O'. Leary. Where's Kevin O'? Leary? Coming out. Kevin, it's so nice. He's with me 90% of the time, but when he's with me, he's really with me. Great. And we got the TikTok deal done. Who the hell thought we could do that, right? I know. I. I wish he wanted to buy TikTok so much, but. And I would have done it, but his price was slightly lower. Slightly. He was. He's. He's fantastic. What a good. You're an entertainer. Businessman. Yet the whole quality. So I. I appre. I know what you do. Having done the Apprentice, I see you on television. You have what it takes, right? So I appreciate it, and thanks for all the nice things you do. And Cheryl Hines. Where's Cheryl? Oh, married to a very, very powerful, important man. And I said, I'll tell you, Bobby, she's strong. I watched her in an interview. I said, bobby, you keep him in line, don't you? Huh? She said, yes, I do. She's got no choice. He's doing a great job, and so are you. Yeah, he's doing a great job. He's doing a very different kind of a job, too. And he's doing things that people have wanted to do for a long time, and they didn't. They didn't have the courage. So say hello to Bobby. Okay. We're also pleased. My daughter, she went crazy when she heard that this was. I want to go. You know, she happens to be in the wrong state right now for that. But when she heard that there's a certain person that's here who's the greatest and most successful female rapper in history. Nicki Minaj.