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Mark interviews Monica Crowley, Chief of Protocol for the United States. · The Mark Simone Show

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  Speaker 1: The Mark Simonia onr Well, the great Monica Crowley. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I knew her when she was just Monica Crowley, best
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  Speaker 1: selling off their radio TV star. Now she's the ambassador,
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  Speaker 1: she's the Chief of Protocol of the United States of
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  Speaker 1: America and she's with us now. Monica Crowley, how you doing.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Mark, Always great to be with you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, boy, are you ever coming back? We miss you?
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  Speaker 2: Well. I miss New York too, although I have to
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  Speaker 2: tell you that I was at the next game on
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  Speaker 2: Monday night. Yeah, and it was really I mean, it
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  Speaker 2: was an unfortunate outcome, although look at what they did
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  Speaker 2: on Wednesday night, so it's absolutely incredible. But to be
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  Speaker 2: back in New York City with the electricity around the
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  Speaker 2: Knicks unbelievable. I do miss it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, we miss you. Hey. What a weekend you
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  Speaker 1: got coming up here at the White House. Tell her
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  Speaker 1: how many things are going on? You got the UFC
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  Speaker 1: fight and tell us about the busy weekend there.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. For really the next six weeks, going through mid
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  Speaker 2: July and actually well into August, the United States of America,
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  Speaker 2: Mark is going to be the center of the universe
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  Speaker 2: because we are heading into America's two hundred and fiftieth birthday,
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  Speaker 2: and we have tremendous celebrations that are all teed up
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  Speaker 2: and ready to go. Everything is open to the public,
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  Speaker 2: free of charge. I'm going to get to July fourth
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  Speaker 2: here in a minute, but you mentioned the UFC fight. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: that is happening on the White House South Lawn on
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  Speaker 2: Sunday this weekend, June fourteenth. It happens to be Flag
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  Speaker 2: Day for the United States. It also happens to be
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  Speaker 2: President Trump's eightieth birthday, although I'm sure he doesn't want
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  Speaker 2: to mention the number, but it will be a birthday
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  Speaker 2: celebration for him. We've got Dana White, We've got the UFC,
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  Speaker 2: and it's all in celebration of America's big birthday.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it'll be amazing. So two hundred and fiftieth Birthday
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  Speaker 1: of America. I'm trying to remember two hundred that's when
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  Speaker 1: they did those bi centennial moments on TV. But that
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  Speaker 1: was nothing like this. This is a much much bigger celebration.
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  Speaker 2: Well, fifty years ago was the bi centennial nineteen seventy six,
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  Speaker 2: and the country was really a lit with patriotic fervor,
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  Speaker 2: and everybody had the patriotic spirit, and I do remember
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  Speaker 2: being a very very little girl mark down the Jersey
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  Speaker 2: Shore with my mom, my dad, my sister. And while
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  Speaker 2: I don't remember everything that happened in nineteen seventy six,
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  Speaker 2: like what President Ford was doing and his speech to
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  Speaker 2: the nation and all of that, I do remember being
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  Speaker 2: down LBI having a sparkler in one hand and a
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  Speaker 2: little American flag in the other. That kind of indelible
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  Speaker 2: feeling of patriotism and love of country is what was
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  Speaker 2: instilled in me that day, and I know for millions
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  Speaker 2: of other Americans that is exactly the kind of patriotic
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  Speaker 2: feeling that we are trying to recreate for American It's
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  Speaker 2: two hundred and fiftieth, So we've got a couple of
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  Speaker 2: really big things planned Mark. In addition to UFC happening
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  Speaker 2: this weekend, starting on June twenty fifth on the National Mall,
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  Speaker 2: we are going to be launching the Great American State Fair.
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  Speaker 2: All fifty states and six territories will be represented on
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  Speaker 2: the National Mall with their own pavilions about what makes
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  Speaker 2: each state great, including New York and New Jersey, so
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  Speaker 2: many others, all kinds of blue ribbon competitions. We're going
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  Speaker 2: to have for the very first time, a one hundred
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  Speaker 2: and ten foot ferris wheel on the National Mall, so
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  Speaker 2: you can go all the way up mark and see
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  Speaker 2: the beauty, the cleanliness, the safety of our nation's capital
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  Speaker 2: thanks to President Trump, from the ferris wheel, all kinds
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  Speaker 2: of performances, rodeo performances, three times a day. It is
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  Speaker 2: going to be a world's fair on the National Mall.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to run for sixteen days through to so
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  Speaker 2: please come down and see it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but you know, the Morning Joe CNN types, I'm
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  Speaker 1: not going to like this. They don't like celebrating rodeos.
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  Speaker 1: It's too Middle America for them. You know, many of
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  Speaker 1: these Beltweit people, the elite Northeast, they've never seen any
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  Speaker 1: of this state fair stuff. It's all foreign to them.
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  Speaker 1: So it's good that they'll see it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, if you're talking about like the Blue Coast people
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  Speaker 2: who are are part of the problem, then no. But
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  Speaker 2: what we're doing is a true celebration of all of America.
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  Speaker 2: And just like in nineteen seventy six when we were
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  Speaker 2: coming off of Vietnam and Watergate in the country had
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  Speaker 2: deep divisions. We have deep divisions now, but just as
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  Speaker 2: fifty years ago, this celebration of America is going to
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  Speaker 2: unite the American people around our shared values, our shared
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  Speaker 2: sense of patriotism, and a renewed sense of civic pride.
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  Speaker 2: And of course the ten Pole event mark is going
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  Speaker 2: to be on July fourth. I want to mention two
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  Speaker 2: quick things here. I know you're sitting in New York City.
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  Speaker 2: New York is going to be hosting an international naval review,
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  Speaker 2: including a massive parade of gorgeous tall ships. We did
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  Speaker 2: this fifty years ago. We're doing it again around the
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  Speaker 2: Statue of Liberty, New York, Harver and then up the
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  Speaker 2: Hudson River with about thirty five countries represented with gorgeous
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  Speaker 2: tall ships. That is starting on July fourth at ten am.
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  Speaker 2: So please get out, get to the river, get your
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  Speaker 2: place early and really watch this beautiful thing unfold. Such
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  Speaker 2: a gorgeous celebration. And then later that night, of course,
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  Speaker 2: New York is going to have its celebration, the big
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  Speaker 2: national celebration, the Salute to America, is going to take
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  Speaker 2: place on the National Mall, and it is going to
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  Speaker 2: feature headline performances, the story of America, gorgeous graphics, and
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  Speaker 2: of course because it's President Trump who requested the biggest
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  Speaker 2: and greatest firework display in the history of the country.
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  Speaker 2: We are going to set off eight hundred and sixty
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  Speaker 2: thousand fireworks over the National Ball the biggest, I think
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  Speaker 2: in the history of the world. So to celebrate America. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: So if you can come out for New York celebration,
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  Speaker 2: come down to DC for the big salute to America.
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  Speaker 2: It is going to be the grandest celebration in the
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  Speaker 2: history of our country.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. Now, of course, if you can't be there, it'll
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  Speaker 1: be televised. Obviously, we can be able to watch it.
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  Speaker 2: And yes, of course we've got broadcast partners across the
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  Speaker 2: country who are going to be picking this up. And
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  Speaker 2: if you're listening to us from other parts of America
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  Speaker 2: or even around the world, we are having a truly
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  Speaker 2: global celebration, including activations to celebrate America's two hundred and
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  Speaker 2: fiftieth around the world, with all of our partners and
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  Speaker 2: allies around the world lighting up their countries in red,
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  Speaker 2: white and blue to help us celebrate. Every state in
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  Speaker 2: America also has our own celebrations planned and I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: or most communities around the country will have the same plans.
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  Speaker 2: I see in certain communities in New Jersey, they've already
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  Speaker 2: painted the crosswalks red, white and blue. So we are
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  Speaker 2: all getting into the spirit mark. And I encourage everybody
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  Speaker 2: to get involved in their communities or come out in
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  Speaker 2: New York City, come out of Washington, d C. And
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  Speaker 2: really help us celebrate the most exceptional country in the
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  Speaker 2: history of the world.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. Sounds amazing now, Monica Crowley, she's the Chief of
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  Speaker 1: Protocol in the United States. Tough part of your job.
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  Speaker 1: I see you do this all the time. When a
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  Speaker 1: world leader comes to see the President, the first meeting
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  Speaker 1: is with you. I seem they come into the room
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  Speaker 1: with you. So you talk to every world leader. When
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  Speaker 1: you suddenly alone with the president of Finland or someplace,
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  Speaker 1: what do you talk to them about?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's you know, it's my job is based in diplomacy. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: I am an ambassador, senate confirmed, so I do have
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  Speaker 2: the constitutional authority to speak on behalf of the President,
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  Speaker 2: vice President, and the Secretary of State, and I take
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  Speaker 2: that responsibility very seriously. So my job is to not
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  Speaker 2: pass judgment on any of these leaders, whether it's she's
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  Speaker 2: in ping of China, Vladimir Putin of Russia, the president
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  Speaker 2: of Finland. As you mentioned, my job is to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that my team and I and I've got an
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  Speaker 2: extraordinary team. They're so committed and dedicated. They do a
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  Speaker 2: tremendous job. What we do is create the most amenable
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  Speaker 2: environment for the most effective and robust diplomacy to take place.
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  Speaker 2: So we make sure that the president has what he
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  Speaker 2: needs to do his job well. And we also make
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  Speaker 2: sure that the world leader and his or her delegation
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  Speaker 2: have what they need to do their job well. So
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  Speaker 2: when I'm alone with these world leaders, Mark, I talk
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  Speaker 2: to them about their trip. I make some nice small
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  Speaker 2: talk if they want to talk little policy. That's also
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  Speaker 2: my background, so I'm always happy to do that, but
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  Speaker 2: always with to I am representing the President of the
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  Speaker 2: United States and the American people, and I do it
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  Speaker 2: so proudly and with so much love for my country.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's a fascinating job. I mean, what a great
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  Speaker 1: job you've done with all of this, And we miss
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  Speaker 1: you in New York. I wish you'd come back, but
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  Speaker 1: we need you in Washington right now. It's great to
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  Speaker 1: talk to you, and Monica Crowley will do it again soon.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for the.
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  Speaker 2: Update always a pleasure, Mark, Thank.
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  Speaker 1: You, all right, take care. Hey, everybody follow her on
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  Speaker 1: Instagram and Twitter and all that. There's great, great stuff
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  Speaker 1: up there from Monica Crowley and don't forget. At noon,
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  Speaker 1: Buck Sexton and Clay Travis will be here with an
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  Speaker 1: excellent show. And then you got the most listened to
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  Speaker 1: radio show in America at three o'clock, Sean Hannity. He
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  Speaker 1: got Jesse Kelly at six, and you know, Jimmy Fail
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  Speaker 1: is now here every night nine to midnight. You should
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  Speaker 1: be listening. It's a great show, very funny, every night
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  Speaker 1: at nine. On seven to ten, wor