your hearts. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> virginia governor glenn youngkin delivers the commencement address at liberty university, addressing following the call of jesus christ and living a life of service. [applause] >> good evening, liberty. what a night.

during worship, you could feel the presence of the lord. the holy spirit was upon everyone and i can't tell you what an honor it is to be here. president, the board of trustees, chancellor and faculty, the family and friends, distinguished guests and most importantly, the class of 2025. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you been incredibly warm welcome and the invitation to share this truly special day with all of you from presidents to pastors, professional athletes going to supreme court justices, liberty is a proud history and distinguish commencement speakers never forget is only the amazing first lady suzanne young can in my son

grant young ted and i have an opportunity to be back at this wonderful institution and i hope that you understand how special liberty us as an institution that is respected all around the world, because it is rooted not in the temporal but in the internal and also great to be back here because soon as suzanne left me after this i'm going to head down to the tearoom and going to grab a cheesy westerner to predict. [applause] [applause] >> to although graduates that i see before me in your incredibly handsome caps and gowns, i ensure the during this final year your family and friends have all had a serious discussion and they have been peppering you about what you will do next.

and while in this last year of serving as governor, i know how you feel. therefore i know will need a job at the end of this term and so i know who to go see advice from there will be coming to see all of you. we know that there is a season into everything braided and while there will be a time to look to the future, today's the day to congratulate you probably accomplishment largest ever university class of 2025 worried. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> you not only liberty largest ever class today, but you're also part of the largest event ever held in central virginia.

[applause] >> look around, this milestone is tremendous in your life's journey. there were some really important people who helped you won't go away. many of them are here in williams stadium tonight. some of them, very surprised indeed. some of them are sitting here thinking today is proof that the lord really does work miracles. my friends above all, we rightly give glory and thanks to god because he is everything any buses you university every liberty graduate who came before you, graduates who said exactly where you are and graduates that lay the foundation for this incredible moment. but you also will thanks to the

professors, who not only taught you but they prayed over you like coaches who push you when you did not want to be pushed and who gave you an extra dose of encouragement when you need it faculty and staff and administration, may your time here some significant. and today yes, we'll thanks to your whole family. but is that and especially to proud parents pretty and once again, i would ask you to please stand i think your parents for everything that they have given you. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> and while you're standing, can we please say thank you to all of the mothers here because none of us would be here without our moms.

[applause] [applause] [applause] >> and for those of you not had an opportunity to buy your mother for something, you can think me later come there to shopping days left this moment where i think of my own mother, she was my hero, the lock of our family. i miss her every single day. so all of the mothers here thank you, thank you for loving the children that the lord blessed you with and thank you for giving everything you possibly can for their futures. most importantly, thank you for raising them in the spirit of the lord because they also may have a forever life. and the truth is, all of the moms and dads here have so many good reasons to be happy.

so many good reasons to be happy. and i say that i'm sure there are a few that are quietly thinking, maybe today is the day my son or daughter actually graduates and gets off of the family payroll. with 132,000 graduates, the class of 2025 is only largest history but also for the most and present since senior had a vision over the doors of the school more than five decades ago more than 6300 of you graduated with honors and number 4100 of you made perfect 4.0 gpa. that's amazing.

i particularly think the 71209 graduates for the military or family ties to our military, think you for your service to our nation. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> you champions on the basketball courts the men and ladies winning the conference championship in printing your ticket to go dancing in march. congratulations to all of the student athletes on your successes this year including whole team under six consecutive teams playable game right here. this class is also proved that you take your civic duty seriously november and you were part of the largest voting

turnout ever liberty university. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> we look back for years, many of you just arrive on campus when i was right running for governor. i will never forget the strong support so many of you gave me my campaign, thank you for hiring me. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> my friend, your march to live with me and you stood up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. [applause] >> you exhibited a remarkable spirit and countless acts of generosity and so grateful and how many of you donated led a

helping hand to those to those who lost everything and hurricane helene partnered with organizations like the samaritans person operation blessings, needed more than 80 those who have lost everything. he showed with a meant to be champion for christ that is the utmost administration live at an action and of course i know this day of celebration can be bittersweet. you've developed deep friendships here who have challenged you and your studies and inspired you with their faith and once who stayed with you through the peace and power and friends who will stand with you and your weddings, appears to your children and eventually will hold your hands as you go home with the lord to the father's house were there are many rooms. the relationships that will last

forever. you spent countless hours studying the library and lunchtime making bread. no understand those when the students are all in town. whether you spent most of her time and you in this article. in the hills printed going to class and freedom tower now you being sent from this good place and out into an exciting world of opportunity that awaits you. we hear me clearly, it is desperately need to see you. as you start to write the next few chapters remember, there are seasons to life. seasonal school, season to apply

what you have learned in seasons of tribulation and seasons of triumph seasons where you will hear god's voice asking whom shall i said will go for us. we may be called into ministry, like the prophet isaiah, under other service going you also will be called the raise your hand emphatically response here i am. said me. we've seen the holy spirit supported guide and strengthen many admitted women it who said sent me throughout history in american history throughout virginia's history we saw 250 years ago, when patrick and every inspired the commonwealth of virginia to fight for liberty with his most famous plate i know not but asked for me give

me liberty or give me death. and yes from patrick henry to thomas jefferson from george washington to george mason, have james madison to james monroe. calling. in answer said me, they helped found the greatest nation on the earth and the faith and encourage have those who said send me has been watching over virginia ever sense whether it was barbara jones and protected segregation as a 16 -year-old, prince edward county and helped open up education opportunities for every american there was private first lesson broke right here. served in the state combat medic in world war ii it is more the medal of honor for saving 75 of his fellow soldiers and hacks outrage in okinawa, all while

staying true to his beliefs. whether it was doctor bill mcgee who founded operation smile in virginia beach in 1982, an organization that had prepared for over 400,000 children's as needed gross and it wasn't the largest volunteer -based medical nonprofit anywhere in the world. when there was any them are countless in all of these virginians heard and answered the call to be sent. 's faithful courage and says send me does not just along the history books. it's also this right here in william stadium and i know all of you, i've known her below is calling at some .151 percent here tonight is patrick patterson, liberty student united states marine, who answered the call to serve our nation in uniform. [applause] [applause] [applause]

>> like so many bad trends, patrick returned bob with deep scars, ptsd and addictions about the loss of his home and his family and terrible infected by the terrible business of war but even the darkest moments, patrick never gave up by the grace of and help of his fellow veterans even hope recovery and rebuild his life in these degrees criminal justice all while working full time in law enforcement. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> after graduation patrick will continue in his mission starting a masters program in addiction counseling ensure you stories and ministering long other struggling addiction and

inspiring them to see him against the enemy. patrick especially your wife and three children are. very proud of you and all of his heart thank you for saying send me. [applause] [applause] >> and also here rodriguez the senior nursing major is partnered with lu certain now is partnered with them over the last four years she's gone three disaster relief trips affected americans by hurricanes all she's been here liberty taken her to washington state kentucky and most recently, the western north carolina pretty originally decided she would attend liberty because of the mission minded focus she's look to christ example of washing his disciples feet as a model of true servant

hood that we are all called to emulate now hannah, i know this you served are grateful for how you've help them rebuild their homes after the terrible disasters with most important thing that you provided on these mission trips, the material aid, and sharing christ love and the peace of one day will welcome each of us to a house not made with hands, and thank you for saying send me. [applause] >> and before you were said, you will be called, and trust me and fairfield christian by come he will hear a call is important to remember the's calling are always comfortable or can be an effective rarely are with god's calling them i call you like my friend janet, who adopted a

child going my call you like my friend max, to care for a sick spouse, he ♪ ♪ you to minister in the vast sums of a major city or call to start a nonprofit to help human trafficking survivors pretty much how you devoted to return my call you with a prison ministry, and michael you to do something that everyone thinks is a little bit crazy like founded the college dedicated to christ next to the side of the mountain in virginia. my friends, you may even find yourselves living a very happy life and thinking you're doing everything that he wants you to do and the lord will abruptly interrupt at and called you to do something incredibly different. in some of you know before i entered public service, and they had this amazing privilege of working for 8.8 million

virginians so i 25 your business career read in 2020 my head when i thought was my dream job as married to the love of my life, for 26 years then we were racing an amazing or children was exactly supposed to be in the lord had other plans pretty but stop sign in my prayer life and impossible to ignore. and therefore no that he cannot sit on the sidelines any longer on friday night in july, i am suzanne to go on a walk with me and i looked at her and he told her that i planted to quit my job and run for governor. i'll never forget how she tipped me friday evening with tears flowing up and rice and quivering, and she asked governor of what. [laughter] [laughter]

>> and we prayed together and we asked god for guidance and for wisdom and strength. i know will tell you that we have never once regretted it predict and other than the day that i accepted jesus as my savior and suzanne said, yes, i will marry you and i've never felt more purposeful in my life. each of you, on a different story and i don't know how your chapter will enfold you specific callings will be, but you're calling me not be something that you would plan for something that you would scripted for yourself and i know this for sure, the class of 2025, you're ready to hear that implication of you shall i said and who will go for us i am so confident too, thank you will stand up and say send me.

send me to be dedicated her husband or wife and send me to raise my children in a way that glorifies and send me to be a light and by workplace and send me to be salt of the earth send me to provide christian witness in a culture so badly in need of it. you have learned here and values formed and conviction shaved and strength and in practice will set you apart from this moment on in every room that you enter, you will bring the unique information about liberty education and what a blessing that will be to everyone, whose path you will cross. in the world needs you. and each intellect, your promising major commitment. the world needs more champions for christ above all, he needs your faith and needs your help. it needs your love and remember,

the greatest of these is love. my friends, at the heart of this great university, is prayer. and so stand faithfully and answer humbly, and pray mightily and today graduating from a place to that power of prayer and how the does move mountains and can change and soften even the hardest parts and so now spirit, like a close by praying with all of you. and her family, we hold hands when we pray. so if you would not mind, just reaching out to the person next to you, grabbing hand in forming a circle for our lord and savior

jesus christ. please join me. dear heavenly father, you are holy. thank you for this amazing institution and for each and every one of you extraordinary graduates and father i ask that you guide and protect them and they ask you to draw them closer you go their separate ways and i ask that you pursue their lives and share their gifts which will bless them in a way that glorifies you and revealed to them your divinely inspired and in printed purpose, you have known forever on their lives. be with them not just on the tops within the valleys as well and let them with health and bless them with meaningful relationships and bless them with mentors and guide them throughout their life and help them to be happy warriors and cheerful champions for christ.

father i ask you to meet the material needs, fill the hearts and spirits to do your work. father, we pray all of this in the name of your son, our savior jesus christ-we'll say to gather, a med. >> inmate god bless you may you always bless liberty university, thank you. [applause] >> live shortly, president trump and elon musk will speak to reporters about elon musk's last day as the head of department of government efficiency or doge. later, the president will speak at the u.s. steel facility in west mifflin, pennsylvania outside pittsburgh to talk about a deal with a japanese company, nippon steel, to partner with

the u.s. company. we will have that live at 5:00 p.m. eastern. primack, business editor with axios. he joins us to talk about an announcement by president trump later today. what will we hear from him? guest: not exactly sure, but it will be about u.s. steel, pittsburgh-based steel company. it was going to be acquired by a japanese company called nippon steel. when that was agreed, president trump, not yet president, said he opposed it, said u.s. steel steel should remain american. president biden blocked the deal saying it was a national security concern. now it is said there is an agreement, but no one quite knows. people on the inside say it is the original takeover with nippon taking it over. but some say it is really a tbd. host: what were the national

security reasons given by the biden administration and what process did they go through? guest: nobody knew, to be honest. the president does not have to enumerate them, just has to say national security concerns. that is why u.s. steel sued after that. it is basically the belief that steel is an essential component to a lot of the u.s., including in the military, and thus, if there was a foreign company to buy it and shut it down immediately or reduce the quality of the steel, that we create national security concerns. but was also strange as this is a japanese company and japan is one of the strongest allies of the u.s. host: what has the company said leading up to the announcement from the president later today? guest: absolutely nothing. well, u.s. steel on friday

issued a brief statement praising president trump, kissing his butt a little bit. what is interesting is you have the president basically suggesting there's a deal, and you have this merger agreement out there to take the public company private. there is a share price, $55 a share, this buyout offer. the new york stock exchange has opted not to halt the stock, which it almost always would do if there was a pending merger. they will not explain why it is not u.s. steel has kept its mouth shut. nippon has kept its mouth shut. in an age of not normal in the business world, this is beyond not normal. host: you said the chaotic process has opened the door for potential impropriety appeared what did you mean? guest: people, we do not know how small or how big, know what will be announced. they know if there will be a merger of $55 a share. and if you know there will be a merger at $55 and share, the stock has been trading between

$52 and $53 this week, you would buy as much stock as you could. the reason that these agreements, when there is one, get an answer quickly is to reduce the possibility of insider trading. you have lawyers and members of the company, and in this case, lots of politicians who know what is happening, and there was a quasi-announcement last friday. trump is not speaking until 5:00 p.m. today in pittsburgh, after the markets close, and there is a large amount of people who know what will happen, deal or no deal, which brings enormous opportunity for insider trading. the sec has also been completely silent. host: what are you watching for next? whatever the president announces, is it a done deal or is there a role for congress? guest: i do not believe there is a role for congress. if president announces there is an agreement between nippon and u.s. steel, and there is

talk of a so-called golden share, which means the u.s. government would not have equity in u.s. steel but would have a say in how it is operated, so we want to see the details and of this supposed $14 billion investment from nippon into u.s. steel and u.s. steel making capabilities, looking to see if it is firm or a handshake agreement. steel's union has oppose this and they say they do not believe the promises because the initial investment promises, which were much smaller before trump got involved, were really just that, promises. there was nothing forcing nippon still to make good on it. host: all>> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us this morning is sean spicer, the host of the sean spicer show and of course the former white house press secretary for the trump administration during the

president's first term. you and i spoke a month ago before the white house correspondents dinner here in washington about the relationship between the president, his administration and the media. since then, has it changed? how would you describe the relationship? guest: good morning. great to be with you again. maybe a little better in the sense that the release of a new book about president biden's decline i think has caused many in the immediate to reflect on how they are covering stories. to some degree. if anything, maybe a little better but that would be a stretch at best. host: how would you describe the white house strategy to communicate with the media, the media strategy and is it different than the first term when you were white house press

secretary? guest: i think it is a lot different. hindsight is a great weight to be able to look at things and they have the ability to look at what worked and what didn't. it was a stat yesterday in the political playbook that noted that whether or not you like president trump or not, there is no question he is the most transparent and present president in history. on tuesday, the first time they noted in his performance in office that they -- there has been a 48 hour period where we had not seen from the president engaging with the media and that says something. it to your point or question about the strategy, it is almost a flood the zone strategy to get out there, be seen and be engaged on a daily if not multiple times a day process. that means they get to really make sure the message is out there. the president himself is the biggest messenger.

i have always reminded people of the job of the white house press secretary or any press secretary is to speak in lieu of the principal. in the case of this president, he is out there so often it is a very different dynamic because the press secretary doesn't have to go out and say here is what the president thinks or hears what he does on this particular policy because you can ask him yourself if you're a member of the press corps or he is actively saying it or putting it on truth social. this is a very different president than we have ever seen it before. and it to your point, vastly more assessable than the first term. we acted the first term thinking about traditional norms. i was reflecting on this the other day, we had done the weekend address. previous presidents always did the end of the week address where you go out to radio stations and we started to realize it was such an antiquated way of communicating with the people because the

president was talking on a daily basis that we went away with the tradition of it. again, part of it was we looked at traditional norms and they look at this now in the second term and have said, we can plow our own path. host: what path have a cloud that is different? what would you point to? guest: two things. number one, the amount of accessibility. the president of the united states will have the press in the oval office or at some other signing several times a day. the amount of accessibility is first and foremost a huge change . you almost have on multiple times a day the media being able to question. and second thing is the scope of that. the addition of new independent media to the briefing room, to the opportunities to question

him, to fly on air force one and to be in the representative reporters from print and broadcast that can go in and report for the whole group has totally changed the dynamic. look any day at the president's schedule and you will see the pool report and they have added voices into that dynamic that have never been allowed in before. in the past, it was this 13 person pool and out it has gotten bigger and bigger and look at when karoline does the press conference, there are many voices more in there. that is a win for america to allow all sorts, left, right, business, niche and media outlets to ask the press secretary of question or have access to the press office is good for democracy in the first amendment.

host: we want viewers to join us. we are talking about the trump administration and the role of the media covering this administration. here is how you can join us. democrats dial in at (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001 and independents (202) 748-8002. you can also send a text with first name city and state to (202) 748-8003. let's go to the oval office for the president was holding a swearing in wednesday and he was once again taking questions from reporters. this question was about the so-called taco acronym with analysts saying it stands for trump always chickened out on the tariff agenda. we will take a listen and have you react on the other side. [video clip] >> wall street analysts have coined a new term meaning trump always chickens out under tariff

threats and that is what markets are higher. what are your thoughts. pres. trump: i chicken out? i have never heard that. because i wrote reduce china from 145% that i said down to 100 and then down to another number and i said you have to open up your whole country and because gave the european a 50% tax tariff and they called up and said, please let's meet right now. and i said ok, i will give you and i ask them, what is the date because they weren't willing to meet and after i did what i did, they said we will meet anytime you want. we have an end date of july 9 could you call that chickening out? we have $14 trillion now invested and committed to investing when biden practically had nothing to discard it -- the

country was dying. i went to saudi arabia and the king said you have the hottest country in the world right now. six months ago, this country it was stone cold dead. we had a dead country, a country people didn't think was going to survive and you ask a nasty question like that. it is called negotiation. you set a number and if i sent a ridiculous height number and i go down a little bit, and they want you to hold that number, 145% tariff, even i said that really got up. it got up because of fentanyl and other things and you added it up and i said, where are we now. i said we are at hundred 45% and i said that is high. they were doing -- 145% and i said, that is high. they weren't doing business. we were nice to china and i think we helped china tremendously because they were having great difficulty because

we were basically going cold turkey with china. we were doing no business because of the tariff because it was so high and i. don't ever say what you said. that is a nasty question. host: what do you think of his thing don't ever say that again and it was a nasty question? guest: the reporters can ask anything they want. i think the way it was asked was a little insulting. they have the right to ask. there is no question about that but i think it was a wasted question and whole moniker is stupid. the president of the united states for years and decades both parties have allowed the trade and balance to exist. this is the first president to stand up and fight for the american people and make sure our country hasn't played his --

as a sucker over and over again. one of the callers in your previous session called china is going to do that, why don't we have reciprocal tariffs. why do they get to prevent us from having full market access to their country? i get what he is saying and i think the entire story and how it was framed is ridiculous. it was eight media created narrative. -- it was a media created narrative. the whole thing was to bait him into saying this. i get his frustration. do i think it was fair? i think it was stupid but you have the right in the country to ask stupid questions and it is protected. host: axios said journalism under pressure amid fear of retribution. executives at major outlets instructing newsrooms to temper

their coverage of president trump and his administration amid growing fears of political retribution. your reaction to that. guest: i think by any metric, the coverage of president trump and his cabinet in particular has been completely out of where. immediate research center did a study and 92% of the major legacy outlets, it was negative against president trump. 100% against the defense secretary pete hegseth just being objective, whether you are the biggest trump hater in the world, do you really think that every story against pete hegseth that he has done nothing good, no matter how much you dislike donald trump and is cabinet, it seems impossible. but the media landscape is so tilted against donald trump and anyone who supports him our works for him that there is a degree to which it is actually good business to be smart.

you are protected by the first amendment to be stupid and you are protected to be partisan but to call yourself a journalist and come straight at donald trump and his policies and a biased way, again may be protected and you have a right to do it in this country, but that doesn't make it smart or good. when you look at the coverage that has existed, hostility and personal animus that exists is unbelievable. there is a book out about president biden's decline. you go back over and over again every instance, the russian hoax, the cover-up of the biden laptop is all tilted against one side and always against the right. i think that there is a big difference between do you have the right to do things in this country and are they protected, yes. does that mean it is smart and good business, i would argue no. host: matt is in falls church, virginia, democratic caller. caller: sean spicer, what idiocy

you are saying. you act like fox news and all the right wing news agencies don't exist currently and have created a giant conservative news network organization that puts out your message whenever you need it all the time to tons of people around the world. get over this, our narratives aren't getting out there. what i would like to talk about -- guest: to be clear, i never set our narratives aren't getting out there, so that is a lie. you named to outlets on the entire media landscape. does it make sense? in terms of fox it does here they have made a lot of money and have a big following. they have filled the void because of the left-wing nature. what you have made doesn't make

sense. caller: name a network is all left. guest: abc cbs nbc. caller: they are explicitly right wing. abc brings on both sides, nbc both sides, cbs, both sides. even msnbc is full of republicans. host: let's get a response from sean spicer on that point. guest: i am not sure you listened to what i was saying before but everything is protected speech could msnbc or cnn can be as left as they want. that is fine. i have no problem with that and that is where you missed the point. it is protected speech. this is the beauty of this country. i have a podcast i do every night and i am very open about my bias and i support president trump and i am a proud conservative. this is the beauty of our country that we can have a right

leaning and left-leaning peer that is fine. but is it smart business #probably not if you are left-leaning peer look at the cnn ratings and look at the subscriptions to the washington post and new york times because they are not doing good journalism. you have a book talking about not only president biden's decline and how the media missed a story the american people could see with their own eyes. the bottom line is, there is a difference, whether it is protected speech and whether it is smart. there are two different pieces there. msnbc can be as left-wing as they want and so can cbs and abc and the new york times. but at the end of the day, look at the ratings and what has happened to them. they are failing and it is because of the bias and the angle and narratives they spread. i never set our narrative doesn't get out there. i think president trump and his team do an excellent job but they have utilize independent media and other ways to get narratives out there, to spread the message and it is fantastic what they are doing. i'm not complaining a bit and i

love where we are at in terms of the landscape. look at what is happening in some stack. there are a lot of journalist from the right to the left that have gone out and started doing it journalism, opinion pieces and grown tremendously because there is a market for that. the old legacy media model has completely shattered and the technology we have these days has allowed us to have voices from all over. you can get whatever news you want, opinion, factual, straight down the middle, whatever it is and that is the beauty of what is going on in the country. host: going to sell in new jersey, -- sal, new jersey, republican. caller: a breath of fresh air to hear mr. spicer talk about how great president trump isn't doing pretty local news for years that i have been watching the television, you know it is so biased. you never hear them say one positive thing in the first

administration of president trump and now in the second administration of president trump, all they say, everything he did is not good for the country and we are getting taken advantage of and he knows it and he is doing the best he can to help the american people. all four years of the biden administration, they praised the man like he was mr. wonderful. it is all bias and so easy to see but the people that just despise president trump, they will never see the positive things he does for this country. i am 66 years old and he is one of the best presidents i have ever had in my lifetime and i am so happy he is the president now because the country is going to do great in the three years coming up and that is what i would like to say. thanks, mr. spicer for saying things about president trump. host: sean spicer? guest: thank you.

i appreciate you calling in and sharing your thoughts. i have been in politics for 30 years in the looking i think that is different about president trump, and i mentioned this a moment ago on trade, is that president trump, many politicians on both sides look at the problems and systemic issues we face in government and as a society they say, unfortunately that is the way it has always been and we can't fix it. president trump has been willing to fight for changes in the status quo, shaking up the system that really needs it and many people, i don't want to put words in your mouth but i think part of this is for too long we have to been told we can't do anything and president trump has shown the willingness to fight for the american people to get better deals and a better outcome. you think about what he did on prescription drugs a couple weeks back. there are things he is doing to make the country is stronger and make life more affordable for average americans and i think it is a breath of fresh air as you put it. host: heavy disagreed with moves

by the president so far or have any concerns with any actions taken by president trump in the first four months of the second term? guest: you're going to try to get me in trouble. there are a couple things. i will tell you i understand what he was doing on tiktok, for example. i believe tiktok is a tool of the chinese government and an existential threat to our national security here in america. so i understand it and i hope he is successful in getting rid of any links to the communist party in china and making it u.s. but i do believe it is a threat so i disagree with him on that. on iran, i am concerned about the approach to "get a deal." i don't believe iran will ever hold a deal. i believe iran has been clear we are there sworn entered -- enemy. they chant "death to america

they're -- to america." he doesn't get as much credit as he should and too many people argue over the tactics but at the end of the day, for four years under his leadership during his first term, there were no major foreign incursion. russia for decades had either annexed or gone to war and that didn't happen for four years. china wasn't the provocative and did not act in a provocative way the way it did the last four. gaza wasn't attacking israel. the world was a safer and better place under donald trump's first term and he is trying to reset that. i appreciate his constant effort to bring peace and stability to the world. every once in a while i agree with some of the tactics that he has but i appreciate his willingness to fight and his attempts to make the world safer and to make our country stronger. my issues are, i wish you would

do this a little differently but his record of success and results speak for itself. again, i feel like sometimes you can tweak around the edges but overall, i appreciate the fact that he is fighting for our country. host: you joked that you might get in trouble. you still have communication with the president? guest: i do. i talked to him 10 days ago. he has been extremely supportive of me and my endeavors. he watches and i've gotten some feedback on my show. it airs every day at 6:00 on youtube. he has been incredibly helpful to me since i left the white house. he appointed me to the board of the u.s. naval academy. i appreciate his friendship and his support. host: and he watches the show, it sounds like. guest: he has >>