Many people will see this as an endorsement not just
of Governor De Santis,
but against Donald Trump. Why do you think it's time
to move beyond the former president?
Listen, I appreciate what he did for four years.
He did a lot of good things,
which is a different time.
And we have to look towards the future and not
the past.
And we need a candidate that will devote 100%
of their energy to America and the American people.
So it is not about the other candidates.
I consider them friends. I respect what they've done.
I appreciate the fact that they put their lives and
their livelihood on the line.
To try to have the opportunity to,
you know, serve this country.
But when it comes down to it,
you know, it's not about them,
It's about him. And he is the one that I
believe is our best foot forward.
I believe he's the candidate that can win.
And we also not only need somebody that can win,
but we we need somebody that has the skill and
the resolve,
which it he clearly does to reverse the madness that
we see happening across this country.
Are you concerned that Donald Trump can't win?
Yeah, I don't think he can win.
What? What is it that concerns you?
I mean, having seen him here in Iowa,
seen this last midterm election,
he's the same. He's not the same person.
I think Ron represents the future.
He's young. And the other thing that I think is
an important factor that people should take a look at
is,
you know, he will do what he did in Florida,
which means we not only will have Ron as president
for four years,
we'll have him for 8.
And that's important. That's how you really begin to take
that next step.
It's not only getting things back on track,
but then really building on that success.
And that's what he's done.
I'm sure you've got some thoughts on that too.
Well, look, I mean I think that,
you know, I do not think Donald Trump,
you know, you know, can win.
But if I'm wrong about that,
he'd be a lame duck on day one.
So how are you able to to to get the
type of team together?
I don't think he could recruit the personnel necessary given
how he's treated people in the past and then he
wouldn't be able to run again.
So immediately the way Washington works,
you lose power as a lame duck.
Normally a second term president comes in and they get
kind of a,
a, a six to nine month period to to do
everything,
to do everything they promised in the campaign.
And then eventually they start to become a lame duck.
But we've never had a present that was a newly
inaugurated lame duck on day one.
And in order to get this stuff to stick,
when you're talking about the bureaucracy,
when I'm out in Iowa talking to these farmers and
what they have to deal with,
with EPA and these agencies,
it's a structural thing. Yes,
the agencies are doing individual things that are not good
for Iowa farmers,
but the bureaucracy is exercising too much power.
To reel that back in is going to require discipline,
focused skill, but it's also going to require eight years
to get it to stick.
Because if you come in as a lame duck,
you're probably not going to be able to get it
done.
But even if you did,
the next guy could just come and unwind it.
And that's what they've seen.
That's what we've seen the back and forth,
yeah.