♪ >> THE USA IS A MESS. OUR ECONOMY IS CRASHING, INFLATION IS OUT OF CONTROL, CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA, FORM TOGETHER AS A MENACING AND DESTRUCTIVE COALITION LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. OUR CURRENCY IS CRASHING AND NO LONGER IN MY OPINION WILL BE THE WORLD STANDARD IF IT KEEPS GOING LIKE THIS WHICH WILL BE THE SINGLE GREATEST DEFEAT OF OUR COUNTRY IN 200 YEARS. WE LOSE THE POWER OF THE DOLLAR. MARIA: THAT WAS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THIS WEEKEND AMIDST NEW DATA SHOWING INFLATION TICKED HIGHER IN THE MONTH OF JULY. AMERICANS ARE STILL FEELING THE SQUEEZE OF BIDENOMICS. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTING INFLATION ROSE IN JULY FROM JUNE AS HIGHER OIL PRICES AND GASOLINE SENT CONSUMER PRICES UP TO 3.2% ABOVE THE FEDERAL RESERVE TARGET OF 2%. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY IS EXPECTED TO BE A TOPIC AT THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON AUGUST 23 WHICH WILL BE HERE LIVE LIVE ON FOX NEWS. I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US. GOING INTO THE DEBATE PRESIDENT TRUMP REMAINS FAR AND AWAY, THE LEADER OF THE GOP FIELD OUTPACING HIS NEAREST COMPETITOR, RON DESANTIS BY 33%. LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, DONALD TRUMP IS AT 59%, RON DESANTIS AT 16%. VIVEK RAMASWAMY COMING IN AT THREE, THE THIRD PLACE AT 8%. JOY TO BE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VIVEK RAMASWAMY WHO IS AT 8% OF THE VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR PLAN FOR AMERICA, WHAT IS YOUR PLATFORM. >> MY CORE PLATFORM, GET IN THERE AND CHECKED OUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEEP STATE. THE 303 LETTER AGENCIES DEEP STATE, A FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. FROM THE FBI TO THE IRS TO THE ATF TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. I DON'T THINK WE CAN INCREMENTALLY REFORM THOSE AGENCIES, I THINK WE HAVE TO GET IN THERE AND SHUT THEM DOWN. THAT IS OUR TICKET TO NOT ONLY RESTORING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR GOVERNMENT BUT ALSO TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY. THE THREE LETTER AGENCIES ARE ACTUALLY THE SOURCE OF THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT ACT LIKE A WET BLANKET ON BUSINESSES LARGE AND SMALL ON OUR ECONOMY. A CENTERPIECE OF MY AGENDA IS DELIVERING GDP GROWTH, ECONOMIC GROWTH. IT IS MY CONVICTION THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, ALL PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF THE COUNTRY, MORE UNITED BEHIND THE COUNTRY WHEN WE ARE ALL MAKING MORE MONEY IN THAT COUNTRY. THESE THINGS GO HAND IN GLOVE TOGETHER TO BOTH RESTORE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC BY GETTING RID OF THE FOURTH BRANCH WHILE ALSO STIMULATING THE ECONOMY IN THE PROCESS. MARIA: THAT SOUNDS VERY GOOD, ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE OF ALL THE ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND COVER-UP AT THE D.O.J. AND FBI. IT LEADS ME TO THE NEXT QUESTION, DID YOU JUST SAY THE OTHER DAY THAT YOU WANT TO PARDON HUNTER BIDEN. WE HAVE EVIDENCE, BANK RECORDS A POTENTIAL BRIBERY, TED CRUZ SAID IF THIS IS TRUE BIDEN SHOULD GO TO JAIL. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PARDONING THE BIDEN FAMILY? >> THAT WAS MISQUOTED AND PURPOSEFUL OPPOSITION, YOU KNOW HOW THIS GAME IS PLAYED. I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO HAS BEEN THIS CLEAR. THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS CLEAN HOUSE, SHUT DOWN THE FBI, REFURB IS THE D.O.J. I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO PLEDGE TO PARDON TRUMP FOR ALL OF THE POLITICAL PERSECUTION THROUGH PROSECUTIONS. EVEN PEACEFUL JANUARY 6 PROTESTERS ON DOWN. I'M HAPPY TO GO ON RECORD, HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT A BEFORE I'M ON RECORD GOING IN FAVOR OF IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY ON BIDEN. I BELIEVE THE UKRAINE WAR IS INDEED EVERY PAYMENT FOR A BRIBE MADE SENDING $200 BILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND THE OTHER DIRECTION. WHAT I SAID, LET ME FAST-FORWARD TO JANUARY 21, 2025. MY SECOND DAY IN OFFICE AFTER WE ISSUED THE PARTINGS AND SET A MOTION. SHUTTING DOWN THE FBI, NOT JUST REFORMING, RESTORING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR GOVERNMENT. THE QUESTION IS, IS THE NEXT THING THAT I WANT TO DO AFTER WE SENT OUR NATION FORWARD, IS IT TO FOCUS MY AGENDA ON PERSECUTING OR PROSECUTING JOE BIDEN OR HIS FAMILY. MY ANSWER TO THAT IS NO LAMINA FOCUS ON STIMULATING THE ECONOMY, ENDING THE WAR IN UKRAINE, DECLARING INDEPENDENCE FROM CHINA THAT'S HOW WE WIN AS ONE NATION. I'M NOT GOING TO BE GUIDED BY VENGEANCE AND GRIEVANCE, GOOD TO BE GUIDED BY INTEGRITY. THE FIRST STEP, THERE CAN BE NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT TRUTH. WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF INCLUDING A BRIBE. I BELIEVE PAID TO THE BIDEN FAMILY, HOW THAT IS TIED TO OUR WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE SUPPORT IN UKRAINE, GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT FIRST. I STAND ON THE SIDE OF LEADING US FORWARD TO A NATIONAL REVIVAL BUT WE CANNOT GET THERE WITHOUT FIRST BEING TOLD THE TRUTH, THAT IS WHERE I'M AT. MARIA: YOU ARE A BUSINESSMAN AND YOU UNDERSTAND BUSINESS AT THE INFLATION PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE. I GOT THAT, YOU JUST WENT THROUGH SHUTTING DOWN CORRUPTION, I GOT THAT, WHAT ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY. WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT COMMUNIST CHINA IN JOE BIDEN'S WEAK RESPONSE TO ALL OF THIS PUBLICATION, WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER? >> MY VIEW WE NEED A WINDROW DOCTRINE. THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET, MUCH OF THE MILITARY DEFENSE SPENDING IN THE DECADES HAS NOT GONE TO NATIONAL DEFENSE. THE REALITY, IF WE DO ENTER A SERIOUS CONFLICT AND I WORRY JOE BIDEN IS SLEEPWALKING US INTO POTENTIAL NUCLEAR CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA AND RUSSIA AND CHINA BEING IN ALIGNS WITH ONE ANOTHER, THAT WOULD MEAN BOTH NATIONS. WE NEED DEFENSE CAPABILITIES OF THE HOMELAND, NUCLEAR DEFENSE CAPABILITY, CYBER DEFENSE CAPABILITY, SUPER AMP ELECTRIC MAGNETIC PULSE CAPABILITIES I TAKE OUT THE ELECTRIC GRID, WE ARE WAY BEHIND. THE HALLMARK OF MY FOREIGN POLICY, YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE HOMELAND, START WITH THAT FIRST. >> NICE TO HEAR TOUGHNESS. YOU ARE AT 8%, YET THE DEBATE COMING UP. IF YOU DO NOT GET HIGHER NUMBERS, WOULD YOU BE PREPARED TO WORK WITH PERHAPS PRESIDENT TRUMP, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT BEING A PART OF HIS CABINET? >> I HAVE NOT SPOKEN HIM ABOUT BEING A PART OF HIS CABINET AND NOT IN BEING A PART OF MINE. AS SOMEBODY SAID I STARTED 0% IN MARCH, I CORRECTED THEM I STARTED AT 0.0% IN MARCH NOW I'M THIRD IN THE NATIONAL PRIMARY FOR THE FIRST DEBATE ON THE SAME TRAJECTORY THAT TRUMP WAS IN 2015. I EXPECT TO BE THE NOMINEE AND I EXPECT TO WIN THIS ELECTION IN A LANDSLIDE. HERE'S WHAT I WANT. I RESPECT PRESIDENT TRUMP, I DON'T PASSION BECAUSE I THINK IS THE NEXT LEVEL PRESIDENT PRE-WE HAVE A USUAL RESPECT. I EXPECT HIM TO BE AN ADVISOR, A MENTOR WHEN I'M IN THE WHITE HOUSE TEACHING ME WHERE THE BODIES ARE BURIED, HOW TO GO FURTHER THAN WHERE HE WENT THAT IS MY MISSION WITH OUR AMERICA FIRST AGENDA AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT I EXPECT. MARIA: THAT SOUNDS REASON TO CELEBRATE WHICH YOU DID THIS WEEKEND AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR, LET'S TAKE A LOOK. ♪. MARIA: NICE RAP SONG, HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? >> IT WAS A TOTAL SURPRISE, WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS GOVERNOR REYNOLDS ASKED ME, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CLOSEOUT SONG. SHE ASKED ALL THE CANDIDATES. WHEN I'M LEAVING THE STAGE, THEY PLAY THE SONG. I HAD THE MICROPHONE IN MY HAND I COULD NOT RESIST. DURING THIS CAMPAIGN WE HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN. ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WERE DOING IN THIS CAMPAIGN, WERE REACHING YOUNG PEOPLE, WE ARE BRINGING THEM ALONG IN DROVES WITH US. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 50.1 ELECTORAL MARGIN AND A LANDSLIDE IS YOUNG PEOPLE. I THINK THIS CAN'T BE A 50.1 DEMOCRAT VERSUS REPUBLICAN TUG-OF-WAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE A LANDSLIDE A RAG IN 1980 STYLE REVOLUTION. THAT'S WHAT I'M LEADING. HONEST TO GOD I THINK I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS FIELD THAT COULD DELIVER THE LANDSLIDE BY BRINGING THE NEXT GENERATION WITH US. I'M THE YOUNGEST GUY TO EVER RUN FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR U.S. PRESIDENT SO I'M GOING TO BE DOING SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY. MARIA: IT IS A GREAT POINT, GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. WE W
