DONALD TRUMP TAKE THE OFFICE OF
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
JOSH: FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE
FOR THE INAUGURATION, IT WAS
SURREAL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE EXCITED BY IT,
OTHERS SADDENED AND CONCERNED.
IT WAS NOT MUCH LIKE THE
CAMPAIGN ITSELF.
SO MUCH RANCOR AND DIVISION
CAUSED BY SOME OF THE THINGS
DONALD TRUMP SAID.
ON INAUGURATION DAY, THAT PLAYED
ITSELF AGAIN -- PLAYED ITSELF
OUT AGAIN.
THERE WERE PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
OTHERS WERE MORE FOCUSED ON
BEING DISRUPTIVE.
BUT THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE THAT
WERE HERE TO SUPPORT HIM.
THEY CAME AWAY FEELING LIKE THIS
GUY WILL DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
AND CHANGE THINGS.
THEY ARE CONVINCED, HIS
SUPPORTERS, THAT HE WILL DRAIN
THE SWAP.
ADAM: NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE PEOPLE PLAYED A KEY
ROLE IN HIS CAMPAIGN IN MAKING
DONALD TRUMP RESIDENT.
JOSH: WE STARTED COVERING DONALD
TRUMP IN 2011.
HE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AS EARLY
AS THE 1980'S.
THE 2011, HE STARTED MAKING
NOISE, SO WE DECIDED WHY NOT.
HE LET US INTERVIEW HIM AND HE
TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THING
HE HAD BEEN.
MAKING AMERICA A GREAT AGAIN --
HE HAD NOT COINED THAT PHRASE
YET -- BUT HOW CHINA RIPPED US
OFF, HOW ANYWAYS DID NOT RESPECT
US.
AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEW, HE
ASKED TO YOU THINK PEOPLE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE WILL PAY ATTENTION TO
THIS INTERVIEW?
I SAID, SURE.
IT WILL GET SOME ATTENTION.
BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT EYEBALLS,
YOU HAVE TO COME TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
A MONTH LATER, HE WAS IN
PORTSMOUTH.
SOMETHIN SOMEONE EVEN WITH A
FRACTION OF AN EGO WOULD GET
INFLATED BY, BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE THERE THAT HE JUST MIGHT
RUN BACK IN 2012.
WHEN HE DID N, A LOT OF PEOPLE
FELT LIKE IT WAS A GIMMICK.
HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT
AGAIN IN 2013 A 2014.
PEOPLE WERE SKEPTICAL.
AS WAS A.P. ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN
STARTED TO BUILD.
AND HERE WE ARE.
A LOT OF PEOPL DID NOT BELIEVE
THIS DAY WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
TIES.
ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS, COREY
LEWANDOWSKI, NEW HAMPSHIRE
NATIVE TWO YEARS HE WAS WITH
DONALD TRUMP FROM THE OUTSET.
HIS THE PARTS ARE FROM THE
CAMPAIGN OCCURRED JUST BEFORE
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION, FOR VARIOUS
REASONS.
PERHAPS IN FIGHTING.
BUT HE REMAINED CLOSE WITH
DONALD TRUMP THROUGHOUT T
ELECTION.
HE SAID HE WAS NOT -- COULD NOT
BE MORE PROUD OF HIS ROLE.
ANOTHER GUY IS DONALD TRUMP
SENIOR ADVISOR.
WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT UP WITH HIM
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS IS LIKE
FOR HIM.
GOOD TO SEPIA CONGRATULATIONS.
THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A RIDE.
YOU STARTED THIS CYCLE WITH RAND
PAUL, MOVED TO JOHN KASICH, THEN
DONALD TRUMP.
WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU?
MIKE: THIS IS AMAZING.
THIS IS AN HONORABLE LIFETIME.
WHEN YOU WORK IN POLITICS -- I
HAVE BEEN DOING THIS 25 YEARS.
TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THIS
IS LIKE OUR SUPER BOWL, I CANNOT
BELIEVE HOW HUMBLED AND HONORED
I AM TO HAVE MY COMPANY BE
INVOLVED IN THIS.
TO BE ASKED TO END UP WORKING
FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, WORKING IN
THE TRANSITION, THIS HAS BEEN AN
AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
JOSH: WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY
QUESTION -- SENIOR ADVISOR --
YOU DECIDED NOT TO TAKE IT.
MIKE: MY COMPANY IS DOING WELL.
I LIVE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
MY FAMILY LIVES IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT TIME FOR ME
PERSONALLY.
HONESTLY, I STARTED WORKING ON
GETTING READY FOR THE JOB.
I REALLY THOUG UP UNTIL FOUR
OR FIVE DAYS AGO I WOULD TAKE
IT.
I LOVE THE STATE.
IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT TIMING FOR
ME.
I WILL LOOK FOR TO DOING THINGS
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
JOSH DONALD TRUMP DELIVERING
HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FEELING
DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHAT DO YOU THI HE WILL DO IN
THE FIRST DAYS?
MIKE THE SAME THING HEAT OF THE
NIGHT HE GOT A NOMINATION.
TALK ABOUT BRINGING THE COUNTRY
TOGETHER.
IF YOU LOOK AT HIS TRANSITION
AND THE PEOPLE HE HAS BROUGHT
TOGETHER, I THINK HE IS DOING
ALL OF THE RIGHT THINGS TO MOVE
THIS COUNTRY IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
HE WILL STAY TRUE TO WHO HE IS.
THAT IS WHO DONALD TRUMP IS.
I DO NOT THINK PEOPLE WANT HIM
TO CHANGE THAT PART.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHO HE IS
NOMINATED FOR THE DIFFERENT
POSITIONS, I THINK HE HAS DONE A
GOOD JOB BEING INCLUSIVE.
WHAT YOU HEA -- WHAT YOU WILL
HERE TOMORROW IS ABOUT MOVING
THE COUNTRY FORWARD.
IT I ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO
TO BRING THE COUNT TO THE
PLACE WE NEED TO BE.
HE IS A GREAT COMMUNICATOR.
I THINK HE WILL DO A GOOD JOB AS
COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
JOSH: YOU MADE THE DECISION NOT
TO COME DOWN TO WASHINGTON, BUT
THAT IS NOT MEAN WE HAVE SEEN
THE LAST OF YOU IN PRESIDENTIAL
POLITICS, RIGHT?
MIKE: I DO NOT THINK SO.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS 25 YEARS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO THIS WAS A
LONG PRESIDENTIAL CYCLE.
I AM HAPPY TO COME HOME.
WE WILL DO STUFF, WORK WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION.
I MET A LOT OF FRIENDS AND GOOD
PEOPLE THERE.
WE WILL DO STUFF DOWN IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND WE WILL DO
STUFF IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WE WILL DO STUFF ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
JOSH: BEST OF LUCK MOVING
FORWARD.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THAT WAS MIKE BIUNDO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SURPRISED HE
PASSED UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
AN ADVISOR IN THE WEST WING.
LET'S TALK ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE'S
PLACE IN THIS PROCESS.
DONALD TRUMP DID NOT DO WELL IN
IOWA.
HE HAD A THIRD OR FOURTH PLACE
FINISH.
AT ANY RATE, IT WAS
DISAPPOINTING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FIGURED THIS WAS
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN FOR DONALD
TRUMP.
TED CRUZ WAS SURGING, MARCO
RUBIO CAME INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE,
HE WAS SURGING.
BUT TALK ABOUT REVITALIZING AND
RESURRECTING A CAMPAIGN.
DONALD TRUMP WON THE PRIMARY.
DID SO BY A LARGE MARGIN.
RAPPELLED OUT OF THE GRANITE
STATE.
THE REST IS HISTORY.
ADAM: YOU HAVE HAD A LEVEL OF
ACCESS WITH THOSE ONE-ON-ONE
INTERVIEWS NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE HAD.
YOU HAVE BEEN UP CLOSE AND
PERSONAL WITH HIM.
WHAT D.C. IN THOSE ATTRIBUTES
YOU GOT TO KNOW -- WHAT DO YOU
SEE IN THIS ATTRIBUTES YOU GOT
TO KNOW ABOUT HIM?
JOSH: REMEMBER, WE DID
CONVERSATION WITH THE
CANDIDATES, THE TELEVISED TOWN
HALL WITH ALL OF THE CANDIDATES.
WE WALKED INTO THE ROOM, AND
THERE WAS A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE,
AS ALWAYS.
A COUPLE MINUTES BEFORE THE
CAMERAS TURNED ON, IT WAS A
LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
THE CROWD WERE NOT SAYING
ANYTHING, BUT YOU COULD FEEL
THEY WERE SKEPTICAL.
THEY WERE NOT BUYING HE WAS A
LEGIT CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT,
BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE HOUR,
SOMETHING HAPPEN IN THE ROOM
WHERE IT WAS OVER, PEOPLE WERE
COMING UP AND SAYING, "MR.
TRUMP, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS."
OBVIOUSLY, BEING IN A ROOM WITH
SOMEONE AND WATCHING IT ON TV
ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES.
IF HE CAN TRANSLATE THAT OR
SOMEHOW FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET
THAT KIND OF MESSAGE AND THAT
PERSONAL CONNECTION HE DID IN
THE ROOM THAT DAYS THE LENS OF A
CAMERA, MAYBE THERE WILL BE SOME
PEOPLE WHO WERE SKEPTICS IN THE
BEGINNING WH MAY BE MORE
WILLING TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE.
BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION,
THERE'LL BE PEOPLE HERE WHO WILL
NEVER BELIEVE IN DONALD TRUMP.
AND THERE ARE SERIOUS QUESTIONS
ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS, ABILITY TO
LEAD, CHARACTER.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION,
IDENTIFIED A POWERFUL GROUP
OF T ELECTORATE WHO FELT THEIR
OPINIONS FELT NEED BY
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.
HE PERSONIFIED THOSE
FRUSTRATIONS.
BUT NOW HE IS THE LEADER OF THE
UNITED STATES.
I ASKED HIM HOW IT FELT TO TAKE
PLACE.
WE -- MY PHOTOJOURNALIST AND I
LOOKED AT EACH OTHER A COUPLE OF
TIMES, SURPRISED.
A REAL ESTATE MOGUL AND REALITY
TV STAR WHO TOOK NAME ID AND
TRANSITIVE THAT INTO A NATIONAL
MOVEMENT WHICH PROPELLED HIM
INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT IS CERTAINLY A REMARKABLE
STORY.
JUST LIKE BARACK OBAMA, COMING
IN OUT OF NOWHERE IN 2006,
BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST
RECOGNIZABLE FACES ON THE
PLANET.
DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN, BUT NOW
HE IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
ADAM: THANK YOU.
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