JOSH: WELCOME BACK.
THE INAUGURATION OF DONALD TRUMP
CERTAINLY GENERATED PLENTY OF
EMOTION ACROSS THE SPECTRUM.
FOR ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR,
THAT MOMENT HAD TO BE PERSONAL.
WE ARE JOINED BY COREY
LEWANDOWSKI.
COREY: GOOD TO BE HOME.
JOSH: WHAT WAS IT LIKE, SEEING
HIM TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE,
KNOWING WHERE YOU STARTED?
COREY: REALLY HUMBLING.
YOU PUT TWO YEARS OF YOUR LIFE
INTO SOMETHING AND SEE A
COMBINATION OF NOT JUST CHANGING
THE COUNTRY BUT CHANGING THE
WHOLE WORLD TO LOOK AT THINGS
DIFFERENTLY.
WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT IN
JANUARY OF 2015, NO ONE REALLY
ASSUMED HE WAS A REAL CANDIDATE
OR HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WIN.
THE 18 MONTHS I SPENT WITH HIM
EVERY DAY, WE KNEW SOMETHING
SPECIAL WAS HAPPENING.
HIS SWEARING IN WAS REALLY
SPECIAL.
JOSH: WAS IT TOUGH TO WATCH,
KNOWING THAT YOU DEPARTED RIGHT
BEFORE THE CONVENTION?
DID YOU FEEL LIKE --
COREY: I HAVE A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESIDENT.
THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE WHO CAN SAY
THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. IS A
FRIEND.
HE IS A FRIEND OF MINE.
AFTER I LEFT THE CAMPAIGN, I
STILL TRAVELED WITH HIM ON THE
CAMPAIGN.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE, WHICH VERY
FEW -- VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE,
SITTING ON THE PLATFORM WHEN HE
WAS SWORN IN.
PRETTY COOL.
REALLY COOL.
LOOKING AT THE CROWD, SAYING I
HAD A SMALL ROLE IN HELPING MAKE
THIS HAPPEN.
BEING IN WASHINGTON AND
PARTICIPATING IN THE BALLS AND
EVERYTHING, SO MANY PEOPLE CAME
TO ME AND SAID THANK YOU FOR
GETTING IT STARTED.
DONALD TRUMP IS A VEHICLE FOR
THE PEOPLE.
I THINK I WAS A VEHICLE TO HELP
HIM GET ON THE RIGHT PATH.
JOSH: WHEN YOU WALK INTO TRUMP
TOWER AND TALKED ABOUT BEING
SWORN IN, DID YOU THINK IT WAS
POSSIBLE?
OR DID YOU THINK IT WAS A
MOVEMENT THAT WAS WORKING ON THE
BRAND OF DONALD TRUMP?
COREY: IF YOU LOOK BACK TO YEARS
AGO THIS VERY WEEKEND, WE WERE
AT THE IOWA SUMMIT FOR FREEDOM.
SCOTT WALKER'S BIG BREAKOUT
SPEECH.
NO ONE GAVE DONALD TRUMP ANY
CREDIT.
THAT WAS WHEN WALKER FIRST CAME
ON BOARD.
WE TAKE YOU ASLEEP BUILT IN
OPERATION.
EVERYWHERE WE WENT, KRAUSE GOT
MORE ENTHUSIASTIC.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT
ONE EVENT.
WE KNEW IT WAS REAL.
IF YOU ASK OUR OPPONENTS WHO
CAMPAIGNED AGAINST US IN THE
PRIMARY, THEY KNEW DONALD TRUMP
WOULD BE THE NOMINEE THE
NOVEMBER BEFORE THE ELECTION,
BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY COULD NOT
MOVE DONALD TRUMP AWAY FROM HIM.
JOSH CROWD SIZE -- A LOT OF
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
WHY DOES THIS MATTER?
SEAN SPICER SAYS THE MEDIA IS
MAKING THIS UP.
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
THINKING THIS GUY IS AN
EGOMANIAC OBSESSED WITH
POPULARITY.
COREY: THE MEDIA HAS BEEN SO
UNFAIR TO THIS CAMPAIGN AND NOW
TO THE PRESIDENCY.
I KNOW THE "TIMES" MAGAZINE
REPORTER WHO SAID THAT BUS
MARTIN THE THINKING TOOK WAS HER
MOVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT WAS NOT TRUE.
3000 MEDIA OUTLET SAID THAT WAS
TRUE BEFORE HE SAID MEA CULPA,
THERE WAS A MISTAKE.
WHAT WE SEE MORE AND MORE AS
THESE REPORTERS WANT TO BE THE
NEWS STORY.
THEY WANT TO BE THE NARRATIVE
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT THE NEWS
BUSINESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FAIRLY AND
ACCURATELY REPORT THE NEWS.
JOSH: THERE ARE VISUALS OF THE
CROWD SIZE.
ARE YOU TROUBLED BY THE FACT
THAT WAS SUCH AN ISSUE WITH HIM,
EARLY ON?
COREY: I AM NOT.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS MAKING
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT HE WILL
BYPASS THE FALSE STORIES.
HE WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH A TWITTER
ACCOUNT WITH 30 MILLION
FOLLOWERS.
WE HAVE SEEN MASSIVE RIOTS IN
THE MEDIA.
ALL HE WANTS IS TO HAVE A FAIR
SHAKE, A FAIR CHANCE.
LET'S GIVE HIM 100 DAYS.
LET'S SEE WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE
THE COUNTRY IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
WE SAW MORE MOVEMENT THAN ANYONE
THOUGHT POSSIBLE THE FIRST WEEK
CARS HE IS A GUY -- BECAUSE HE
IS A GUY WHO GETS THINGS DONE.
JOSH: WILL YOU BE ABLE TO STAY
FOCUSED AND NOT GET DISTRACTED
BY THE CRITICISM?
THEY WILL KEEP COMING.
HE IS A CONTROVERSIAL PRESIDENT
MAKING CONTROVERSIAL MOVES.
HE HAS SEEMED TO ALIENATE ONE OF
OUR NEIGHBORS ALREADY.
WILL HE BE ABLE TO STAY FOCUSED
AND NOT BE TOO FAR OUTSIDE THE
MARGINS, WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THE
MEDIA SAYS ABOUT THIS AND THINGS
THAT DO NOT MATTER?
CORE HE IS COMPLETELY FOCUSED.
HE IS IMPLEMENTING HIS CAMPAIGN
PROMISES IN THE FIRST WEEK.
NO ONE THOUGHT THIS WAS
POSSIBLE.
HE ALREADY SAID WE WOULD BUILD A
WALL.
HE HAS TALKED IMMIGRATION
REFORM.
HE HAS DONE A LOT OF THINGS HE
TALKED DIRECTLY ABOUT DURING THE
CAMPAIGN.
THIS IS WHAT THE MEDIA MISSED.
THEY WOULD HONE IN ON ONE SMALL
SENTENCE THE CANDIDATE, AT THE
TIME, MADE AND FORGET ABOUT ALL
OF THE OTHER THINGS HE WAS
DOING.
THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE MISSED.
THEY ARE FOCUSING ON A SMALL
ASPECT AND MISSING ALL OF THE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND THE WORK HE
IS DOING TO REPEAL AND REPLACE
OBAMA.
THOSE ARE THE BIG PICTURE
THINGS.
BUT THE MEDIA WANTS TO FOCUS ON
ONE SENTENCE HE MAY OR MAY NOT
HAVE SAID THAT IS NOT 100%
ACCURATE.
JOSH: DOES HE DO IT ON PURPOSE
TO DISTRACT FOR SOMETHING ELSE?
THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO DID NOT
SHOW HIS TAX RETURNS.
THAT WAS THE BIGGEST DEAL FOR
MITT ROMNEY.
COREY: WHAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN
DONE IS NOT A PRELUDE FOR WHAT
COMES IN THE FUTURE.
WASHINGTON IS COMPLETELY UPSIDE
DOWN.
WHAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND IS
HE WORKS 20 HOURS A DAY.
HE CAN GET MORE DONE IN ONE DAY
THAN MOST PEOPLE DO IN A WEEK.
HE DEMANDS THE BEST FROM HIS
STAFF.
WHEN HE SAYS THESE ARE MY GOALS,
I WANT YOU TO IMPLEMENT THEM,
WASHINGTON IS NOT USED TO THIS.
HE WILL MAKE CONGRESS MOVE ON
HIS AGENDA, BECAUSE HE HAS A
MANDATE, COMING IN WITH 306 EL
TORO VOTES IN STATES REPUBLICANS
DO NOT USUALLY -- ELECTORAL
VOTES IN STATES REPUBLICANS DO
NOT USUALLY WIN.
JOSH: YOU CALL THEM UP, WHAT DO
YOU TELL HIM?
COREY: HE IS UNBELIEVABLY
SUCCESSFUL.
IF YOU LOOK BACK TO LIST A CLEAR
AT WHAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO
ACHIEVE IN THE FIRST WEEK,
SITTING BEHIND THAT RESOLUTE ASK
, IT IS UNPARALLELED TO ANY
PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY.
JOSH: HE SIGNED EXECUTIVE
ORDERS, SURE.
WHAT CAN YOU POINT TO AND SAY IS
A FIRST WEEK ACHIEVEMENT?
COREY: HE IS READING BUREAUCRACY
FROM THE BUREAUCRACY THAT
DESTROYED OUR COUNTRY.
THE MEDIA SAYS THEY HAVE 160
YEARS OF COMBINED GOVERNMENT
EXPERIENCE.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE
FOR AND GHAZI.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO
DEVOTE MUCH LIVING OVERSEAS?
HE SAYS NO MORE FREE PASSES.
EVERYONE'S RESIGNATION GETS
ACCEPTED, AND WE WILL PUT NEW
PEOPLE IN PLACE.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE TOP
FIVE LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT,
FROM TRUMP TO STEVE BANNON TO
KELLYANNE CONWAY, ZERO FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE.
THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE VOTED
FOR.
THAT IS WHAT HE WILL DO.
JOSH: THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE LIKE
ABOUT HIS CABINET PICKS SO FAR.
WHAT ABOUT YOU.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS?
YOU HAVE YOUR OWN CONSULTING
COMPANY.
COREY: WE PUT TOGETHER A SMALL
FIRM THAT HAS TO THEIR MAIN
GOALS.
ONE, WE WILL LOOK AT U.S. SENATE
CANDIDATES, REPUBLICANS RUNNING
IN WHAT ARE TRADITIONALLY BLUE
STATES THAT HAVE A DEMOCRATIC
INCUMBENT REPRESENTATIVE.
STATES LIKE OHIO.
I THINK WE WILL BE HELPFUL IN
RECRUITING THOSE CANDIDATES BY
PUTTING THE TRUMP COALITION
TOGETHER.
REPUBLICANS HAVE GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND -- EXPAND
THEIR SENATE MAJORITY.
WHAT I WANT TO DO IS HELP
COMPANIES GROW.
IT FALLS IN LINE WITH THAT THE
TRUMP AGENDA IS FOR.
MY FIRM IS NOT A DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN FIRM.
IT IS A TRUMP FOR THEM.
IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE TRAP
AGENDA, GROWING JOBS, WE WILL
NOT REPRESENT YOU.
I DO NOT CARE ABOUT PAYING
CUSTOMERS.
I WANT PEOPLE WHO WILL GROW THE
ECONOMY, READ -- RID BUSINESSES
OF SOME OF THEIR OBSTACLES.
JOSH: BY CALLING YOUR FIRM A
TRUMP FIRM, ARE YOU AFRAID OF
CRITICISM SAYING THAT YOU ARE
CASHING IN ON THE RELATIONSHIP
YOU HAVE?
COREY: TWO YEARS AGO WHEN MY
BEST FRIEND SAID I COMMITTED
CAREER SUICIDE BY WORKING WITH
DONALD TRUMP, I DO NOTHING MY
GOAL WAS TO START A FIRM THAT
"CLASHE
CASHES IN."
I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A SMALL
COMPANY IN MASSACHUSETTS.
THEY SAY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
IS KILLING US, CAN YOU GET US AN
ANSWER?
I SAID LET'S JUST GET YOU AN
ANSWER IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
THIS FIRM EMPLOYS MORE THAN 200
PEOPLE, WHO EMPLOYS PROBABLY MY
RELATIVES OR FRIENDS OR
RELATIVES.
I CALLED THE IRS TO THEY SAID
THEY CANNOT ISSUE AND EMPLOYMENT
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR 12
DAYS.
THEY SAID THEY ARE CLOSED FOR
ISSUING ANY BUSINESS IMPLEMENT
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS.
NOT ONE COMPANY WAS STARTED
THROUGH THE IRS FOR A 12 DAY
WINDOW BECAUSE THEY WERE CLOSED
FOR BUSINESS.
I CALLED THE PRESIDENT-ELECT AND
SAID CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?
HE SAID WE WILL BE OPEN FOR
BUSINESS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
GOVERNMENT IS OPEN TO GROW SMALL
AND LARGE BUSINESSES.
IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
MINDSET.
JOSH: WE WILL HAVE TO CHECK IN
WITH ADS.
ABOUT A MINUTE TO GO.
YOU ARE EXCITED AND FIRED UP
ABOUT YOUR FIRM.
ANY PART OF YOU WISH YOU WERE IN
THE WEST WING?
COREY: THERE IS ALWAYS THAT
SMALL PART THAT SAYS I WISH I
WAS INSIDE.
A COUPLE DAYS AGO WAS THE MAIDEN
VOYAGE ON AIR FORCE ONE.
HEAVILY PRETTY COLD TO BEYOND
THAT.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS HELP
THE ADMINISTRATION FROM THE
OUTSIDE.
I THINK I CAN DO MORE FROM BEING
ON THE OUTSIDE TO GET THERE
ADMINISTRATION GET THEIR AGENDA
DONE BY HOLDING ELECTED
OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE.
YOU CANNOT DO THAT ON THE
INSIDE.
THERE ARE STRICT RULES AND
REGULATIONS INSIDE THE
ADMINISTRATION.
JOSH: AND NO BOOK COMING OUT
ANYTIME SOON?
COREY: NOT FOR ME.
JOSH: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WE WILL BE BACK TO SEE WHAT THE
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