Eric Cantor

You look at the airline industry, you look at the GSEs.

I mean, there's a lot of history.

But the difference, before there was always sort of a path and a known path to an exit.

And now not so clear.

Well, this is sort of the concern, is that right now, if you're putting an emphasis on dealmaking, deregulation, and potentially job voting the Fed to cut rates more aggressively at a time that the economy is still chugging along, at what point are you setting up the risk of that kind of scenario once again in 2027 or 2028?

Well, listen, I think this president has been very consistent in his message of growth.

And he wants growth.

And that is the way.

And that is where sort of the more traditional sort of conservative Republican can come along with the agenda.

Because it is, we've always been about real growth comes from the private sector.

And if you look at where the administration has been taking stakes, it's really in these industries that are critical to the national security.

It is about AI related.

It is about the rare earths minerals.

It is all about how do we go and continue to take the lead in these critical sectors vis-a-vis China and other bad actors.

How do you think this administration has done with respect to messaging around affordability?

This is something that has been dogging the administration quite a bit.

Now we're talking about dolls and Christmas presents, but there's this issue of people aren't feeling great, even though the economy is chugging around.

What do you think the Congress should be doing?

How do you think the president should be messaging this?

Well, you know, it's interesting.