Simon Vance

So, look, I understand the point, especially as it's, you know, what the president says or what I say is refracted through the lens of an American press that, you know, I have my complaints with. But just what did the president... Again, you know, I'm going to defend my boss here. What do you say? I'm going to think about doing this. only in cases of the very, very worst people, number one.

So, look, I understand the point, especially as it's, you know, what the president says or what I say is refracted through the lens of an American press that, you know, I have my complaints with. But just what did the president... Again, you know, I'm going to defend my boss here. What do you say? I'm going to think about doing this. only in cases of the very, very worst people, number one.

And number two, only if it's consistent with American law. I think that if that was the headline that was reproduced, the president is considering sending the very worst violent gang members in America to a foreign prison, so long as that is a legal thing to do. I don't think that would inspire so much passionate resistance. That's my understanding of the American people.

And number two, only if it's consistent with American law. I think that if that was the headline that was reproduced, the president is considering sending the very worst violent gang members in America to a foreign prison, so long as that is a legal thing to do. I don't think that would inspire so much passionate resistance. That's my understanding of the American people.

I guess my pitch to them would be, we came into the administration with what we believed was a mandate from the American people to make government more responsive to the elected will of the people and less responsive to bureaucratic intransigence. And changing that is not perfect. And I won't even say that we've gotten every decision right.

I guess my pitch to them would be, we came into the administration with what we believed was a mandate from the American people to make government more responsive to the elected will of the people and less responsive to bureaucratic intransigence. And changing that is not perfect. And I won't even say that we've gotten every decision right.

I think that, you know, sometimes, you know, even Elon has admitted we made a mistake. We corrected the mistake. So the point is not that this is perfect. The point is that it was a necessary part of making the people's government more responsive to the people.

I think that, you know, sometimes, you know, even Elon has admitted we made a mistake. We corrected the mistake. So the point is not that this is perfect. The point is that it was a necessary part of making the people's government more responsive to the people.

And I think that if you look over the next, in two years, you look at the past two years or in four years, you look at the past four years. What I hope to be able to say and what I think is true today and will still be true then is that we actually have done with some bumps. We've done a good job at making the government more responsive.

And I think that if you look over the next, in two years, you look at the past two years or in four years, you look at the past four years. What I hope to be able to say and what I think is true today and will still be true then is that we actually have done with some bumps. We've done a good job at making the government more responsive.

And that this sort of feeling of shock, I don't dismiss it or diminish it, but I think that the system actually needed some pretty significant reform. And I'd ask people for patience because we're on the inside of this. You elected us to do a job.

And that this sort of feeling of shock, I don't dismiss it or diminish it, but I think that the system actually needed some pretty significant reform. And I'd ask people for patience because we're on the inside of this. You elected us to do a job.

And you get to make the judgment with the benefit of hindsight, whether we were just breaking stuff or whether we were actually doing something in the service of fixing things. I promise you that I believe that we're fixing things, but ultimately the American people will be the judge of that.

And you get to make the judgment with the benefit of hindsight, whether we were just breaking stuff or whether we were actually doing something in the service of fixing things. I promise you that I believe that we're fixing things, but ultimately the American people will be the judge of that.

You know, there really was a huge amount of fear and trepidation about these tariffs. There was the expectation that they would cause a devastating blow to Mexico's economy. And this is really mainly because, you know, Mexico, more than any other major economy in the world, relies on trade with the United States. Mexico exports 80% of its exports to the U.S.

You know, there really was a huge amount of fear and trepidation about these tariffs. There was the expectation that they would cause a devastating blow to Mexico's economy. And this is really mainly because, you know, Mexico, more than any other major economy in the world, relies on trade with the United States. Mexico exports 80% of its exports to the U.S.

So it was just extremely vulnerable going into this situation. There was an expectation that it could take two percentage points off of GDP in Mexico. That would essentially push the economy into a recession. So there was a great deal of concern about the impact that this could have.

So it was just extremely vulnerable going into this situation. There was an expectation that it could take two percentage points off of GDP in Mexico. That would essentially push the economy into a recession. So there was a great deal of concern about the impact that this could have.

Well, it was really interesting. Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, had quite a measured response to the announcement of these tariffs. I think we have to remember this isn't Mexico's first rodeo with Trump. Members of her administration have been through this experience during the first Trump administration when tariffs were imposed on some Mexican products and Mexico retaliated at that time.

Well, it was really interesting. Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, had quite a measured response to the announcement of these tariffs. I think we have to remember this isn't Mexico's first rodeo with Trump. Members of her administration have been through this experience during the first Trump administration when tariffs were imposed on some Mexican products and Mexico retaliated at that time.