Tony Schaefer
speaker
51 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard Nov 2024
Tony Schaefer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsNo recordings in the last 12 months.Older appearances are listed below; set an alert to hear about the next one.
Appearances
feel that way. No, I'm actually 62 and proudly now able to get discounts at all known eating establishments.
Look, I was on the transition team in 2016, so I've had some experience making judgments on folks. And having been through and seen this, I think the president, as you said, has a right to do this. So let's go to Marco Rubio. I've met Marco Rubio. I've met the senator. I've met him there in the green room at Fox where you've been before. I think he's someone who understands national security.
He's got a very even temperament. I think as long as he's willing to do what the president wants done, and he said this publicly, I think he has a potential to be an A minus Secretary of State. And I'm saying that because he's not a new guy. And from what I'm hearing, Mike, they're having crying sessions at the State Department about Marco Rubio coming over. So that's a good sign.
Let's hope they don't resort to having Kool-Aid drinking sessions like they did in Georgetown. That would be bad. But I think it's a good sign that they're freaking out over there. Crying sessions at the Department of State.
a good choice, she's shown courage And first off, as you know, she called out publicly the chancellors of Yale, of NYU, of Pennsylvania. She was fearless in going after these people. And I think, Mike, she got rid of most of them. I think they all ended up leaving in some form based on her being dogged.
So I think by the fact that the president chose her based on her performance, based on the fact that she can be publicly, I don't want to say in your face necessarily, but she can be very demonstrative in what she wants to get out of people. I think her going to the U.N. is going to be a good thing.
You know, I was hoping that you would have someone who's going to be able to not only fight the U.N., but be able to go in there and do things necessary. Also build some level of cooperation. So you got to do both. I think there are people in the UN who are willing to work with us. And I think she's got to have, and I think she's got that skill. I think she can go hard when she has to.
At the same time, I think she's going to earn respect of others. build bridges and make things work. So I think, again, I'm going to go with an A minus with her too, based on the fact that, yeah, we don't know how she's going to perform at the international level, but she's done a fabulous job at the national level so far regarding what she's had to do. So.
This may be where you and I may have some agreement. I like her. I don't know her. I've never met her. That's not a prerequisite for my judgment. I'm just saying that I know, you know, I've met some of the other folks we're going to be talking about. She's not had law enforcement experience that I know of.
I may be wrong on that, but I don't think she's been someone who actually has had to do anything relating to the core mission of DHS. Now, DHS... While she's got good instincts, she's a good constitutional-focused governor, someone big on economics, DHS doesn't really function economically. That's not their job.
So the one thing that DHS has done I think you and I would agree was horrible was this whole disinformation board they attempted about two years ago with Jankiewicz, the Mary Poppins-singing undersecretary that was going to be doing that. And God, you know what?
Yeah. At this point, I would say a B minus. A B minus.
I mean, Ryan Zinke was over at Interior when he went into the last ministry. I thought Ryan was a great choice for Interior. So I would have agreed with you. I think she would be better suited in some ways to probably do that.
I know Tom. I'll just say it. I think it's an A+. Tom has got law enforcement still going for decades. While he's not alike, he is very accurate in his representations in front of Congress, in front of the media. I've heard him speak. I've been in events with him. Uh, I think it's an A plus. I think he'll be able to do the things which president Trump wants.
Uh, he'll be able to do it quickly because he understands the system. And I think he's got a lot, a lot of allies on the inside are going to be willing to help him. And he's going to bring back a morale to the, the border patrol and, uh, help actually do the, and I think he's going to come up with a plan to get rid of, to remove illegal aliens within the next two years. I think it's an A plus.
Let's go with the National Security Advisor, Representative Mike Waltz. Mike and I are friends. I know Mike. I think he's equipped based on both his experience going back in government. You know, he worked with the Bush White House. He's also a combat veteran. He's a special operations guy, an 18 series guy. And he's been in our circle, too, in media. He's actually...
Again, another guy I first met at the Fox Green Room in D.C. So this is a good appointment because the one thing he has to do and understand more than others is the mechanisms of governance. That is to say, what is available to the president? How do you manage those resources in real time? And I was talking to one of the deputies over there. And part of the job is requirements.
What are the requirements that you have to task out to the intelligence community Get that back. Shape a picture. You also direct the Special Operations Forces. They direct elements of CIA. These things are all important. It's almost like a brain stem. You have to understand, but you're the conduit of policy. You're not the policymaker.
So I think, again, I think I would give it a solid A. It's his choice.
So Radcliffe was notable in that he's already served as the DNI, I believe. He was appointed to that. He had been nominated before for some senior posts. And I got to tell you, I'm not overly impressed with him. I know this is probably going to get me in trouble. It's going to come out to bite me. But I'm going to say this, and I think you'll agree with me.
Showing 1–20 of 51 · page 1 of 3
Next →