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Well, Monica Crowley, of course you see her all over televisions, read her columns, and make

sure you listen to her podcast, the Monica Crowley podcast.

It's excellent.

You can get it any place you get podcasts.

Monica Crowley, how you doing?

Hey, good morning, Mark. I'm doing great.

Thank you. Now, you've covered a lot of elections. What the hell is going on here? I've never seen anything like this. Yeah, this year is certainly bizarre. And, you know, when you look at the last like

10 years, Mark, we've certainly lived through some very surreal experiences, including President Trump, the ultimate disruptor, the necessary disruptor coming out of nowhere in 2015 and 2016 to win.

And then, of course, we saw the establishment. We saw the system really react to that and try to win. And then of course we saw the establishment.

We saw the system really react to that and try to protect itself over the last nine years

by trying to destroy Donald Trump and by extension all of us, America first, right?

And then of course we had COVID in 2020 and it's all of a piece. So we've lived through some very weird times.

There is actually about a little less than four weeks until this November 5th election.

So buckle up, Mark, because I don't think we're over with the weird situations.

Yeah, you know, for years, they always said,

why can't we get all the great talent in the private sector to run?

Why can we run Lee Ayacocca or Jack Welch?

Well, this is why, because if a guy comes from outside the establishment,

private sector, they will do anything to destroy this guy.

Now, of course, Trump is a little, you know, brash and, you know, he's a little Don Rickles-ish at times, but that's because he's not a politician.

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