Well, the great Monica Crowley. I remember when she was just Monica Crawley, now she's the great ambassador.

She's the chief of protocol of the United States of America, but still our great friend, Monica Crowley, how you doing?

Hi, good morning, Mark. I'm great. Thank you. How are you?

I'm great. What a job you got. You know, every time I see a world leader arrive, whether it's Zelensky or the world leaders of Poland or where the first person they see is you, you have the first conversation. What the hell do you say to the president of Poland if you have to talk to him for 10 minutes? I would know what to talk about.

Well, first of all, I'm so grateful to President Trump for thinking of me for this

position because it really is the best job in all of Washington. So many people, Mark, said this to me

when I was nominated, oh, you're going to have the greatest job in all of Washington. And now that

I've been in it for several months since I was confirmed by the Senate, I can honestly say I really do have the best job in all of Washington.

So my job as chief of protocol of the United States is to create the optimal environment for the most robust, effective diplomacy to be carried out by the president, the vice president, and the

Secretary of State. I've got an extraordinary team of people working with me to help us achieve all

of that. And my job is, you know, a lot of people saw me shaking hands with President Putin in

Alaska for that visit when he met with the president over the

Russia-Ukraine war.

And a lot of people have said, oh, you know, how can you shake hands with a killer, et cetera?

My job is not to pass judgment on any of these world leaders.

My job is to make them feel welcome and to make sure that they and their delegations have everything that they need to do their jobs well,

as well as making sure that the president and his team have everything that they need to do their jobs well.

And so we create this environment where diplomacy can take place.

And I have to tell you, part of my job to your question mark is to make them feel welcome, to make them feel comfortable. So yes, oftentimes while we're waiting for the President,

the United States, I will sit with them for 20 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour, and really spend a good deal of time

speaking with them, talking with them.

And it's just the most interesting job I could ever imagine.

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