I'm Joe Barrelli, New York City's Councilman for Staten Island, Professor and Donald Trump's surrogate.

Yes, I'm a Donald Trump supporter in a city where he made his name as a real estate developer and also a city where he lost in the general election.

Throughout the election I went out on TV and radio as well as my Twitter feed at

Joe Barrelli NYC to make the case for Donald Trump as a surrogate as we say here.

Someone who can argue the case and appeal to supporters to vote for Trump, which

they did. And back in January he was sworn in as the 45th President of the

United States.

January 20th, 2017 will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.

That's his inauguration speech in Washington.

I went there with my wife to witness the historic event.

Now it's late April as I record this at the conclusion of the President's first 100 days.

In that time, I've been keeping an audio diary on my phone,

recording my thoughts whenever or wherever the opportunity

arose. Sometimes I'm in my car on my commute to City Hall. I've recorded Skype interviews

at home while watching my son. I also recorded a couple of sit-down

interviews with this program's producer starting last November days after Trump

won the election. That's probably the best place to start.

This is a very unexpected turn and now That's probably the best place to start

This is a very unexpected turn and now this crowd

Won't start cheering for the man they came here to support the night started out somber. It is anything but right. They call from Secretary Clinton.

She congratulated us, us, it's about us, on our victory. You know, I first met President Trump in 2013 when there was some talk of him running for

governor of New York State.

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