Transcript for Newt Gingrich on the best and worst things Trump has done

lot is, and a fe cocktails, with me and my husband, and we're sharing the "Hot topics" table with him right now. Please welcome author mp," newt Gingrich, fo speaker of the house. [ Cheers and applause firsof all, I'm sod you're here. We are good Frie you go way back ysb I actually have a picture everyone from 1995. Sehe one with the gls? That's my husbandith you after the contract for ame signing in 199 E to kn he a geek back then O. He's been aerd for forever. Yo were one the people who encouraged us to get married. Had you known was goio end up at thisable would you have ill wanted me to get married? . Absolutely. As G looking a you are, he's lucky even look at him. H cute too. And he verysmart. He considers you a me. Yes, vy nice to ve you here. We talked about the white house residentancelling the white house celebration honoring the Philadelphia eagles. Not players took a knee during the national anthem at super bowl, S is this really about? Hinkbout that, lives in New York, loves the patriots. I just wonder I he didn't want the eagles to be with him, you know? It's one of those -- You're avoiding question, newt. Knowingtrump, thaas good an answer as any. In your book -- in your new book "Tmp's America", Y writ about the many posit gs that president trump has done S he'sen office. What do you think the best thing is that he's done and the worst thing? I think best thing is the economy, the fact that we have lowest black uneyment in history oh 0 E. Cane take credit for that? Isn't THA Obama's ING? I mean really? I think this qer we wi have more than twice the economic growth rate of any quarter in 8 yearsof Obama. Because he's been set . He was given a ft, newt. It's true. S oba gets it both ways. He G a terrible gift from georgebush. He gave trumpgift. Anything good that happens utrump is actually Obama. It'strue. Well, that's one wayoook at D. Obama inherited deficit. Trump is inheritin a surplus. And is accelerating it. We're in a CI major deficit thanks tor party. He inherited graduating owing economy aoubled the speed of growth. Second part is the part that I'mrested in. The worst thing that he's done is joined in the general reductio of quality of language in ica. Th there are times when trump says tsoes things THA frankly, as president of the United States he ought to set a tougher standard for himself than just being a businessman saying whatever he thinks. I think so many people watch the president of the United States that there's S of standard of performance so peopleou follow you and imitate you and the Imes frankly I would not wanty grandchildren to talk like Donald Trump. It's not just that, newt. Itisrespect for the McCain family for the Kha family, for these guys who are Ng toak a point about the black lives in this country. I mean, it's morent the verbiage. I have many my language is horrible, you might have -- I something during the break that you want whoa. So I don'tare AUT language. It's really the sent behind it that' killing the country. She W ask me my opinion, noour opinion. I'll be glad for you to site your opinion for mine. S isled "The view" so alliv opinions here. When presidentmp about lik people who weren't captured in Rd to senator McCain, youere someone who came out so you'repeg not just language but me of the content. I tho it was terrible. Dad, but when youk at what John McCain went through and youook at the urge he showed and you look him refusing to be red before the rest oe prisoners, it's a extradinary statement of courage. I just thought trump --, like trump but when trs wrong I say he's wrong. Should he apologize to John? Re, of Urse he should. But he won't. I wan to ask you about themueller vestigation. It's been a year since Robert Mueller took overussia investigation and at that time you said, quote,ueller was superb choice. Do you S feel that way? No I am soaddened by how Mueller has done this. 17 lawyerse's hired are all lil Democrats. One of the lawyers actually was one of Hillary's lawyers. One I republican. Apparently he's very vague Republican becauverybody on his team is a liberal Democrat. The fact is -- I don't know if that's true lot are Republicans too. Aren't lawyers like jud though? You trust a judge to be obe. Aren'tyers going to approach the law in the samewa no, no. In't K the politics of any that I worked with. I guaee you can look at who they dononey to. The worst lawyeris group washillary's election night T in fa that lawyer was repudiated-0 by the sue having H evidence in a case he pr I'm really saddened by how Mueller has handled this. You're sd by the team? I have a very simpleerry Mcguire commen you rememr Jerry Mcguire? Me the money? This guy has h17 million, a year and a half. It's suppose to be about russia.show me something that relates -- I can show you 17 indictmentsd 5 guilty pleas. Hey're not about Russia. There's no Evie -- there's no -- wait a , there's no evidence thaties Donald Trump to anything involving ru. We don't know that. Not yet, we't know. Show me the Ence. And a half and17ion. He ought to have somethiy W. Well, but he said he fixed that letter, right? The let that nobody knew about and then maybe his son wrote it and no, his dad wrote it. I mean, don't you thinkhat you must go throu the process to UT if there is anything, or are yaying you're assuming that it'slready --ve you taken the idea that our government is corrup Yes. Really? And how long has it been way, new Hink you can go back to a er of cases. I K the special counsel in the bush years that set U scooter Libby wasotally corrupt, totally dishonest. I think that the.s. Attorney whocted a senator from Alaska and the later turned out that, in fact, he had hidden the evidence that proved the senator was cent, the's an entire book on this B Sydney Powell. It walks you through case B case.hetroyed arur Anderson with false evidence. He was repudiated 9-0 by the supreme court and he's still there lik hones man. How long D watergate take? I believe it was threers and we didn't know anything about it until it came out. You knew the first night becath picked up guys. The break-in but widn't know Nixon was invo. It took a long time and a L of investigation for that to come out. Thiss the same situation. We don't know what Muell has. He's tight as a drum, this guy. Nog has leaked. Leaked to "The New York Times" any time they wanted look. Look at the numbers of lo "The N York Times." What has leaked fmueller'sfice? A nr of things. Like what? On't have on my paper but through his professor nd. Yeacomey? Comey, yeah hat's not Mueller. Mystion is, again, I know it's le-minded. He's had $17 million, H had a year and a half -- Maybet's $1 million per indictme 17 indictments. Let meive you an example. 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