Sarah Palin's full interview with Jake Tapper

ASK PALIN TO JOIN HIS CABINET.
JOINING ME NOW IS SARAH PALIN
HERSELF, A FORMER VICE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE IN 2008.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M HONORED.
>> YOU HAD DINNER AT THE WHITE
HOUSE LAST NIGHT?
>> I DID.
>> TELL US.
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
>> WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD
CALLED TO INVITE, JUST TO TOUCH
BASE.
SO ASKED ME TO GET TO D.C., AND
WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CHAT OVER
DINNER AND ASKED IF I WOULD
INVITE A COUPLE OF FRIENDS.
>> YOU BROUGHT KID ROCK AND TED
NUGENT?
>> JESUS WAS BOOKED, SO I
INVITED MY BUDDIES KID ROCK AND
TED NUGENT, SOME BOLD,
COURAGEOUS, ALL-AMERICAN DUDES
WHO I KNEW WOULD HAVE GOOD
CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT
AND GET TO EXPRESS A LOT OF
GOOD, MIDDLE CLASS, WORK ETHIC
TYPE ISSUES AND POLICY PROPOSALS
THAT THEY COULD ALL RELATE TO,
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
AT THE DINNER.
>> THERE'S AN INTERESTING
PICTURE OF THE THREE OF YOU
RIGHT NEXT TO THE PORTRAIT OF
FORMER FIRST LADY HILLARY
CLINTON.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
THE PICTURE SAYS IT ALL.
>> SO LET ME ASK YOU, WE'RE
APPROACHING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
100th DAY.
IT WILL BE A WEEK FROM SATURDAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT KIND OF GRADE WOULD YOU
GIVE HIM?
>> I'M OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY
THANKFUL THAT HE HAS BEEN
ELECTED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SO
MANY OF US IN AMERICA KNEW THAT
THE STATUS QUO HAD TO GO AND WE
COULD NOT AFFORD ANOTHER TERM OF
OBAMA VIA HILLARY CLINTON'S
PRESIDENCY IF SHE WERE TO BE
ELECTED.
SO VERY THANKFUL TRUMP WAS
ELECTED.
THANKFUL THAT HE UNDERSTANDS
THAT AMERICANS EXPECT AMERICA TO
BE GREAT AND TO BE STRONG IN
ORDER FOR THE WORLD TO BE MORE
PEACEFUL AND MORE SAFE, MORE
SECURE.
SO VERY THANKFUL TRUMP IS
FULFILLING A LOT OF THE PROMISES
THAT HE MADE TO LEAD, NOT FROM
BEHIND BUT TO HAVE AMERICA LEAD
FROM UP FRONT, LETTING THE REST
OF THE WORLD KNOW THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE EXPECT PEACE IN THIS
WORLD.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
INTERVENE IN OTHER NATIONS.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
INTERVENE AND TRY THIS REGIME
CHANGE THROUGHOUT OTHER LANDS,
AND WE CAN GET TO THAT AS LONG
AS AMERICA IS SAFE AND SECURE
AND IS A LEADER ON THE GLOBE,
AND THAT TO ME IS TRUMP'S
MISSION, WHICH I APPRECIATE.
>> BUT THEY HAVE CALLED FOR
REGIME CHANGE IN SYRIA.
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT THE
OBJECTIVE IS THOUGH IS TO NOT
HAVE TO INTERVENE AND TELL ANY
OTHER COUNTRY WHO SHOULD RULE
AND HOW THEY SHOULD LIVE AND
WHETHER THEY SHOULD HAVE A
DEMOCRACY RULING THE PEOPLE OR
NOT, AND WE'RE ABLE TO, LIKE I
SAY, GET THERE BY LEADING AS AN
EXAMPLE, HAVING OUR OWN PORTS
SWEPT, IF YOU WILL W, IN AMERIC
BEFORE WE'RE OVER THERE TELLING
OTHER COUNTRIES THEY BETTER
SWEEP THEIR PORCH.
WE HAVE TO GET IT TOGETHER HERE
IN AMERICA, BE SAFE, BE SECURE,
BE SOLVENT AND SOLVENT SO WE CAN
BE THAT SHINING LIGHT, EXAMPLE
FOR OTHER COUNTRIES.
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL
ABOUT ALL OF THE GOLDMAN SACHS
EXECUTIVES PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT
IN HIS ADMINISTRATION, AS
SOMEBODY THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW
THE STATUS QUO HAS TO GO, HOW
THE SWAMP NEEDS TO BE DRAINED?
A LOT OF HIS SUPPORTERS ARE
SURPRISED THERE ARE SO MANY
GOLDMAN SACHS EXECUTIVES IN HIS
ADMINISTRATION AFTER HE MADE A
CAMPAIGN ISSUE OUT OF IT.
>> WELL, I CAN REALLY APPRECIATE
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MEN AND
WOMEN THOUGH WHO HAVE STRONG
WORK ETHIC AND MAKE GOOD
DECISIONS IN ORDER TO DO WELL
FOR THEIR COMPANIES.
I AM SUCH AN OPPONENT THOUGH OF
ANY KIND OF CRONY CAPITALISM.
>> YOU WERE CRITICAL OF HIM FOR
THE CARRIER DEAL.
>> WELL, I WAS FIRING A WARNING
SHOT, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION KEPT IN MIND THAT
MUCH OF THE CONSTITUENCY, MUCH
OF THE BASE IS EXPECTING THAT
THE SWAMP WILL BE DRAINED AND
THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY KIND
OF EMBRACE OF CRONY CAP WITALIS.
SO WITH THE CARRIER DEAL I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PRESIDENT, HIS ADMINISTRATION
WAS REMINDED WE EXPECT AN EVEN
PLAYING FIELD.
WE EXPECT GOVERNMENT TO NOT PICK
WINNERS AND LOSERS, NOT ONE
COMPANY OVER ANOTHER LIKE
CARRIER OR SOME OTHER, AND NOT
ACCUSING THEM THOUGH OF FAVORING
CARRIER OVER ANOTHER COMPANY BUT
WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
NOT EVEN FLIRTING WITH DISASTER
IN THAT ARENA OF CRONY
CAPITALISM AND LETTING
GOVERNMENT PICK WINNERS AND
CHOOSERS AND CREATING SOME
TOO-BIG-TO-FAIL BUSINESSES.
>> BOMBERS HAVE FLOWN OFF THE
COAST OF YOUR HOME STATE OF
ALASKA.
U.S. OFFICIALS TRYING TO DOWN
PLAY IT AS NOTHING UNDER THE
ORDINARY, BUT MANY IN WASHINGTON
ARE ALARMED AND THINK PUTIN IS
TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE ALARMED
WHEN WE GET WIND OF WHAT RUSSIA
IS DOING RIGHT OFF THE COAST OF
ALASKA.
ONE THING WE REALLY NEED TO BE
COGNIZANT OF -- AND THIS HAS
ALWAYS BUGGED ME THAT PEOPLE
HAVE NOT APPRECIATED ALASKA'S
STRATEGIC LOCATION ON THE GLOBE
AND HOW IMPORTANT WE ARE WHEN IT
COMES TO PLAYING OUR PART TO
SECURE OUR UNION WITH OUR
LOCATION AND RESOURCES.
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT
RUSSIA HAS FOR YEARS BEEN
PHYSICALLY, LITERALLY FLAGGING
UNDER SEA PLOTS OF LAND WITH
RESOURCES, CLAIMING RESOURCES
THAT ARE ACTUALLY BELONGING TO
THE U.S., THEY'RE ALAS CAN
RESOURCES UNDER SEAS, THE
MINERALS, OIL, GAS RESERVES.
WELL, RUSH YAS SIA HAS BEEN AGGE
IN FLAGGING THOSE, CLAIMING
THOSE.
UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
FOR EIGHT YEARS WE NEVER FOUGHT
BACK.
WE NEVER SAID, HEY, GET OUT OF
OUR TERRITORY, THOSE ARE OURS.
SO NOW I THINK WITH THE ISSUE
COMING TO LIGHT OF HOW CLOSE
RUSSIA IS TO ALASKA, TO OUR
RESOURCES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING
TO TRY TO INTIMIDATE, TO TRY TO
SEND A MESSAGE TO AMERICA AND TO
LITERALLY BE TRYING TO CLAIM
SOME OF OUR RESOURCES, I THINK
PEOPLE WILL NOW BECOME MORE
AWARE AND START DEMANDING OF
THIS ADMINISTRATION TO NOT
LITERALLY, BUT START FIGHTING
BACK AND CLAIMING WHAT IS OURS.
>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION,
AND IT IS KIND OF SENSITIVE.
BUT YOU ARE IN A UNIQUE ROLE IN
BEING A STRONG WOMAN WHO WORKED
AT FOX NEWS CHANNEL AS A
CONTRIBUTOR.
I NORMALLY DON'T COVER A LOT OF
MEDIA STORIES, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE
UPHEAVAL GOING ON THERE WITH THE
CEO AND ITS BIGGEST STAR OUSTED
BECAUSE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT,
NOT JUST AN ISSUE AT FOX NEWS
CHANNEL BUT AN ISSUE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, AND IT SEEMS TO BE WITH
WHAT HAPPENED WITH BILL O'REILLY
REALLY A CHANGE IN CORPORATE
CULTURE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS
TOLERATED.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?
>> WELL, I THINK THE KEY THERE
IS THAT -- YOU SAID I USED TO BE
WITH FOX.
I USED TO BE WITH FOX.
CORPORATE CULTURE THERE
OBVIOUSLY HAS TO CHANGE.
YOU KNOW, WOMEN DON'T DESERVE --
THEY SHOULD NOT EVER HAVE TO PUT
UP WITH ANY KIND OF INTIMIDATING
WORKSPACE.
AT THE SAME TIME IF A WOMAN
BELIEVES THAT SHE IS BEING
INTIMIDATED AND HARASSED, SHE
NEEDS TO STAND UP AND DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT, NOT STICK
AROUND FOR A PAYCHECK FOR YEARS
AND YEARS AND YEARS, AND THEN
AFTER THE FACT COMPLAIN ABOUT
WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH.
AS A STRONG WOMAN, I SAY, YOU
KNOW, WE SHOULD BE -- FEEL MORE
EMPOWERED THAN THAT AND WE
SHOULD, YOU KNOW, TAKE A STAND
AND GET OUT OF THE PLACE OR, YOU
KNOW, BLOW THE WHISTLE ON
WHOEVER IS THE PERPETRATOR DOING
THE BAD STUFF SO THAT THE
CULTURE WILL CHANGE.
BUT, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY THINGS ARE
CHANGING QUICKLY AT FOX.
THERE ARE SOME GREAT, GREAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE THOUGH, AND
I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW,
WHAT FOX NEWS DOES AS CNN, YOU
KNOW, ADDING TO THE DISCOURSE
AND THE DEBATE, WHICH IS A
HEALTHY THING FOR THE SOCIETY.
YOU KNOW, MORE POWER TO THE GOOD
THINGS THAT FOX NEWS IS DOING
BUT, YEAH, CULTURE HAD TO CHANGE
THERE.
>> DID YOU EVER WITNESS OR
EXPERIENCE, GOD FORBID, ANYTHING
LIKE THAT AT FOX?
>> I WOULDN'T PUT UP WITH
ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE PERCEIVED
AS INTIMIDATING OR HARASSING.
>> BUT YOU SAID YOU'RE FORMER,
SO I WONDER WAS IT PART OF THE
REASON YOU LEFT?
>> YOU CAN ASK THEM WHY I'M NO
LONGER WITH FOX.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK
FOR THEM.
MY CONTRACT WASN'T RENEWED,
THAT'S -- THAT'S THE LINE.
>> I DON'T WANT TO BE A YERK,
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU
EXPERIENCED SOMETHING.
>> I JUST -- YOU KNOW, IT WAS
TIME TO PARTWAYS AND, YOU KNOW,
GET OUT THERE IN, I GUESS, A
MORE DIVERSE ARENA TO EXPRESS
VIEWS AND TO SPEAK FOR THE
PUBLIC, AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE
BEEN ABLE TO DO NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I'M NOT GOING

Sarah Palin's full interview with Jake Tapper

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