Triggered - Donald Trump Jr - Kevin McCarthy On His Youth and The Value of Work

Learn English with Donald Trump. President Donald Trump is the 55th House Speaker of the United States and the first black man elected to that position. In this episode, he talks about how he got his start in politics and how he went from a $1,000-a-day high school dropout to becoming the first Black person elected to the House of Representatives. He also talks about the lessons he learned from growing up in a broken family and the lessons that shaped him into the person he is today, and what it takes to become the speaker of the House and a potential candidate for the 2020 election, and why he thinks it s important to have a good relationship with family and friends and how important it is to understand where you come from and how you got where you are today and what you need to do to change the trajectory of your life and your life in order to achieve your goals and dreams. Today s episode is a must-listen to hear Trump's story of how he became the speaker and what he does to keep his promise to his family, and his vision for the future of the country and the people he serves with integrity, honesty, integrity, and respect and respect for the office he holds in high esteem. Tweet Me! and let me know what you thought of this episode! Timestamps: 1:00 - How did you think of the episode? 2: What was your favorite moment from President Trump? 3:30 - What do you think about it? 4:20 - What would you want to see him do in 2020? 5: What are you looking forward to do in the future? 6:15 - How do you're going to do next? 7:40 - What is your biggest takeaway from this episode in the next episode of the White House? 8:00 9:00 What are your thoughts on what you're most important thing? 11:00 Do you think President Trump should do for the country? 13:00 How do I feel about President Trump s legacy? 14:00 Does he have a better job? 15:00 Are you going to be the most powerful person in the president? 16:10: What s your biggest challenge? 17:00 Who do you see the most influential person in history? 18:10 - How does he have the most impact on the country right now? 19:00 Would you like to hear more?

00:00:00.000 My family didn't have wealth.

00:00:01.000 I didn't have the academics.

00:00:03.000 I didn't have the athletics to get a scholarship.

00:00:04.000 I went to junior college, which was a great school.

00:00:07.000 But while I'm going there, I meet this guy.

00:00:10.000 That owns a liquor store but has a car dealer's license.

00:00:12.000 I'll let you figure out how I met him.

00:00:14.000 But one day I say, I'll give you a hundred bucks if you take me to L.A. Because L.A. has these car auctions.

00:00:18.000 You've got to be a dealer to get in there. And Bakersfield is two hours away.

00:00:21.000 So I start going down there and I start flipping cars to pay my way through college.

00:00:25.000 I find out later it's illegal, but I don't know why I'm doing it.

00:00:28.000 I've been an entrepreneur, right? By the way, just so you understand, we may have to cut this out.

00:00:33.000 Nancy Pelosi is going to try to figure out how to impeach you for doing something. 1.00

00:00:36.000 Exactly. Exactly. So when you go to community college, what you do on the weekends, you go visit your buddies away.

00:00:42.000 My best friend was a running back for Stanford.

00:00:44.000 I grew up to Stanford. I had some buddies at USC. I had some buddies at San Diego State.

00:00:47.000 So this weekend, I was going to go to San Diego State.

00:00:49.000 So I go pick up my friend.

00:00:50.000 We go to the grocery store to cash a check so I have some money.

00:00:53.000 The day before, the lottery starts in California.

00:00:56.000 So as I'm cashing the check, my first time, I buy a lottery ticket.

00:00:59.000 And I won the lottery. Now, it's before there were millions.

00:01:02.000 The most you could win was $5,000.

00:01:04.000 But put yourself... I think it's like...

00:01:06.000 Is it 1985? I'm 20 years old.

00:01:08.000 It's Friday night. I just won $5,000.

00:01:11.000 And I end up 10 minutes from Tijuana for the weekend, right?

00:01:15.000 So I come back. I take my folks to dinner.

00:01:19.000 I get my brother and sister to each other in the box.

00:01:20.000 I take the majority of the rest of the money. I put it in one stock.

00:01:22.000 Because one thing you'll learn... I'm a risk taker.

00:01:24.000 I make 30% of my money in six weeks.

00:01:26.000 So the end of the semester comes...

00:01:29.000 I take my money on the market, I refinance some of my cars, and I go and I try to buy a franchise, but no one will sell me one because I'm 20 years old.

00:01:35.000 So just like in the speaker's race, I never give up.

00:01:37.000 So I go and I open a deli.

00:01:39.000 My cousin had a yogurt shop.

00:01:41.000 He'd ridden this place before, so I sublet this place.

00:01:43.000 And there's three lessons I learned in my business.

00:01:45.000 I was the first to work, last to leave, last to be paid.

00:01:47.000 But you know what? I had it for almost two years, and I've come pretty successful.

00:01:51.000 I now have enough money that I can pay my whole way through college as long as I go to Cal State.

00:01:56.000 And nobody in my family had finished a four-year degree yet, so I sell my business.

00:01:59.000 I'm going to college. I open up the local newspaper, and the local congressman says, become an intern in Washington, D.C. I thought, well, he'd be lucky to have me.

00:02:07.000 So I apply, and you know what he does?

00:02:09.000 He turns me down. So you know what the end of the story is?

00:02:11.000 I'm now elected to the seat I couldn't get an internship for, and now I'm the 55th Speaker of the House.

00:02:18.000 Only in America can that happen.

00:02:20.000 That's amazing. You don't give up.

00:02:21.000 And you know what? What taught me each time, if there was an obstacle, Don't quit because it's an obstacle.

00:02:29.000 Find a way around it.

00:02:30.000 That's what this country embeds in you and rewards you for doing.

00:02:34.000 Yeah, and I feel like that's also something that's missing in so much of Congress where people are just, they've just been, they've never actually had that hustle.

00:02:42.000 Now, again, I understand where I come from in my background.

00:02:44.000 I get it. But, like, my father made sure I worked minimum wage jobs.

00:02:47.000 Oh, yeah. And I could drive a D10 Caterpillar.

00:02:50.000 And, like, you know, I also worked for TIPS, which is something I think that's really important that everyone should understand.

00:02:54.000 It is. That aspect of things.

00:02:56.000 But in D.C., I feel like so much of that is lacking.

00:02:59.000 No one's ever had to make payroll.

00:03:01.000 No one's signed the front of a check as opposed to the back.

00:03:04.000 So it's sort of unique.

Triggered - Donald Trump Jr - January 27, 2023

Kevin McCarthy On His Youth and The Value of Work

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