From confidants to enemies, here's how Trump's relationships have evolved.
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00:00I'd like to show our appreciation for our phenomenal vice president, Mike Pence.
00:06Mike Pence, I hope you're going to stand up for the good of our Constitution and for the
00:11good of our country.
00:14And if you're not, I'm going to be very disappointed in you.
00:17Jim Mattis is doing a great job.
00:18I'm not a big fan of General Mattis, as you know.
00:21John Kelly is one of the best people.
00:24I know John Kelly.
00:25He was with me.
00:26Didn't do a good job.
00:30And by the way, how good is Mike Pence?
00:36Is he great?
00:37He's a rock.
00:38He's a solid guy and he's a great guy and a great vice president and he works so hard.
00:45Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us.
00:48And if he doesn't, that will be a sad day for our country.
00:56I think Bill Barr has been incredible.
00:59He's strong.
01:00Bill Barr is strong.
01:01He's tough and he's smart.
01:05And I think he agrees with me on this stuff.
01:07All of a sudden, Bill Barr changed, if you hadn't noticed.
01:10I like Bill Barr, but he changed because he didn't want to be considered my personal attorney.
01:18John Bolton is doing a very good job.
01:20Not the idiot John Bolton.
01:22I mean, he comes in and all he wants to do is go to war with everybody.
01:26If I listened to that idiot, we'd be right now in World War V.
01:30Well, I have a very good relationship, as you know, with Steve Bannon.
01:39Steve's been a friend of mine for a long time.
01:40I like Steve a lot.
01:41But I don't know this man.
01:43I guess Sloppy Steve brought him into the White House quite a bit.
01:47And it was one of those things.
01:48That's why Sloppy Steve is now looking for a job.
01:54I also want to thank Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Undersecretary
02:01Chris Krebs for being here.
02:04And they, too, have been working long and hard on this bill.
02:07John Kelly is one of the best people.
02:24He's a military man, but he loves doing this, which is chief of staff more than anything
02:29he's ever done.
02:31He's doing a great job.
02:32He will be here, in my opinion, for the entire seven remaining years.
02:38I know John Kelly.
02:39He was with me.
02:40Didn't do a good job.
02:41Had no temperament.
02:42And ultimately, he was petered out.
02:44He was exhausted.
02:45He was sort of a tough guy.
02:47By the time he got eaten up in this world, it's a different world than he was used to,
02:52he was unable to function.
02:54And I told him, John, you're going to have to go.
02:57Please give me a letter of resignation.
03:00And we did that.
03:01And now he goes out and badmouths me.
03:07So, a very talented man.
03:09Rex Tillerson, who's going to be meeting with them shortly.
03:12So beautifully represented.
03:13I'm so honored that the Senate approved him.
03:16He's going to be fantastic.
03:17Yeah, Don McGahn's a really good guy.
03:18Been with me for a long time.
03:19Privately before this, he represented me.
03:20He's been here now maybe almost two years.
03:21And he's a great guy.
03:22Very happy with Secretary of Defense, by the way.
03:52Jim Mattis is doing a great job.
03:54I'm not a big fan of General Mattis, as you know.
03:56I have the smartest people.
03:59I have the most dedicated people.
04:01I have the best people.
04:02I have the best people.
04:03I have the best people.