December 10, 2025 • 10 mins
Monica discusses keeping pace with President Trump’s energetic and fast-moving agenda. She shares that many deals and strategic initiatives are being developed behind the scenes to help Make America Great Again. Additionally, she mentions that renovations have shaped the Kennedy Center's appearance.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Mister New York. He's on the case the Mark Simon
Show on seven tenor well, hey, we knew her when
she was just Monica Crowley. She is now the Chief
of Protocol of the United States of America. She is
the Ambassador Monica Crowley, Madam Ambassador. How you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Hi, Good morning, Mark. I'm doing well.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Although I have to say keeping up with President Trump
is quite the project.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Oh I don't know. I was every in the New
York Times. Apparently he's cognitive whatever, he's falling asleep.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I mean, you know, the propagandaize coming from the mainstream
media just never stop.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
It is the exact opposite.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
You know, you would think that if they wanted to
lie about President Trump, and they have for the last
eleven years.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Since he became a leader and a candidate and a president,
but you would think that it would have like semblance
of believability. This is like President Trump literally never sleeps.
He is going around the clock.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
There is no such thing as a day off, there
is no such thing as a weekend.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
It is NonStop with.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Him, and it is all geared to the American people
to bringing America back, making America great again, getting our
economy back, on track, which is why he was back
doing a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday. It is about securing
peace around the world, to make sure that conflicts around
the world are minimized and ended, which brings greater prosperity
(01:37):
to their regions, to the world, and to the United States.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
The man never stops.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah, if they weren't so corrupt, it's a more fascinating story.
They could be reporting that no president ever behaved like this.
Usually it's a press conference two weeks from Monday. Nobody's
ever had four hundred press conferences a day or just
events around the clock. And do you sometimes not even
know where you're going to be, what city? The way
(02:04):
he moves and keeps moving.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
It is nonsense.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Every day I wake up, Mark and I'm like, Okay,
what kind of adventure is going to be coming at
me today?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
And it really is an adventure. Every day is a blessing.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
But I have to say, at the end of last week,
I in the space of seventy two hours, Mark, I
went from dealing with the President of Rwanda to the
president of FIFA and FIFA legends to Jane Simmons of.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Kiss Yeah, tell us about it.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Literally in seventy two hours. It's just extraordinary.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Yeah, tell us about the Kennedy Center. Looked really great.
That's a Sunday night ceremony.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Oh, absolutely amazing. So on Thursday last week, the President
presided over a peace deale between the presidents of Rwanda
and the Congo and that conflict has been going on
for thirty five years, so he brokeer that peace deal
and we did that, and then on Friday at the
Kennedy Center, we hosted FIFA for the twenty twenty sixth
(03:07):
final draw for the World Cup next year, which President
Trump heroically brought to the United States back in his
first term. So we did that on Friday, and then
all weekend we celebrated at the Kennedy Center for the
Kennedy Center Honors, which was taped on Sunday, and it's
going to air, I believe on December twenty third on CBS,
(03:30):
so the rest of the country will get to see
what we saw live on Sunday night. And it was
just magical. We had so many acts that are just
purely American icons, like George Strait and Kiss and Gloria Gaynor,
Sylvester Stallone.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
It was just absolutely magical.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
To see all of these phenomenal acts get their due.
Michael Crawford of course, get their do with tributes and
then tribute performances. So I encourage everybody to watch on
December twenty third on CBS because.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
You will love the show.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
But really, Mark, that's another project that President Trump has
taken under and turned around.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
He has saved the Kennedy.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Center, which is one of America's great cultural institutions.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
He has saved it.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yeah, you know a lot of stuff is going on.
People don't realize. Apparently the infrastructure was crumbling at the
Kennedy Center. He had to fix that. He's fixed up
every inch of the White House, the entrance to this,
the that, not to mention the ballroom and all that.
But the boy, he doesn't get any credit for that.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
He really, No, he doesn't, but I'll tell you he will.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
He will because he really believes said our capital city, Washington,
d C. Should be a sparkling gem. And that is
why he is moving on all fronts to turn our
capital city into that shining city on a hill that
Ronald Reagan talked about when he talked about America. But
President Trump really believes that the entire country will follow
(05:08):
suit if our capital is cleaned up and made safe.
And that's why we have the National Guard on the streets.
And we had that horror happened right around Thanksgiving where
we had two National guardsmen shot and one unfortunately passed away.
One is struggling for his life still.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
But he has.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Actually ratcheted up the National Guard present since that horrific shooting. Washington,
d C now is incredibly safe, much safe for them
where you were now sparkling, and it does extend to
our institutions as well, like the Kennedy Center. He has
done all of that while turning the US economy around,
(05:53):
while brokering peace deals around the world.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Again, the man never stops for good.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Hey, now, Monica Crowley, as Chief of Protocol, all the
world leaders come to the White House, they first meet
with you, and we see you greet them, and you're
sitting with them and you're talking with them. What do
you notice they all have in common, all the different
world leaders, as far.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
As that's a really yeah, that's a really interesting question. Mark,
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Yes, I mean my office and I've got an absolutely
phenomenal team.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I cannot do any of this without them. They are
just incredible.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
And what we do is manage the diplomatic engagements for
the President, the Vice president, and the Secretary of State.
So I am I am obviously hooked to the President
and these world leaders.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
And I have to say.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
That most of them, not all, but the vast majority
of these world leaders.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
First of all, they.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
When they come in, they all have a sense of
awe of the President and the White House in America.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
They all understand where they are, and.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Even if they're meeting with the President elsewhere, like President
Putin of Russia met with President Trump in Alaska, so
not in the White House, but there is a fundamental
understanding that they are dealing with the world's superpower. And
President Trump is one of the few presidents in recent
history to understand the importance of American leverage and knows
(07:25):
how to use it. He knows he's sitting atop the
world's superpower militarily, economically, diplomatically, politically, culturally, and he leverages it,
and he knows how to leverage it. This is why,
you know, coming out of his business background is so invaluable.
But these world leaders understand, and I would say almost
(07:45):
all of them have said to me and to others.
You know, even if we disagree with President Trump on policy,
even if we have serious policy differences with the administration
with the United State, we all appreciate a strong American president.
(08:05):
They all appreciate that he is strong and that he
tells them the truth. Now, they may not like the truth,
they may not like what they're hearing from him, they
may disagree right, and they may want to counter it,
but they all understand that having a strong American hand
in the White House, sitting atop the country, they know
(08:28):
exactly where they stand. They don't have to waste time
guessing what does the president believe, where's American policy going.
They know exactly where they stand, and then they can
operate from there, and they all appreciate that more than
you know.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Wow, well, hey, we only got about thirty seconds left.
You got the most important, glamorous job. But tell the truth.
You miss us, you miss New York, you miss the
radio and TV, don't you.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Well. I am so blessed to be in this job,
and I thank God every day, and I thank the
President for having the confidence in me to do this job.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
It is incredibly important and I'm just so grateful. But
I am a New Yorker.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
So while I'm in DC doing this job, while President
Trump is in office, as long as they will have me,
I am still a New York girl, and I pray
and hope that we will survive the Mondommie years and
that he will moderate because you know, New York City
is the capitalist gem, the cultural gem of this country,
and it cannot go the way of a San Francisco
(09:31):
or a Seattle or Portland. It cannot be gutted. And
so I hope him pray that while you're all there,
you guys, every New Yorker will work hard to save
our city.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
All right, Well, Monica Crowley, keep up the great work. Hey,
next time we'll talk about this coming year. You got
the biggest events and coming this next year. But great job,
Monica Crowley, Ambassador, Monica Crowley, Chief of Protocol of the
United States. You're doing a great job. Thanks for being
with us.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Thank you so much much.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Mark and Christmas, all right, Merry Christmas, take care. Hey,
don't forget coming up at noon, it's Buck Sexton and
Clay Travis with an excellent show. And then you got
the most listened to radio show in America. Sean Hannity
at three, Jesse Kelly at six, and you should be
listening now. Every night at nine, we got a fabulous
new show. Every night at nine, it's Jimmy Fayla. On
(10:22):
seven to ten, wor
Mister New York. He's on the case the Mark Simon
Show on seven tenor well, hey, we knew her when
she was just Monica Crowley. She is now the Chief
of Protocol of the United States of America. She is
the Ambassador Monica Crowley, Madam Ambassador. How you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Hi, Good morning, Mark. I'm doing well.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Although I have to say keeping up with President Trump
is quite the project.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Oh I don't know. I was every in the New
York Times. Apparently he's cognitive whatever, he's falling asleep.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I mean, you know, the propagandaize coming from the mainstream
media just never stop.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
It is the exact opposite.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
You know, you would think that if they wanted to
lie about President Trump, and they have for the last
eleven years.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Since he became a leader and a candidate and a president,
but you would think that it would have like semblance
of believability. This is like President Trump literally never sleeps.
He is going around the clock.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
There is no such thing as a day off, there
is no such thing as a weekend.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
It is NonStop with.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Him, and it is all geared to the American people
to bringing America back, making America great again, getting our
economy back, on track, which is why he was back
doing a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday. It is about securing
peace around the world, to make sure that conflicts around
the world are minimized and ended, which brings greater prosperity
(01:37):
to their regions, to the world, and to the United States.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
The man never stops.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah, if they weren't so corrupt, it's a more fascinating story.
They could be reporting that no president ever behaved like this.
Usually it's a press conference two weeks from Monday. Nobody's
ever had four hundred press conferences a day or just
events around the clock. And do you sometimes not even
know where you're going to be, what city? The way
(02:04):
he moves and keeps moving.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
It is nonsense.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Every day I wake up, Mark and I'm like, Okay,
what kind of adventure is going to be coming at
me today?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
And it really is an adventure. Every day is a blessing.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
But I have to say, at the end of last week,
I in the space of seventy two hours, Mark, I
went from dealing with the President of Rwanda to the
president of FIFA and FIFA legends to Jane Simmons of.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Kiss Yeah, tell us about it.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Literally in seventy two hours. It's just extraordinary.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Yeah, tell us about the Kennedy Center. Looked really great.
That's a Sunday night ceremony.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Oh, absolutely amazing. So on Thursday last week, the President
presided over a peace deale between the presidents of Rwanda
and the Congo and that conflict has been going on
for thirty five years, so he brokeer that peace deal
and we did that, and then on Friday at the
Kennedy Center, we hosted FIFA for the twenty twenty sixth
(03:07):
final draw for the World Cup next year, which President
Trump heroically brought to the United States back in his
first term. So we did that on Friday, and then
all weekend we celebrated at the Kennedy Center for the
Kennedy Center Honors, which was taped on Sunday, and it's
going to air, I believe on December twenty third on CBS,
(03:30):
so the rest of the country will get to see
what we saw live on Sunday night. And it was
just magical. We had so many acts that are just
purely American icons, like George Strait and Kiss and Gloria Gaynor,
Sylvester Stallone.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
It was just absolutely magical.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
To see all of these phenomenal acts get their due.
Michael Crawford of course, get their do with tributes and
then tribute performances. So I encourage everybody to watch on
December twenty third on CBS because.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
You will love the show.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
But really, Mark, that's another project that President Trump has
taken under and turned around.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
He has saved the Kennedy.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Center, which is one of America's great cultural institutions.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
He has saved it.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yeah, you know a lot of stuff is going on.
People don't realize. Apparently the infrastructure was crumbling at the
Kennedy Center. He had to fix that. He's fixed up
every inch of the White House, the entrance to this,
the that, not to mention the ballroom and all that.
But the boy, he doesn't get any credit for that.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
He really, No, he doesn't, but I'll tell you he will.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
He will because he really believes said our capital city, Washington,
d C. Should be a sparkling gem. And that is
why he is moving on all fronts to turn our
capital city into that shining city on a hill that
Ronald Reagan talked about when he talked about America. But
President Trump really believes that the entire country will follow
(05:08):
suit if our capital is cleaned up and made safe.
And that's why we have the National Guard on the streets.
And we had that horror happened right around Thanksgiving where
we had two National guardsmen shot and one unfortunately passed away.
One is struggling for his life still.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
But he has.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Actually ratcheted up the National Guard present since that horrific shooting. Washington,
d C now is incredibly safe, much safe for them
where you were now sparkling, and it does extend to
our institutions as well, like the Kennedy Center. He has
done all of that while turning the US economy around,
(05:53):
while brokering peace deals around the world.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Again, the man never stops for good.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Hey, now, Monica Crowley, as Chief of Protocol, all the
world leaders come to the White House, they first meet
with you, and we see you greet them, and you're
sitting with them and you're talking with them. What do
you notice they all have in common, all the different
world leaders, as far.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
As that's a really yeah, that's a really interesting question. Mark,
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Yes, I mean my office and I've got an absolutely
phenomenal team.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I cannot do any of this without them. They are
just incredible.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
And what we do is manage the diplomatic engagements for
the President, the Vice president, and the Secretary of State.
So I am I am obviously hooked to the President
and these world leaders.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
And I have to say.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
That most of them, not all, but the vast majority
of these world leaders.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
First of all, they.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
When they come in, they all have a sense of
awe of the President and the White House in America.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
They all understand where they are, and.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Even if they're meeting with the President elsewhere, like President
Putin of Russia met with President Trump in Alaska, so
not in the White House, but there is a fundamental
understanding that they are dealing with the world's superpower. And
President Trump is one of the few presidents in recent
history to understand the importance of American leverage and knows
(07:25):
how to use it. He knows he's sitting atop the
world's superpower militarily, economically, diplomatically, politically, culturally, and he leverages it,
and he knows how to leverage it. This is why,
you know, coming out of his business background is so invaluable.
But these world leaders understand, and I would say almost
(07:45):
all of them have said to me and to others.
You know, even if we disagree with President Trump on policy,
even if we have serious policy differences with the administration
with the United State, we all appreciate a strong American president.
(08:05):
They all appreciate that he is strong and that he
tells them the truth. Now, they may not like the truth,
they may not like what they're hearing from him, they
may disagree right, and they may want to counter it,
but they all understand that having a strong American hand
in the White House, sitting atop the country, they know
(08:28):
exactly where they stand. They don't have to waste time
guessing what does the president believe, where's American policy going.
They know exactly where they stand, and then they can
operate from there, and they all appreciate that more than
you know.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Wow, well, hey, we only got about thirty seconds left.
You got the most important, glamorous job. But tell the truth.
You miss us, you miss New York, you miss the
radio and TV, don't you.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Well. I am so blessed to be in this job,
and I thank God every day, and I thank the
President for having the confidence in me to do this job.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
It is incredibly important and I'm just so grateful. But
I am a New Yorker.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
So while I'm in DC doing this job, while President
Trump is in office, as long as they will have me,
I am still a New York girl, and I pray
and hope that we will survive the Mondommie years and
that he will moderate because you know, New York City
is the capitalist gem, the cultural gem of this country,
and it cannot go the way of a San Francisco
(09:31):
or a Seattle or Portland. It cannot be gutted. And
so I hope him pray that while you're all there,
you guys, every New Yorker will work hard to save
our city.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
All right, Well, Monica Crowley, keep up the great work. Hey,
next time we'll talk about this coming year. You got
the biggest events and coming this next year. But great job,
Monica Crowley, Ambassador, Monica Crowley, Chief of Protocol of the
United States. You're doing a great job. Thanks for being
with us.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Thank you so much much.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Mark and Christmas, all right, Merry Christmas, take care. Hey,
don't forget coming up at noon, it's Buck Sexton and
Clay Travis with an excellent show. And then you got
the most listened to radio show in America. Sean Hannity
at three, Jesse Kelly at six, and you should be
listening now. Every night at nine, we got a fabulous
new show. Every night at nine, it's Jimmy Fayla. On
(10:22):
seven to ten, wor
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