Brennan: You campaigned on lowering prices for consumers. We’ve seen all of these executive orders. Which one lowers prices?

JD Vance: Well, first of all, we have done a lot, and there have been a number of executive orders that have caused, already, jobs to start coming back into our country, which is a core part of lowering prices. More capital investment, more job creation in our economy, is one of the things that’s going to drive down prices for all consumers, but also raise wages so that people can afford to buy the things that they need. If you look at our slate of executive orders –

Brennan: So, grocery prices aren’t going to come down?

JD Vance: No, Margaret, prices are going to come down, but it’s going to take a little bit of time, right? The president has been president for all of five days. I think that in those five days, he’s accomplished more than Joe Biden did in four years. It’s been an incredible breakneck pace of activity. We’re going to work with Congress. We’re of course going to have more executive orders, and we’re going to try- the way that you- you lower prices is that you encourage more capital investment into our country, and you asked specifically what executive order is going to help lower prices. All of the stuff that we’ve done on energy, to explore more energy reserves, to develop more energy resources in the United States of America. One of the main drivers of increased prices under the Biden Administration is that we had a massive increase in energy prices. Donald Trump has already taken multiple executive actions that are going to lower energy prices, and I do believe that means consumers are going to see lower prices at the pump and at the grocery store, but it’s going to take a little bit of time. Rome wasn’t built in a day –

Brennan: Yeah.

JD Vance: -and while we’ve done a whole lot, we can’t undo all of the damage of Joe Biden’s presidency in four days –

Brennan: Well, there were a lot of things that contributed to higher energy prices and there was record oil and gas production –

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JD Vance: -Yes, Joe Biden did many –

Brennan: – But the price of eggs –

JD Vance: – many terrible things –

Brennan: – the things that people see –

JD Vance: – to lead to an increase in prices. I agree, Margaret.

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Brennan: No, but all the things you experience at the grocery store are what people touch and feel. That’s what- you were talking about bacon on the campaign trail.

JD Vance: Of course, of course.

Brennan: Those things – when do consumers actually get to touch and feel a difference in their lives?

JD Vance: Well, but Margaret, how does bacon get to the grocery store? It comes on trucks that are fueled by diesel fuel. If the diesel is way too expensive, the bacon is going to become more expensive. How do we grow the bacon? Our farmers need energy to produce it. So if we lower energy prices, we are going to see lower prices for consumers, and that is what we’re trying to fight for.

Brennan: Well, the flurry of executive orders, most of them weren’t about the economy. Many of them –

JD Vance: Many of them were, though, Margaret. We had- I think we’ve taken over –

Brennan: – You had a promise of tariffs by February 1.

JD Vance: – We’ve taken over 200 executive actions, some executive orders, other executive actions. Again, this is in less than a week, and a lot of them were focused on the economy, bringing investment into our country and lowering energy prices. We’ve also focused on safety, restoring public safety, ending weaponization of the Department of Justice. We’ve done a lot, and I think the president is to be commended for actually coming in and doing something with this incredible mandate the American people gave him. He’s not sitting in the Oval Office doing nothing. He’s doing the American people’s business, and I think they’re going to see a lot of good effects from it.

Brennan: Well, a lot of these announcements have yet to take effect.