GREG KELLY (HOST): Let's go through some of the highlights from today.
Let's see here. Marco Rubio will be the next secretary of state, pending confirmation. Pete Hegseth — secretary of defense, that's also a bold move and I like it.
Let's see, who else is on the list? Congressman Matt Gaetz will be the attorney general. And Matt Gaetz is not fooling around. He actually just announced, everybody, his resignation from Congress, effective immediately. He is no longer a congressman. Also an inspired pick.
I like this. I like Mike Huckabee as the ambassador to Israel and Tulsi Gabbard, national intelligence director. I'm not disappointed. Let's put them all up — there a lot over the past couple of days, and they're all interesting, innovative choices. I want to start with Matt Gaetz, though.
Matt Gaetz is a special guy. He's incredibly smart, eloquent, bold, unafraid. He's also the occasional fill-in host on this program. No kidding. He comes by and he hosts Greg Kelly's show. He's done it about three or four times, and I am so honored that we gave him his start, didn't we? No. Matt Gaetz flattered us with his services here at Newsmax, and he is unafraid. And he knows his stuff when he takes on the swamp.