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Donald trump who's made campaign promises for big military spending, big infrastructure spending. this is the deficit hawk who now works for at least in business the self-described king of debt. >> yeah. it's interesting you should say that. he's a -- deficit hawk is a nice euphemism and being polite. he voted for a government shutdown. this is somebody who has been one of the biggest members of the freedom caucus, kind of making war on the whole notion of government functioning as we've known it over the last generation. so, you know, i suspect what may be going on here is that there are some...

Vicious or violent, right? because we won. >> reporter: and this crowd so far doesn't appear that they're in the mood for a mellow rally, they seem fired up to see their president-elect for the first time back here since he won that election back in november. boris? >> one other tid bit we wanted to ask about. trump officially announcing mulvaney as budget director. what kind of reaction are you hearing on this choice so far. >> reporter: well, republicans by and large seem happy with that pick as budget director. he is a hard liner, deficit hawk, someone that wants to rein in spending in a bi...

Issue of overspending by the government. he did it at his thank you rally in mobile. he's already taken on the issue of defense contractors and has nominated a deficit hawk as white house budget director. soon that message may extend to the international diplomats at the united nations. >> the united nations is not a friend of democracy. it's not a friend to freedom. it's not a friend even to the united states of america. >> the president-elect's views are at odds with the united nations on the overwhelming me thought barrack obama was their kind can of president. and the idea of making americ...

Ambitions and isis and china and their territorial ambitions, i don't think this is the time to cut. this is a really precarious world we're in. can't due what reagan did? >> i think you can be conservative and be for big national defense. i'm a big fan of john lehman, secretary of the navy under reagan and gave advice to romney on a bigger navy. you know how he said we'd get it, cutting waste of bureaucracy in the pentagon. if you're not a deficit hawk you will be someone who weakens the country. i'm willing to spend whatever it takes to defend the country. you can only do it if you're not bo...

Ambitions and isis and china and their territorial ambitions, i don't think this is the time to cut. this is a really precarious world we're in. can't due what reagan did? >> i think you can be conservative and be for big national defense. i'm a big fan of john lehman, secretary of the navy under reagan and gave advice to romney on a bigger navyow how he said it, cutting waste of bureaucracy in the pentagon. if you're not a deficit hawk you will be someone who weakens the country. i'm willing to spend whatever it takes to defend the country. you can only do it if you're not borrowing more mone...