ladies and gentlemen, eric mataxis. [ applause ] >> well, good morning to all of you, honored guestshe world from this great nation, mostly to our president and first lady. what an honor to be here. now, i have to ask -- i want to know how many people are here this morning. if you don't mind, just indulge me -- would you raise your hand if you're here -- that was four. they said 4,000. let me just say up front, i'm not a morning person. but it is nonetheless an honor to speak at this extraordinarily early gathering. now, i know it's an al gus gathering because they charged $175 for breakfast. i don't want to start out by being negative, but i think there may be some kind of money laund laundering thing happening here. the price gouging, it needs to stop. even as a member of the elite 1%, i cannot afford this. but, you know, we joke -- [ applause ] >> yeah. we joke, we joke, but -- thank you -- we joke, but seriously, i know who puts these events on. they are a highly secret, indeed a nefarious, organization. they call themselves the family. yes, the family. you see, the family not on