what was the symbolism of that, rick grenel?, you have to talk to the vice president about what it means. we work well together. we share a lot of the same values. the vice president of the united states is a great guy. what vice president pence told me and my partner and my partner's family, he looks forward to working together. we're on the same team in many ways. so i want to make sure that, you know, he speaks for himself on what that symbolism meant. for me personally, it meant a lot to have the vice president of the united states swear you in. >> now, rick grenell, let's go to what your job is. you were sent to be a pitbull for donald trump's policies, nato, fighting terrorism. your first tweet came right out of the box pretty doing gone hard at the germans. let me read it for people. u.s. sanctions will target critical sections of iran's economy. german companies doing business in iran should wind down operations immediately. how did you respond to the ruffled feathers? >> i heard from a lot of people who were extremely s

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grenell, do you like that handle? >> it sounds very pleased, just call me rick. >> martha: tell me what that was like today, we said inhe intro, it took forever and was held up in the senate for months and months and months. >> look, i am humbled and honored, it is amazing paid one of the reasons why i got really focused on candidate donald trump and mike pence and the ticket and to really try to push forward was simply because they askew politics and they are really focused on the american people and the american taxpayer in particular. and what i saw last friday when i was sitting in on the meeting watching president trump negotiate with chancellor angela merkel was a culmination of 25 years working in the industry, i have long to work fa president who really focuses on the taxpayer. this is a guy who is incredibly good at the negotiations, i wish that every american could see him do it, because he is completely relentless about the american taxpayer. and he does it in a very nice way. he is actually very complimentary to the other side. it is really the art of the deal, it is quite amazing. >> martha: it is fascina

rick. here with us right now is the new ambassador to germany ric grenell. congratulations. >> thanks.e you sitting there in the bullpen. >> since september. i have to say it's so much easier and this is really a trump phenomenon. it's so much easier to deal with washington when you are not in washington. when you are not seeing political people at your church, at the grocery store, your kid's school, whatever. that pressure of being in that fake place, this highly partisan place that's not really reality that eats people up. i live in southern california. i wasn't a part of that i also saw the donald trump phenomenophenomenon auto far whn they didn't. that place clouds judgment pretty fast. brian: you are watching the president work with angela merkel. forget about pressure. how did you notice president trump in action? >> i wish every american could seat way donald trump negotiates. i have waited a long time to work for a president who is focused on the american people. he is a great negotiator and she, angela merkel realizes that. they had a great give and take. at the end of very t