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title: '46th President Joe Biden Speed Shifts His 1967 Corvette with Jay Leno | Jay Leno''s Garage'
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date: 2026-07-01
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# 46th President Joe Biden Speed Shifts His 1967 Corvette with Jay Leno | Jay Leno's Garage

> Source: [46th President Joe Biden Speed Shifts His 1967 Corvette with Jay Leno | Jay Leno's Garage](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J1d3vDNmgDg)

## Summary

Joe Biden joins Jay Leno on 'Jay Leno's Garage' to showcase his original 1967 Corvette, a wedding gift from his father. The conversation covers the car's history, personal stories, and political insights.

### Key Points

- **Car Introduction** [0:06] — The episode features a 1967 Corvette, one-owner car owned by Joe Biden.
- **Biden Arrives** [0:20] — Joe Biden is welcomed to the show.
- **Car Origin Story** [0:46] — Biden's father owned a dealership and gave the Corvette as a wedding gift; the sticker price was $5,700 with payments around $35 a month.
- **Last Drive** [1:52] — Biden last drove the car 10 years ago, and this is the third time in seven years he has driven it.
- **Colin Powell Story** [2:27] — Biden recalls when Colin Powell drove a new Corvette with more horsepower, leading to a playful competition.
- **Secret Service Chase** [3:23] — Biden describes burning rubber and speed shifting at a Secret Service practice area, causing agents to chase them.
- **Car in Storage** [4:28] — Biden kept the car in his garage but occasionally takes it out to lay rubber on his driveway.
- **Best Looking Corvette** [5:07] — Biden says the 1967 is the best-looking Corvette year because it is the last of the C2 bodies.
- **Excitement of Gift** [5:56] — Biden was excited to receive the car and had no idea it was coming.
- **American Watch** [6:20] — Jay Leno discusses his American-made watch, explaining the history of American watchmaking and railroad standards.
- **Amtrak Miles** [7:28] — Biden reveals he has ridden over 1,800,000 miles on Amtrak, calculated by a conductor.
- **Reagan's Motorcycle** [8:44] — Jay Leno mentions that President Reagan had a motorcycle.
- **Son Bo** [9:23] — Biden shares a story about his son Bo who joined the National Guard and went to Iraq, earning the Bronze Star. Bo passed away from cancer.
- **Promise to Bo** [11:03] — Bo asked Biden not to quit after his death, which inspired the book 'Promised Me, Dad.'
- **Personal Reflections** [12:30] — Biden reflects on being a car guy and designated driver, and his childhood as a daredevil.
- **Land Conservation** [14:11] — Biden talks about protecting 674 million acres of land and water, including the area they are driving through in LA that is now national land.
- **Infrastructure Bill** [15:46] — Biden highlights passing the infrastructure bill with over a trillion dollars for renewable energy and electric charging stations.
- **Ice Cream Stop** [17:25] — They stop at an ice cream shop, and Biden interacts with fans.
- **First Car** [18:52] — Biden's first car was a used 1954 Studebaker; his first car he liked was a 1954 Chevy convertible.
- **Union Support** [20:51] — Biden discusses being the first president to walk a union picket line and the importance of unions and the middle class.
- **Detroit Shows** [22:17] — Jay Leno describes doing free shows in Detroit for unemployed workers, highlighting the dignity of people.
- **Public Service** [23:16] — Biden explains his commitment to public service, using commercial flights and not buying first class tickets.
- **China Relations** [24:37] — Biden recounts telling Xi Jinping that the US is a Pacific power and discusses the importance of alliances like NATO.
- **Final Exchange** [26:55] — Biden compliments Jay Leno's driving and then drives Leno's Corvette himself.

### Conclusion

The conversation mixes automotive nostalgia with political history, showcasing Biden's personal stories and policy achievements. The episode ends with Biden driving Jay Leno's classic car.

## Transcript

Welcome to a very special edition of
JLo's Garage. The car we're featuring
today 1967
Corvette. This is a one-owner car. The
original owner is here today. We're
going to meet him. The car is famous be
well because it's original and also
because the owner was the 46th president
of the United States. Please welcome Joe
Biden.
>> How are you, sir?
>> Doing well. She's looking beautiful.
>> We're going to take it out today with
your permission and uh
>> absolutely. Hopefully, you'll drive with
me and uh we'll see what she does. You
get a chance to play with us a little
bit now?
>> Well, a little bit, but I still have
Secret Service with me, so when I drive,
they got to be in the car. Yeah.
>> Although, they all draw straws who
doesn't have to get in the car with me.
>> So, tell us a story on this car. You're
the original owner.
>> My dad used to run an automobile
dealership and uh my deceased wife, she
was from Skinny Atlas, New York. And uh
my dad wanted to get something special
for the wedding. And so she had a
Tempest and I had an old Chevy. He said,
"Bring them over to the dealership and
we'll fix them up for you." And so a
week before the wedding when she was
down was up in Scandal in New York where
we got married. And we went over to get
it and all of a sudden the whole the
whole staff from the the entire
organization pulled aside and this was
sitting there and he said, "This your
wedding gift."
>> Wow. And so, and my dad didn't have the
money to buy this, but he could make the
monthly payments,
>> right?
>> And so, this was my wedding gift. I've
had it since then. It's been
>> There's still only two payments left,
right?
>> Only three. Three. What were the
payments? What was it? Probably like $35
a month.
>> Well, I don't know what it was, but I
still have the the sticker price, you
know, on the window and
>> was 5,700 bucks.
>> That was a lot of money.
>> Yeah. No, for us it was.
>> Yeah, it certainly was. Yeah. That's And
you've had it all these years. I mean,
>> all these years
>> now. We last drove this car about 10
years ago.
>> I owe you big. You realize it's only the
third time I'm getting to drive this in
seven years.
>> Is that right? Only
>> That's right. Third time.
>> Sounds good.
>> Try your brakes.
>> They're good.
when you were vice president and Colon
Powell showed up in his Corvette,
remember you got
>> he had a new Corvette with about 50 more
horsepower.
>> Right. Right.
>> Wonder who that cowboy is.
It's a good looking car.
The only bad thing about driving an
older Corvette, there's always some show
off and a new Corvette trying to blow
your doors up. But the question is, can
you drive?
>> Remember, he's got better brakes than
you.
>> I know. You got He got better everything
than I do.
Look who it is.
>> Where were you? I kept looking in the
mirror. I JUST WONDER WHO THE HELL THAT
COWBOY WAS IN FRONT of me.
>> Show up.
>> And that was kind of fun. We We had a
good time. He was quite a guy, wasn't
he?
>> He was a good man.
>> He was a good guy.
>> Really decent guy. I remember you
standing out there in that runway with
that old runway where the Secret Service
uses practice with your flag. And I got
out of the hole and I was tail fish
tailing. Yeah. And he he went, "Whoa.
He didn't want to screw around.
>> I was in the car with you and well he
was burned the rubber and fist the
secret services. I mean it looked like
one OF THOSE KEYSTONE GO LIKE THAT JUMP
and you know like one of the go catch
him go and they sent somebody out there.
It was it was so much fun. We were down
at the uh I guess the proving grounds.
>> That's right. It was a secret service
practice area.
>> Yeah. the old runway.
>> Yeah, the old runway. And you you're
burning rubber and speed shift and it
was it was a lot of fun. And uh but
they'll probably chase us again today,
but that that's okay. That's okay. So,
>> but you asked me then, could you drive
it? You're going to get to drive it?
>> Yeah. Yeah, I want to drive it. I think
it'd be great fun. So, tell me. Okay.
You become senator, all the things.
Obviously, you put it away for a few
years correct?
>> Well, I kind of had to put it in my
garage. Yeah.
>> Right. Okay. But but you just you always
wanted to keep it, right? You didn't
>> Oh, yeah. I'm not I didn't want to sell
it. And uh I I live out semi country and
I have a long driveway
>> and every once in a while I get so
frustrated the secret service not crazy
about it. I'll pull it out of the
garage, get the bottom of the drive.
It's about a quarter mile drive and I
crank it up and lay rubber
just to get the feel of again
>> of officer just to get the feel of it.
Of course that's that's great. And you
got the proper gearbox. You got the
four-speed, which I love cuz a lot of
guys might have gotten the automatic cuz
it's, you know, I don't know why, but I
don't know why you would. But
>> yeah, and to me, this is still the best
looking Corvette this year, 67, cuz the
last of the the C2 bodies have changed
in ' 68. Y
>> Yeah. I I really thought this was a good
looking car.
>> I did too. I still do. I has so many
memories. So many memories. Well, we're
going to take her for a spin and and see
how she goes.
>> All right. You You going to drive it?
>> I'm going to drive. You ready to go?
>> I'm ready to go.
>> Man, looking good inside, too, man.
>> It does. It does. Two old guys getting
in a Corvette.
>> Whoa. Sounds healthy. Whoa.
I was so excited when I got this thing.
That was great. I had no idea it was
coming.
>> Yeah.
See what tuneup do does wonders for this
thing. Whenever I drive an American car,
I have my Americanmade watch. I was
going to say it's amazing.
>> Oh, look at that. Now, see you have the
Jay Leno watch. That's that's a great
watch, too. As a watch maker in Mount
Joy, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, and he he
handmakes all these watches. And you
know, America at one point was the
watchmaking capital of the world. Wall
fam, all of them. And they were the best
watches in the world because they were
the railroad watches. You know, when
there was an accident like 1890 where
two trains hit head-on and they realized
there was no way for a conductor in say
Cincinnati to have the same time as a
conductor in Cleveland because the sun
would be in. So they got 12 noon at
different times in each watches. So the
government mandated that all watches had
to be to a railroad standard and
consequently American watches became the
best of the world and the Swiss copied
the Americans.
>> I I did not know that.
>> Oh yeah. And then eventually just
through lobbying a lot of other things,
the Swiss managed to kind of overtake
the whole industry.
>> By the way, I'm a civilian ridden the
railroad more than any paid railroad.
I've ridden over a total of
1,800,000 miles on that track.
>> Really?
>> Wow.
>> Secret service understand doesn't like
you riding a train.
>> Right. Right.
>> And uh so what happened was I'm down in
a station in Washington. Right. About to
go home and see my mom who was very sick
at my home in Delaware
and I have about uh I don't know there
must be total of 30 agents standing
around me and a conductor walks up in
the middle of grabs my cheek. I thought
they were going to shoot him. He said,
"Joey." He said, "What the all this
about you riding a, 100,000 miles on Air
Force planes? Do you realize how many
miles you've written on Amtrak?" They
said, "We calculated it." You as a
senator for 36 years for you was a total
of 298 miles a day. You averaged 22
trips a year. 36 years times that. And
that's not counting VP. You've traveled
1,200,000 miles already. I don't hear
any more of this about Air Force 2.
>> I'm serious.
>> My father never let me get a motorcycle.
>> Now you know what president had a
motorcycle was Reagan.
>> Yeah. You go, Jay. Jay, I had an Indian.
Did you ever have an Indian J? I Yes,
Mr. President. I did. We talked about
that. He had one of the greatest lines.
He said to me, Jay, were you a good
student? I said, no, Mr. President, I'm
lic. He goes shows
you know and every day I kick myself
thinking how much further I could have
gone if I just applied myself and I just
thought that was the greatest line ever.
I mean you're president of the United
States. Where do you want to go? Killed
me.
I wish you got to know my son Bo. I
>> Yeah, I would have liked that. I would
have liked
>> you know he uh he called me one day.
He said, "Dad, where are you Friday
afternoon?" He said, "Where do you want
me to be?" He said, "I want you to pin
my bars on." Said, "Pin your bars on."
Said, "Bo, you're a sitting attorney
general of the state of Delaware. I want
you to run for the governor and you and
you join the National Guard." He said,
"Yeah, Dad." I said, "You know, Bo,
you're either federal property or state
property."
Look, Dad. He said, "85% of everyone in
Iraq is National Guard and they're
mostly Delawareians. How can I be home?
I'm 41 years old."
>> Yeah.
>> How can I be home? And uh
and he uh
won the Bronze Star, the conspicuous
service medal.
A major in the United States military.
We
>> were going home one night. It's toward
the end. We knew we had no chance of him
living. He's
getting toward the very end and he could
still walk. He was home
and Jill and I wanted from Washington.
We
the Friday train
and went to Bo's house. So after dinner,
Jill said, "I'm going to go home and
change."
And Bo said, "Can you stick them out of
the house?" I said, "Sure."
He turned to his wife and said, "Can you
take the kids outside for the pool?" He
said, he said, "Dad," he said, "I know
what you're going to do."
Dad, I'm not afraid of dying. I'm going
to be okay. I know I'm going to die. I'm
all right. He said, "But Dad, I know
what you're going to do. You're going to
quit when I die." I said, "Bo," he said,
"Dad, look at me." And his bice
like, "Look at me, Dad.
So I'm looking said, "God damn it, don't
look at me, Dad." I said, "Give me your
word as abiding. You will not quit when
I die. Give me your word." I said,
"Boy," he said, "dad, give me your word.
Godamn it."
So, I give you my word, boy. I will not
quit cuz I planned on quitting when he
died. And uh so that's why I wrote that
book, Promised Me, Dad, right? Cuz I
wanted his kids and his grandkids.
>> Well, I remember. Do you remember you
came out to see me?
>> Yep.
>> Right before you ran and we talked about
I think you were afraid that people
would try to use boats debt.
>> Yep.
>> Uh as accuse you of being a you know
capitalizing for votes and that
nonsense.
>> I remember telling you how ridiculous I
thought that was because I remember
saying I don't know anybody that
capitalized on something like that.
But
>> I I just thought it was a interesting
moment and I'm glad you did the right
thing.
>> Yeah. You know, to me, I was always a
car guy and I was always the designated
driver.
>> So I knew so I couldn't drink. So but
you know, it never had any interest in
me. I never got the whole thing. I could
be a jerk without drinking. So I didn't
really need to drink. Knew me both. I
had the bad reputation
when I was in grade school, high school,
and college of being a daredevil.
>> Yeah.
And uh I look back on it, thank God I
didn't drink some of the stuff I did.
>> Yeah. What kind of daredevil stops you?
>> Well, as a kid, for example, we lived up
in Scranton and there was a Merrywood
College.
There was a 15t stone wall that went
around Marywood
and I was one of the only guys that
climbed the wall, run the wall and then
go up over the steel over the entrance.
You know,
>> that kind of stuff on your life, you
know. I went to one of those old schools
that were three stories
>> and they had they had the big window had
open with the rod and they slid out so
you had you had a huge opening.
>> Yeah. So, we're always on the third
floor and whenever we have a substitute,
I would get my friend's boots
and and when I heard the teacher coming,
I would hold them out the window and
then I go, I'm I'm trying TO HOLD ON
LIKE I'd let go of the boots and then
she and my friend would already be lying
on the ground, you know, outside the
window and SHE GO, "OH MY GOD, OH MY
GOD." AND THEN RUN down and get the
principal. Then the princip would come
up and my friend would be sitting in the
seat and we'd all be sitting there and
she'd realize that, you know, we played
a trick on you. You're stupid.
Look at this. Isn't this crazy? It's
just amazing.
I mean, you're in the middle of LA.
>> Well, see, you come from that era where
if a politician drove a foreign car,
what's the matter with you?
>> Oh, by the way, not a shot.
>> No. Yeah.
>> Not a shot at driving a foreign car.
Period. zero. None. I
>> think another one of the great things
about you being president was this area
right here.
>> Yep.
>> If you hadn't been elected, this would
probably all be construction and mini
marts and all kinds of stuff. But it's
now national land. So people in
California, the most dense, one of the
most dense states in the union, there's
this open area where people can travel
and just enjoy the fresh air. But you
know, you another two miles, you can't
even see a house or a building. You're
in the middle of the wilderness in the
busiest one of the busiest cities in the
United States.
>> And how many acres did you guys actually
save? Land and water 674 million acres.
>> Wow.
>> And uh this entire
this entire area we're going through
here that can't be developed.
>> Yeah. I think that's great. And uh it
was you got to say something for future
generations. I went down to Colorado
River. I went down to Snake River. Went
out I took my family there. I wanted
them to see it. We went down on six day
rides down to Colorado. We when I I'll
never forget the first time I stood with
my family, my kids, the Grand Canyon. I
looked out, I said, "This is God's
cathedral. It's a cathedral."
>> Yeah.
>> It's incredible.
the idea
that we wouldn't preserve this for our
children to have the same opportunity
we have.
>> Well, I'm glad you did. Well, the other
thing I was able to do, I I made sure
there could be no oil drilling off the
east coast, the west coast, and the 150
mi off the Gulf of Mexico. He's doing it
with all that protection, too. No more
windmills.
>> Yeah, that that
>> because they kill birds. Yeah, I had a
>> give me a sign. You know when I did then
when I wrote I worked like hell to get
the infrastructure bill and no one
thought I could get past over a trillion
dollars. How can we need the world to
renewable the leading infrastructure in
the world
>> ports, bridges, roads and end that for
billions of dollars for renewable
energy.
It has billions of dollars in there to
make sure that there's enough electric
stations all along every new highway
built. But he's getting rid of all that,
too. You know, the single biggest
producer of energy in Texas,
wind. Yeah,
>> wind. He's trying to get rid of that,
too.
Almighty.
Oh, it's incredible out here.
Incredible.
You're still in Los Angeles. Look at
this.
>> Yeah.
>> Isn't that amazing?
>> It is amazing. Advantage of future
generations not having access to this.
Look at all this. Right in the middle of
LA.
>> Incredible.
Incredible.
I know you're a big ice cream guy,
right?
>> I am, man.
>> We got an ice cream shop at the end of
this. So, what flavor you like?
>> Chocolate chip.
>> Chocolate chip.
Get your chocolate chip.
Have you guys ever met a president of
the United States?
>> No.
>> Well, this is Joe Biden.
>> Well, come on. Let's go get something to
eat.
>> It's got to be the longest ride you've
had in that thing in years.
>> Yeah, a long time.
>> Joe, can I shake your hand?
>> Sure, you can shake my hand. What's your
name?
>> Jacob.
>> Hey, Jacob. My name's Joe.
>> What's up, Joe?
>> Nice to see you. Hi, everybody. How are
you?
>> Joe.
>> You want chocolate chip?
>> Wait, can I get a photo?
>> Sure.
I can't believe.
>> Come on, let's go get some. Let the
president get his ice cream.
>> You're my favorite president, Joe.
>> What's your name?
>> Matthew.
>> Good to see you, man. How old are you?
>> I'm 12.
>> Got to make me a promise.
>> When you're president, remember me.
>> Thank you.
>> Okay.
>> Chocolate chip.
>> Chocolate chip.
>> Sugar cone.
>> A hand sugar cone for you, sir.
>> How's that ice cream, Mr. President?
>> Good, man. You guys getting ice cream?
What kind of ice cream you want? What
kind?
>> Uh, monkey business.
>> Monkey business.
>> Come here.
>> Boy, this is a nice driving car.
>> I think it is.
>> So, what was your very first car?
>> My dad didn't want me to have a car
before I was 18 years old.
>> All right. I went to a school that was
when we moved the school I went to was
and the school bus a half hour drive.
>> All right. And my dad said okay. And he
got me a used I think it was a 54
Studebaker. Ugly as hell.
>> Oh yeah. Yeah.
>> But had a big engine in it.
>> Well, that's right. That would have had
a 289 overhead valve. Yeah.
>> And uh
>> and so it was ugly as hell. But I used
to be able to take a lot of guys in fast
cars. They pull off a gun. I start want
to go go, you know. Anyway, that was the
first car I had. But the first car I had
that I really liked was a a 19 54
Chevy convertible. A 54. That would have
been the six-cylinder, right?
>> Yes.
>> Yeah. But you missed the good the 265 V8
came out the next year.
>> Yeah. You just missed the boat by then.
>> You drive another half hour, you're up
to your butt in snow here.
>> Boy, this engine sounds strong.
>> Yeah, it does.
>> Looks more like a painting than reality.
Yeah. Yeah.
And all the rain we've had lately, it's
nice and green.
>> Yep.
>> I think that this is all WPA. Too bad we
don't have a program like that anymore.
That
>> Yeah, I know. He's he's cutting back on
all the programs that have
apprenticeships assigned to or jobs.
>> Yeah.
>> You don't see another car coming.
>> I know.
>> It's the only place in LA where there's
no traffic
>> besides Massachusetts.
>> Yeah.
>> Is there any other state you're spending
real time in?
>> Well, I got a place in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island's very pretty. Yeah, it is
nice. I like New England.
It's a funny place to be from. You know,
when I lived in Massachusetts, I was the
laziest guy anybody knew. When I moved
to California, I was the hardest
working. I hadn't changed. So,
obviously, it's just the way people do
things, you know?
>> That's true. And when you live in what?
You got a swimming pool? Yeah. You got
nothing to do but sit in a pool all day.
Don't you got a yard work to do? Don't
you have to fix this? Like, it's like
the funniest place to be from.
I know you're a big union guy, as am I.
And you were the first president to walk
a union picket line, weren't you?
>> I was. Look, one of the things is simple
to me. The middle class built America,
>> right? And unions built the middle
class,
>> right?
>> Well, that's why I love Corvette. They
build Yep.
>> This car, not this particular one, but
mine. They build it in Kentucky, paying
a union wage,
and it's cheaper, faster
than the European Exotics. at literally
10 times the price.
>> Yep.
>> And you know, it's it's a real credit.
Uh you go there, workers can afford to
live in the town they're working in,
>> and it's it's a real successful
operation.
>> And they can look at themselves in the
mirror.
>> Look, I said, my dad used to say, you
know, it's a hell of a thing to work 40,
50, 60 hours a week,
>> right? And come home and not be able to
find buy the essentials.
>> Yeah. It's all about affordability.
>> You know what's interesting? About 15
years ago when Detroit declared
bankruptcy.
>> Yep.
>> I I I I called the city and I said,
"Hey, I want to do a I want to do some
free shows in the city. All you have to
do is prove you're out of work and you
want to take your wife or your husband
out for a night out of town. We'll give
them a bag of Doritos, a bottle of
Pepsi, and they can watch the show." I
think it was a silver dome at the time.
They tore it down. Sat like 20,000
people and all we could afford were
eight security guards
>> and now and and and people said, "Oh,
it's going to be bedlin." And not one
person misbehaved. They came, they
watched the show, they thanked me for
coming to Detroit. And you realize,
>> you know, all people want to just give
them a break and they'll exactly do the
right thing.
>> Even shot.
>> Yeah. Just give people shot. That's all.
But that's real. I mean, people we we
you and I say things like that. People
look at us like we're nuts. It's true. I
know.
>> Well, see, that's what I like. You come
from that era when politicians use
public transportation. A friend of mine
said he saw you on a commercial flight
one day and he goes, "Why are we on a
commercial flight?" Well, you don't own
a jet, correct? That's right. That's
right. So, yeah. There you go. The whole
public service thing you take take
seriously. Well, I did. I mean, I I you
know, it's their money and uh I don't
you know, I wouldn't buy a first class
ticket and that kind of thing. Anyway,
it uh I just think it's
most Americans think that way. It's
basic
fairness. And I think what you have is
you have somewhere between
30 and 35 37%
of the elected officials trying to take
advantage of
>> Yeah.
>> America when it was founded.
Got pretty lucky.
For the first couple hundred years we
were between
a place called Mexico that wasn't much
of a threat
and a place called Canada which a great
ally. I used to always joke and say, "If
I leave, I'm going to Canada."
>> Right?
>> Atlantic Ocean on one side and the
Pacific coast on the other. I remember
being with Xi Jinping
and I spent a lot of time with him
breaking down that relationship and we
were meeting. He said, "Why do you call
yourself Pacific Power?" I said, "We are
Pacific Power." And this is a true
story. I said, "Look,
what do you think China would be now if
it weren't for the United States being a
Pacific power? think you'd be where you
are now? He looked at me. I said, "No."
Yeah. I said, "We are more in the
Pacific Ocean than all of China
combined. We are a Pacific power, right?
Period." And we are. I mean, think
about, you know, all the way up to Oh,
yeah. I think about it. Like, I remember
when after World War II, all the Germans
wanted to surrender to Americans, not
Russians, because they knew in America
they'd get a fair shot.
>> Bingo. Bingo. Bingo. I remember reading
a book about some Japanese prisoners
that came that were captured and came to
America and the first day at the meal
they were given meat and they thought oh
this is a trick it's poison meat don't
eat it you know then they saw everybody
eating it and they realized oh well
maybe it's not poison you know and then
they were drinking Coca-Cola and eating
hamburgers and one of the one of the
Japanese who spoke English asked the
prison guard why do you treat us so well
and the prison guard said cuz someday
we're going to be friends and you know I
like that kind of
>> by the way. Absolutely
>> like that kind of thinking.
>> Oh, you know I uh
everybody thought I was crazy when I was
president.
You have this horrible situation that
lasted for decades where the South
Koreans
are allies of the Japanese that hated
each other and ended up getting the
South Koreans and the Japanese to bury
the hatchet at Camp David 60 years
later.
>> Yeah. And that made us a hell of a lot
more secure, strong.
>> Yeah.
>> Look, the one thing that really bothers
me about where
many of my Republican friends are, even
the ones that aren't crazy,
is they really underestimate the value
of alliances.
>> Right.
>> The reason why we're so secure is
because of NATO, for God's sake.
>> Yeah.
>> Attack on one's attack on all. What
happened on 9/11? Who's the first guys
that came to our NATO?
>> Right.
Well, Mr. President, thanks for letting
me drive your Corvette. I really
appreciate it.
>> Well, I tell you, you're a good driver,
man. I don't think I'd let anybody drive
his D.
>> There you go.
>> And uh besides, when we get back to the
garage, maybe I can drive your Corvette.
>> You want You want to drive mine?
>> Yeah. Will Secret Service allow them?
>> You have to warn you. I might be tempted
to jump on and get off the property.
Well,
>> all right. Well, let's
let's see what happens when we get back.
Okay.
Well, I got to enjoy driving your
Corvette. It was a lot of fun, Mr.
President.
>> You get to drive yours.
>> You want to drive this one?
>> I'd like to drive that one. I'm a good
driver.
>> Um, all right. Yeah. Here you go. You
want me to go with you?
>> I'd rather go by myself.
>> Well, here. Go ahead.
>> All right. It's got,250 horsepower.
>> Is that all?
>> That's not my search. I don't want all
my hair to blow away. You know what I
mean?
>> All right, man. You see you in a couple
days.
couple of days.
It's a secret servant. See y'all.