Geopolitical Expert (5:05)

Let's leave Taiwan out of it for a moment and say it's the Philippines. Okay. In the last 48 hours, there's this massive. I don't even know how to describe it, but this massive ship that the Chinese have built that's, like, headed towards the Philippines. And the Philippines feels threatened by it, rightfully so. We've seen this on a daily basis with a. Harassment and so forth, but on a daily basis, if, God forbid, there is some miscommunication or some inadvertent conflict emerges there and we have obligations to them, the impact that will have on the entire globe, the impact that it will have on the entire globe is enormous, and that includes Europe. So they have a selfish vested interest in seeking for the Chinese to curb their behaviors. I would also point to the Europeans that what. What the Russians have done with Ukraine would not have been possible without the assistance of China. Whether it's the sharing of technology or aid in evading sanctions or selling their oil and secondary markets, the Chinese have been hidden but clear to everyone watching partners in the Russian endeavor.

Political Analyst (6:04)

So when you see that, you can see how Trump's actual policies undermine what Rubio saying. But that's what Trump wants, right? Like Trump will have his Attorney General Pam Bondi at the confirmation hearing say, we're going to respect the rank and file FBI directors and FBI staff. Everybody's going to get due process. And then Donald Trump fires any FBI agent who had anything to do with investigating January 6th insurrectionist and terroristic acts on January 6th and Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. So Trump pardons all of the January 6th insurrectionists. They get treated like heroes, but then law and order, the FBI, they get fired. My point though here is that Pam Bondi said the opposite. So my point about Marco Rubio is that Marco Rubio said one thing and then the policy was undermined.

Podcast Host (7:02)

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Political Analyst (8:15)

The policy undermined as well? Let me give you other data points. So Donald Trump's recent press conference. He says that he's going to put tariffs on Taiwan. Taiwan's our ally, so Trump's talking about putting worse tariffs, more damaging tariffs on our ally, Taiwan, while then having this cooperation with China against the Philippines and against Taiwan. Here, listen to what Trump says here.

Donald Trump (8:46)

Play this clip Plans put together in particular, in the very near future, we're going to be placing tariffs on Foreign production of computer chips, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals to return production of these essential goods to the United States of America. They left us and they went to Taiwan, where, which is about 98% of the chip business, by the way. And we want them to come back. And we don't want to give them billions of dollars like this ridiculous program that Biden has. Give everybody billions of dollars. They already have billions of dollars. They've got nothing but money, Joe. They didn't need money. They needed an incentive. And the incentive is going to be they're not going to want to pay a 25, 50 or even 100% tax. They're going to build their factory with their own money. We don't have to give them money. They're going to come in because it's good for them to come in. They're giving them money. They don't even know what they're going to do with it. I had people tell me, we have no idea. We didn't need money.

Political Analyst (9:40)

And then when Donald Trump was asked about deep Seek, which is China's AI that really destroyed America's AI industry was so far more advanced, one would look at China's foray into AI as a direct economic attack and assault on US Industry. One would think, did China steal. Did China take the billions and billions of dollars in development from US AI companies and basically appropriate it for their own use, undercutting the US Interest? But Donald Trump's like, actually, you know, maybe a good thing. Here, play this clip.

Donald Trump (10:20)

This is very unusual. When you hear a deep Seek, when you hear something, somebody come up with something, we always have the ideas. We're always first. So I would say that's a positive. That could be very much a positive development. So instead of spending billions and billions, you'll spend less and you'll come up with hopefully the same solution under the trumpet.

Political Analyst (10:40)

And remember how I said before that, you know, the US Power internationally as kind of the, quote, unquote, leader of the free world. It was Post World War II exercised in a lot of ways. So one of the ways it was exercised was through aid, supporting other countries, building bridges, alliances. And the other way was military. Now the United States is pulling out all of its aid. We're attacking everybody, threatening countries. Donald Trump's arbitrary, capricious, malicious, mind you don't know what's going to happen one day or the next, threatening everybody, saying, America doesn't need anything. We don't need allies, we don't. We don't need anybody. I mean, you couldn't be weakening us more if you tried. Like, that's why it feels intentional. And also from a military perspective, we are enhancing the power of China, we are enhancing the power of Russia, we are weakening Taiwan. China may not have to fire a single shot with all of the kind of former American allies, they just start making deals with Xi Jinping because they can't rely on America. And America's so weak, they see the writing on the walls. Look, even the president of Mexico, the very popular and powerful Claudia sheinbaum at the G20 summit a few months back. She was not supposed to meet with Xi Jinping. She met with Xi Jinping, took photos with Xi Jinping. Why? To send a message. We could try to find other power structures outside of the United States if you force us to. But even without Claudia Sheinbaum, I mean, the head of the president of Panama, Peru, Honduras, Colombia, all had state visits with Xi Jinping over the past five, seven, eight years. Panama established strong relations with China during Trump's first term. China's giving billions of dollars in aid. They're giving statements about respecting sovereignty of nations, the types of statements that used to emanate from the United States. And what's Trump doing? Just acting like. Like a blabbering fool. That's my point. My thesis here is that either he's the biggest idiot and moron ever, which could be true, the most incompetent, dumbest, you know, and I'm not trying to name call, just trying to be objective, or this is intentional to help China, to boost China, to help Russia. China and Russia are taugh talking. They're making deals with each other. Russia and Iran are talking, they're entering into alliances, and America's breaking all of its alliance. So if you wanted to execute a plan, how do you weaken America? It's this. And this example in the Philippines is a perfect exemplar of it. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 4 million. Thanks for watching.

Podcast Host (13:28)

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