THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JOIN MING NOW IS FLORIDA
CONGRESSMAN, HOUSE ARMED
SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBER AND
FORMER GREEN BERET COMMANDER,
MICHAEL WALTZ.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO COME OUT
OF THE T MEETINGS, WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO SEE HAPPEN?
>> A FEW HE KEY THINGS I WOULD
HOPE WE WOULD GET FROM PRESIDENT
BIDEN IN BRUSSELS IN FRONT OF
BOTH NATO AND THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION, ONE, IT WOULD BE
NICE IF HE WERE ANNOUNCING THAT
PLAN.
IT’S ONE THING TO PUSH THE
EUROPEANS FOR AN ACTUAL
STRATEGY.
I THINK THAT’S IMPORTANT, AN
ACTUAL STRATEGY TO GET OFF OF
RUSSIAN OIL SO THEY DON’T JUST
REVERT BACK TO THEIR OLD WAYS IN
A YEAR OR TWO BUT IF YOU WERE
COMPLIMENTING THAT WITH THIS
AMERICAN ENERGY MARTIAL PLAN,
THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
BEYOND THAT, MARIA, CONTINUING
TO DEMAND A REAL PATHWAY FOR
EUROPEANS TO GET TO 2% OF THEIR
GDP IN DEFENSE SPENDING.
WE ARE SICK AND TIRED, I KNOW
AMERICANS ARE, OF SUBSIDIZING
EUROPEAN DEFENSE.
I THINK JUST SENDING A FEW MORE
U.S. TROOPS OVER THERE ISN’T
ENOUGH.
THE EUROPEANS HAVE TO STEP UP
AND WE HAVE TO TO HOLD GERMANY T
ACCOUNT.
THREE, LET’S GET ZELENSKYY EVERY
SINGLE THING HE NEEDS, GETTING A
COMMITMENT FROM THE EASTERN
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO GET THEM
THOSE OLD RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES,
THOSE LEGACY SOVIET AIR DEFENSE
SYSTEMS INTO UKRAINE AND THEN,
FOUR, SOME VERY CLEAR RED LINES,
MARIA, VERY CLEAR ON THE USE OF
WMD.
ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE
INCLUDING U.S. AND NATO
INTERVENTION IF PUTIN USES A
TACTICAL NUKE OR OF OR CHEMICAL
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
MARIA: THIS ENTIRE MONTH OF
FIGHTING, IT CERTAINLY SEEMED AS
THOUGH JOE BIDEN WAS EXPECTING
THAT IT WAS INEVITABLE, THAT
UKRAINE FALL, BUT AS WE’VE
SPOKEN IN THE LAST MONTH AND AS
I HEARD FROM MANY OTHER
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS THERE’S A
PATH FOR UKRAINE TO WIN WITH A
LITTLE HELP.
I WONDER WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE
ON THE NUCLEAR WARFARE.
I IMAGINE COMING OUT OF THIS
NATO MEETING THE ALLIES ARE
GOING TO USE THAT AS THAT RED
LINE OBVIOUSLY.
KREMLIN SPOKESPERSON DIMITRI
PESKOF IS REFUSING TO TAKE
NUCLEAR WAR FARE OFF THE TABLE
AS BIDEN IS ALSO WARNING ABOUT
NUCLEAR WARFARE.
>> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THE THREAT OF CHEMICAL WARFARE,
HOW HIGH IS THAT THREAT?
>> I THINK THAT’S A REAL THREAT.
MARIA: A REAL THREAT,
CONGRESSMAN.
YOU SAY ALL OPTIONS NEED BE ON
THE TABLE, I KNOW, TO DETER
PUTIN FROM USING CHEMICAL WE
PONS AND -- WEAPONS AND WEAPONS
MASS DESTRUCTION, CAN WE DO
THAT.
>> AS A LONG AS BIDEN LETS FEAR
OF ESCALATION, HE WILL ALLOW
PUTIN TO CONTINUE TO HE’S YOU ES
PUTIN WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
UNTIL HE MEETS STEEL.
WE HAVE TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT HE
THOSE LINES ARE.
BIDEN HAS TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT
IS CREDIBLE, UNLIKE HIS
PREDECESSOR OBAMA WHO SET THE
RED LINES AND ALLOWED PUTIN TO
GET AWAY WITH IT AND CROSS THEM.
WE SAW WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DID
WITH THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
IN SYRIA, HE RESPONDED WITH 59
CRUISE MISSILES AND THE ASSAD
REGIME STOPPED.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF RED
LINES WE HAVE TO SET.
ONE MORE MESSAGE OUT OF
BRUSSELS, MARIA, IS TO CHINA.
THE THING THAT THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY WANTS THE MOSTS
IS ACCESS TO U.S. DOLLARS AND
ACCESS TO THE EUROPEAN MARKET.
CHINA’S TRADE WITH EUROPE DWARFS
ITS INTERACTIONS WITH RUSSIA BUT
WE NEED TO SEE A UNIFIED STANCE
THAT THE EUROPEANS ARE SERIOUS,
AND I’M NOT SURE THEY ARE, BUT
THEY’RE SERIOUS ABOUT CUTTING
CHINA FROM THAT MARKET.
MARIA: WE’VE SEEN THE STRATEGY
OF CHINA’S BEFORE, GO IN, LEND
MONEY, LEND SUPPORT AND THEN
EVENTUALLY TAKE OVER.
THEY’VE DONE THAT IN A NUMBER OF
AN AFRICAN COUNTRIES.
>> THAT PLAY A DOUBLE GAME ON
THIS ONE.
MARIA: PUTIN MUST BE WATCHING
HIS BACK BECAUSE HE’S NOT GOING
TO BE IN CHARGE ONCE CHINA TAKES
OVER, THAT’S FOR SURE.