HE IS NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
LARRY?
LARRY: EDWARD LAWRENCE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.
FOLKS, ONE OF THE KEY LESSONS WE
LEARNED FROM THE GREAT
RONALD REAGAN, MY FORMER BOSS, A
SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL PHRASE,
PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.
NOW WE HAVE NEITHER PEACE OR
STRENGTH.
TO BE SURE AFTER JOE BIDEN’S
CATASTROPHIC WITHDRAWAL FROM
AFGHANISTAN BIDEN HAS NOT
LAUNCHED ANY NEW SHOOTING WARS
BUT HE IS BRINGING THE U.S.
DEEPER, AND DEEPER INTO THE
RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR.
HE HAS ALREADY SPENT ROUGHLY
$113 BILLION IN THE PAST YEAR,
UNDOUBTEDLY MUCH MORE ON THE WAY
IF HE HAS HIS WAY.
MEANWHILE AT HOME, BECAUSE OF
BIDEN’S BIG GOVERNMENT SOCIALISM
HIS MASSIVE INFLATIONARY
SPENDING, TAX HIKES,
OVERREGULATIONS, HIS WAR ON
FOSSIL FUELS SPECIFICALLY, AND
THE WAR ON BUSINESS IN GENERAL
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THAT WE HAVE A
WEAK ECONOMY, EXPANDED ONLY 1%
LAST YEAR WITH A 6 1/2%
INFLATION RATE AND MAJORITY OF
ECONOMISTS AND BUSINESS LEADERS
ARE FEARFUL OVER A RECESSION
THREAT LATER THIS YEAR OR NEXT.
DURING THE REAGAN TAX CUTTING
RECOVERY THE ECONOMY WAS GROWING
NEARLY 5% ANNUALLY FOR SEVEN
YEARS.
TODAY THE BIDENS WHO FAVOR
REDISTRIBUTION AND PUNISHING
SUCCESS APPARENTLY ARE SATISFIED
WITH AN ECONOMY GROWING BARELY
ABOVE 1%.
THE REAGAN BOOM, DOOMED SOVIET
COMMUNISM.
THE BIDEN SLUMP ENCOURAGES OUR
ENEMIES, RUSSIA AND CHINA AND
THAT IS WHY I SAY, THAT TODAY WE
HAVE NEITHER PEACE NOR STRENGTH.
BIDEN MAY BE CHEST-PUMPING HIS
DEFIANCE OVER UKRAINE BUT THE
REALITY IS HIS FAILED DIPLOMACY
A YEAR AGO WAS THE KEY CAUSE OF
THE RUSSIAN INVASION.
INSTEAD OF HARSH ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS AHEAD OF THE INVASION,
BIDEN IMPOSED WEAK SANCTIONS
AFTER IT WAS TOO LATE AND THE
RUSSIAN TROOPS WERE ALREADY
THERE.
EVEN TODAY WITH RESPECT TO ALL
THE AID AND WEAPONS WE HAVE SENT
TO UKRAINE, MANY MILITARY
EXPERTS STILL BELIEVE BIDEN IS A
DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT.
I SPOKE BRIEFLY TO FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER THE WEAKEN.
HE WAS EMPHATIC THAT WERE HE
STILL IN THE WHITE HOUSE HE
WOULD HAVE ALREADY NEGOTIATED A
PEACE DEAL.
A NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS IN THE
HOUSE AND SENATE YEARN FOR SUCH
AN EFFORT BUT BIDEN NEVER TALKS
ABOUT IT.
AND INDEED AS FORMER DEFENSE
SECRETARY MARK ESPER BRIGHTS, I
WILL QUOTE, WHAT IS LOOKING IS
CLEAR HOW WASHINGTON WANTS THIS
CONFLICT TO END AND RESOURCING
THAT OUTCOMB, END QUOTE.
MR. ESPER WILL BE HERE IN JUST A
MOMENT.
NOW COMES CHINA, CHOMPING AT THE
BIT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
AMERICAN WEAKNESS.
IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS SINCE
THE CHINESE BALLOON FIASCO AND
THE BIDENS STILL HAVE DONE
NOTHING ABOUT IT.
ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE TRUMP
SLAMMING INTO THEM WITH BIG
ROUND OF TARIFFS OR EXPORT
CONTROLS AND FURTHER DECOUPLING
THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN
ECONOMIES BUT THE BIDENS HAVE
DONE NOTHING.
IT’S A NATIONAL EMBARASSMENT.
THE CHINESE WOULDN’T EVEN TAKE
THE CALLS OF AMERICAN DIPLOMATS
AND DEFENSE OFFICIALS.
WHEN THEIR FOREIGN MINISTER MET
IN MUNICH WITH SECRETARY OF
STATE ANTONY BLINKEN HE MOCKED
AMERICA.
DID NOTHING TO DISCOURAGE RUMORS
THAT THE CHINESE WILL NOT ONLY
BE MEETING WITH RUSSIA THIS
SPRING BUT MAY BE PLANNING TO
PROVIDE LETHAL MILITARY WEAPONS
TO VLADMIR PUTIN.
BIDEN’S U.N. AMBASSADOR CALLED
THAT A RED LINE BUT JOE BIDEN’S
FORMER BOSS, BARACK OBAMA, GAVE
RED LINES A BAD NAME YEARS AGO
WHEN HE DID NOTHING AFTER RUSSIA
AND ITS ALLIES SYRIA, CONTINUED
TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN THE
MIDEASTERN CONFLICT.
TO GO BACK TO REAGAN, WHEN THERE
IS STRENGTH AT HOME THAT LEADS
TO STRENGTH ABROAD BUT WEAKNESS
AT HOME LEADS TO WEAKNESS
ABROAD.
RIGHT NOW THE BIDEN STORY IS