>>> NIKKI HALEY ON WONDERS IF
IT'S POSSIBLE TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT IN 2024.
NIKKI HALEY, WELCOME BACK TO
"MEET THE PRESS."
>> THANK YOU HAVING ME ON.
>> LET ME ASK WHAT I ASKED
SECRETARY BLINKEN.
CAN THIS WAR BE BROUGHT TO AN
END WITH PUTIN IN CHARGE IN
RUSSIA?
>> PUTIN IS GOING TO TRY.
HE'S GOING TO DRAG THIS OUT AS
LONG AS HE CAN.
HE'S COMMITTED.
HE IS AN EVIL TYRANT THAT WE SEE
IS NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL HE
CAN CONTROL THE SOVIET EMPIRE.
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE
LESSON IN ALL OF THIS IS, WHEN
TYRANTS SPEAK, WE SHOULD LISTEN.
HE SAID HE WOULD TAKE UKRAINE,
HE IS.
CHINA SAID THEY WOULD TAKE HONG
KONG, THEY DID.
HE SAID HE WOULD TAKE POLAND AND
THE BALTICS, WE SHOULD LISTEN TO
THAT.
IRAN SAID THEY WOULD DESTROY
ISRAEL.
EVERY TIME A TYRANT SPEAKS, WE
NEED TO REMEMBER THEY TOLD US,
WE NEED TO LISTEN.
>> YOU SOUND LIKE SOMEBODY,
THEN, THAT WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF
A NO FLY ZONE OVER UKRAINE RIGHT
NOW.
IF PUTIN IS WHAT YOU DESCRIBE
HIM AS, WHAT -- I GUESS WHAT
GUARDRAIL SHOULD WE BE BUTTING
ON THE
-- PUTTING ON THE NATO ALLIANCE
RIGHT NOW?
>> NO, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF A NO
FLY ZONE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT I AM IN FAVOR OF IS THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION STEPPING UP
AND DOING THE THINGS THAT WILL
MATTER.
WE KNOW THE ONE THING THAT
PUNCHES PUTIN IN THE GUT IS TO
HIT HIS ENERGY SECTOR.
THERE IS NO REASON WE SHOULD BE
TAKING MONEY FROM AN ENEMY.
WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND SANCTION
ALL THOSE ENERGY COMPANIES RIGHT
NOW.
WE SHOULD REMOVE HIM FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM.
WE SHOULD BE COORDINATING
INTELLIGENCE IN REALTIME WITH
THE UKRANIANS.
WE SHOULD BE LEADING WITH NATO
TELLING THEM TO GIVE THE PLANES
TO UKRAINE.
WE SHOULD BE MAKING SURE WE'RE
MOVING FORWARD ON GIVING THEM
THE MISSILES THEY NEED.
THEY HAVE SAID THEY DON'T HAVE
WHAT THEY NEED.
THEY NEED JAVELINS, THEY NEED
STINGERS, THEY NEED ANTI-TANK
TOOLS TO DO THIS.
WE'RE LATE TO THE GAME, WE'RE
STILL LATE TO THE GAME.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE NOW, BUT WE'VE
GOT TO GET ON THE BALL.
>> ONE COULD ARGUE THERE'S BEEN
20 YEARS OF APPEASING PUTIN,
THAT THERE WAS THIS BELIEF HE
COULD BE PART OF THE WORLD
ORDER.
WAS THAT A MISTAKE FROM THE
GET-GO?
>> NO.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU CANNOT
TRUST RUSSIA, YOU CANNOT TRUST
PUTIN.
YOU CAN'T TRUST XI, YOU CAN'T
TRUST CHINA.
IT'S COMMON SENSE.
I DEALT WITH THEM AT THE UNITED
NATIONS.
YOU NEVER NEGOTIATE, YOU NEVER
DEAL WITH YOUR ENEMIES.
YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM.
THAT'S WHY I WAS MORTIFIED THAT
BIDEN WENT SO FAR AS ASKING
CHINA FOR HELP WITH RUSSIA.
YOU NEVER ASK AN ENEMY FOR HELP
WITH ANOTHER ENEMY.
I NEVER TOLD CHINA ANYTHING THAT
I DIDN'T WANT RUSSIA TO KNOW,
BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW THEY
COORDINATE.
IT'S THE SAME REASON WHY IT'S
UNTHINKABLE THAT BIDEN WOULD BE
COORDINATING OR EVEN THINKING OF
GETTING BACK INTO THE IRAN DEAL
WITH THE RUSSIANS AND CHINESE AT
THE TABLE.
WHY ARE WE NEGOTIATING AND
TRUSTING ENEMIES?
YOU DON'T DO THAT.
THAT'S THE FIRST START TO BEING
STRONG IN AMERICA IS
UNDERSTANDING WHO YOUR ENEMIES
ARE AND MAKE SURE YOU LET THEM
KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THEM.
>> SO IF YOU -- YOU WOULD TREAT
CHINA AS AN ENEMY, NOT AS A
RIVAL, IF YOU WILL?
YOU WOULDN'T WORK WITH THEM
DIPLOMATICALLY AT ALL IF YOU
WERE IN CHARGE RIGHT NOW?
>> DO YOU KNOW -- CHINA RIGHT
NOW HAS COORDINATED WITH RUSSIA.
WHEN BIDEN WENT AND TOLD CHINA
WHAT WAS GOING ON AND ASKED FOR
HELP WITH RUSSIA, WHAT DID CHINA
DO?
CHINA RAN AND TOLD RUSSIA.
I WATCHED IT AT THE UNITED
NATIONS.
THOSE TWO COUNTRIES ARE GETTING
INCREDIBLY CLOSE.
THEY DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER, THEY
DON'T TRUST EACH OTHER, BUT THEY
BOTH WANT TO DESTROY THE WEST.
WHY ARE WE WAITING FOR THAT TO
HAPPEN?
CHINA, WHEN THEY TAKE TAIWAN,
THIS IS GOING TO BLOW UP.
THEY ARE CONTROLLING HALF THE
SEMICONDUCTOR TIPS.
THEY USE COMPUTERS, THEY DRIVE
CARS.
ALL OF THAT WILL BE DISRUPTED.
WHY ARE WE RELYING ON CHINA TO
GIVE US MEDICAL SUPPLIES WHEN WE
SAW HOW THEY HANDLED COVID IN
THE WORLD?
WE HAVE TO WAKE UP, AMERICA HAS
TO WAKE UP, AND WE HAVE TO START
BEING SMART TO DEAL WITH THESE
TIE
TYRANTS.
WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO LET THEM
RUN ALL OVER US.
>> LET ME PLAY THIS BY FORMER VICE PRESIDENT PENCE.
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE.
HE SAID, THERE IS NO ROOM IN
THIS PARTY FOR APOLOGISTS FOR
PUTIN.
EVER SINCE HE ACTUALLY INVADED,
SOME OF THOSE FOLKS HAVE TAKEN
SOME OF THOSE THINGS BACK.
FOR THOSE WHO SAY THAT,
INCLUDING YOUR FORMER BOSS,
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO THEM?
>> MY VERY FIRST SPEECH IN THE
UNITED NATIONS WAS HITTING
RUSSIA.
PROTOCOL WITH THE UNITED NATIONS WAS TO MEET WITH THE RUSSIAN
WAS TO MEET WITH THE RUSSIAN
AMBASSADOR FIRST AND I PURPOSELY
MET WITH THE UNITED NATIONS
FIRST.
WHETHER HE ASSISTS ASSAD WITH
CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN SYRIA, HE
HAS SHOWN US TIME AND AGAIN THAT
HE IS EVIL.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS MUCH AS
EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT HE SAYS, I LOOK AT WHAT HE
DID.
HE SANCTIONED RUSSIA, HE
EXPELLED DIPLOMATS, HE SHUT OFF
NORD STREAM 2 WHICH IS WHAT
PUTIN WANTED.
ALL OF THESE THINGS PUTIN
ENCOUNTERED RUSSIA.
THIS NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
UNDER TRUMP.
WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT NOW IS
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T
GO FURTHER UNDER BIDEN?
THIS IS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE THAT
STARTED IN AFGHANISTAN.
TIME AFTER TIME WE'VE SHOWN
NOTHING BUT WEAKNESS.
WE HAVE TO SHOW STRENGTH.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT PAST
PRESIDENTS ALL YOU WANT, BUT THE
LAST THING YOU NEED TO BE DOING
IS LOOKING FOR THE TV REMOTE
WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS BURNING DOWN.
WE'VE GOT TO START DEALING WITH
THE SITUATION AT HAND.
>> AMBASSADOR, YOU SORT OF IMPLY
THAT IT WAS BIDEN'S WEAKNESS ON
AFGHANISTAN, BUT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, TRUMP PERSONALLY
TRIED TO ROLL BACK SANCTIONS ON
RUSSIA IN 2017. THEY TRIED TO LOBBY CONGRESS.
THEY TRIED TO LOBBY CONGRESS.
HE TRIED TO REMOVE SAVNGSNCTION
A RUSSIAN OLIGARCH COMPANY, AND
LET'S NOT FORGET HOLDING
UKRANIAN MILITARY AID HOSTAGE
FOR A POLITICAL STUNT.
YOU DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE
THINGS SENT A MESSAGE TO LOOD
VLADIMIR PUTIN THAT AMERICA IS
DIVIDED, THE WEST IS DIVIDED AND
HE CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING HE
WANTS.
>> YOU KEPT SAYING HE TRIED.
ALL I KNOW IS WHAT HE DID.
I WAS PERSONALLY THERE IN THE
UNITED NATIONS WHEN HE GOT OUT
OF THE IRAN DEAL, WHEN HE
EXPELLED DIPLOMATS, WHEN HE
REFUSED NORD STREAM 2 PIPELINE.
HE DID STRONGER THINGS AGAINST
RUSSIA THAN REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS BEFORE
HIM.
THIS IS SOMETHING PUTIN KNEW NOT
TO MESS WITH THE UNITED STATES.
PUTIN NEEDS TO KNOW THAT AGAIN.
WE NEED TO START STANDING UP.
WHY ARE WE EVEN HO-HUMMING
AROUND THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL
TAKING RUSSIAN OIL?
WHY ARE WE DOING THAT?
WHY WOULD WE TAKE MONEY FROM
EVIL DICTATORS?
YOU NEVER SLEEP WITH THE DEVIL
BECAUSE THEN THE DEVIL OWNS YOU.
THE EUROPEANS ARE FINDING THAT
OUT RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO BE SMARTER THAN THAT.
>> NIKKI HALEY, WE APPRECIATE
YOU BEING ON AND SHARING YOUR
PERSPECTIVE.