>> THE PRESIDENT’S TAKING THIS
VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE’S NO NEED TO PANIC.
I DON’T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT OR
ANYTHING TO PREVIEW ON A
POTENTIAL REMARKS BY THE
PRESIDENT.
WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS
PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS
WE CAN.
MARIA: YEAH, THERE WAS NO
INFORMATION PROVIDED.
THAT WHAT WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY KARINE JEAN-PIERRE
YESTERDAY, SHE STILL CANNOT SAY
EXACTLY WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN
WILL SPEAK TO THE NATION, BRIEF
THE NATION ON THE THREE
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS WHICH WERE
SHOT DOWN OVER THE PAST WEEKEND.
THE PRESS SECRETARY WAS ALSO
ASKED IF THE PRESIDENT WAS
EMBARRASSED BY HIS RESPONSE OR
LACK OF.
WATCH. >> IF IT TURNS OUT AS IT LOOKS
>> IF IT TURNS OUT AS IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND
LIKE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND
MR. TRUEMR. TRUDEAU SENT FIGHTER
SHOOT THESE THINGS OUT OF THE
SKY, IS HE EMBARRASSED BY THAT.
>> WE JUST DON’T KNOW YET.
MARIA: JOINING ME NOW IS
OKLAHOMA SENATOR, MEMBER OF THE
ARMED FORCES COMMITTEE, SENATOR
MARK WAYNE MULLEN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HUER.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT MAKES ME MORE
NERVOUS, THE FACT WE HAVEN’T
HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT OR THE
FACT THAT THE PRESS SECRETARY
SAID WE STILL DON’T KNOW.
HOW COULD DO WE NOT KNOW?
THIS WAS OVER THE WEEKEND, THREE
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS SHOT DOWN.
WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
WHAT THEY WERE?
>> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE A
PRESIDENT THAT’S VERY WEAK.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WE HEARD
ENOUGH FROM LAST WEEK AND WHAT
WE HEARD WAS HIS INCOMPETENCE SO
I DON’T KNOW IF WE CAN TRUST
WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS ACTUALLY
TELLING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ANYWAYS.
FOR SOME REASON THEY THINK IT’S
A JOKE.
YESTERDAY WE WERE IN A
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING AND LAST
WEEK WE’RE IN A CLASSIFIED
BRIEFING ABOUT THIS AND WE STILL
DIDN’T GET A WHOLE LOT OF
INFORMATION.
IN FACT, YESTERDAY WE WERE
TALKING IN THE BRIEFING, THEY
SPOKE MORE ABOUT THE BALLOON
THEY SHOT DOWN OVER THE ATLANTIC
THAN THEY DID THESE THREE
OBJECTSES THAT THEY SHOT DOWN
OVER THE WEEKEND.
BUT HERE’S MY THEORY BEHIND
THIS, MARIA.
I BELIEVE CHINA’S BIGGEST
STRENGTH THAT THEY HAVE OVER US
IS THEY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF A
LARGE POPULATION AND THEY
ACTUALLY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF
TECHNOLOGY.
WHAT THEY THE DON’T HAVE
ADVANTAGE OF IS ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE AND REGARDLESS OF
THIS TRUMP -- THIS TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION -- THIS BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION TRY TRYING TO DES
OUR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, CHINA
KNOW AS AN ADVERSARY OF OURS, IF
THEY GO TO WAR WITH US, THEY’RE
GOING TO BE HE DEPENDENT ON
OTHER COUNTRIES GIVING THEM
ENERGY AND WE CAN EASILY BECOME
ENERGY INDEPENDENT BY REVERSING
THE POLICY OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
THEY HAVE TO DISRUPT THAT.
TO DISRUPT THAT, THEY DISRUPT
THE ALASKA PIPELINES THAT FILL
THE LOWER 48’S REFINERIES.
I BELIEVE THESE BALLOONS, THESE
OBJECTS ARE ACTUALLY
RECONNAISSANCE THEY’RE TRYING TO
FIND WHERE THE PIPELINES ARE.
PEOPLE CAN SAY, MARIA H THEY
HAVE THE MAPS FOR THAT.
THE MAPS ARE THERE.
THEY ARE SOMEWHAT INACCURATE.
WHAT YOU’VE GOT TO REALIZE IS,
MOST OF THESE BALLOONS THAT WE
FEEL LIKE THEY’RE SENDING HAVE A
THERMAL SENSING AND RIGHT NOW
WITH THE GROUND FROZEN, THEY CAN
EASILY SEE THE THERMAL REACTION
OF THE PIPELINES AND GET AN
ACCURATE READ, PLUS THEY CAN
FIND THE VALVES BECAUSE WE WERE
INFORMED AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WERE INFORMED THAT THEY HAD THE
ABILITY TOES TO DISRUPT SIGNALS,
LOOKING FOR WI-FI, THE SIGNALS
OF HOW WE OPERATE THE VALVES AND
I BELIEVE THEY’RE TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO
PROHIBIT US FROM BEING ENERGY
INDEPENDENT AND DISRUPT IT SO
THAT’S A HUGE CONCERN AND THE
ADMINISTRATION ISN’T TALKING
ABOUT THAT.
HAD THEY NEED TO BE HONEST WITH
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
MARIA: I AGREE, OIL SECURITY IS
NATIONAL SECURITY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MARIA: MERE’S THE FORMER
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE JOHN RATCLIFFE WITH
ME YESTERDAY.
WATCH.
>> THEY’RE TRYING TO COVER UP
WHAT WAS A HUGE NATIONAL
SECURITY BLUNDER.
NOW THEY’RE IN SPIN MODE TO TRY
AND DO WHAT THEY ALWAYS DO WHEN
THERE’S A MAJOR SCREW-UP, WHICHS
IS LET’S FIND A WAY TO BLAME THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OR SAY IT
HAPPENED ON THEIR WATCH TOO.
THEY SHOULD BE HE FOCUSED ON OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY AND NOT TRYING
TO POLITICIZE INTELLIGENCE FOR A
POLITICAL NARRATIVE THAT THEY
KNOW IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE AND IS
DEMONSTRABLY FALSE AND EVERYONE
SEES IT.
MARIA: ONCE AGAIN TO YOUR
POINT, PRESIDENT BIDEN SLAMMED
THE OIL EXECUTIVES THIS WEEK.
>> SURE.
MARIA: AND A HE CLAIMS IT’S THE
FAULT THAT THEY’RE NOT INVESTING
IN NEW REFINERIES.
WATCH THIS.
>> WHAT I’M SAYING IS, IT’S A
LEGITIMATE ARGUMENT, THEY SAY
BIDEN, YOU WANT TO GO GREEN IN
10 YEARS.
GUESS WHAT?
WE’RE GOING TO NEED OIL FOR A
LONG TIME, GAS FOR A LONG TIME.
IT’S NOT GOING AWAY.
BUT ALL THE REFINERIES ARE
CLOSED.
THEY’RE NOT INVESTING IN THE
BUSINESS.
MARIA: SENATOR, HONESTLY, THIS
IS JUST UPSETTING TO WATCH THE
PRESIDENT TALK THROUGH THESE
THINGS.
IT’S ABSOLUTELY DISCOURAGING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER DAY AT
THE STATE OF THE UNION, JOE
BIDEN SAID THAT WE’RE GOING TO
NEED OIL FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
>> RIGHT.
MARIA: HAD THAT THAT WAS SOD B
MANY MANY LEVELS.
ON THE ONE LEVEL YOU CAN SAY
OKAY, THEN YOU HAVE BEEN PUSHING
YOUR CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA NOW
YOUR ENTIRE TWO YEARS AND NOW
YOU JUST SLIP THROUGH WE’RE
GOING TO NEED OIL FOR THE NEXT
10 YEARS.
THE BIGGER ISSUE YOU I HAD A
PROBLEM WITH, WE KNOW THE
PRODUCTION DEALS THAT THE OIL
COMPANIES DO TO CREATE AN ENERGY
INDEPENDENT SITUATION ARE
LONG-TERM PROJECTS.
WHAT OIL EXECUTIVE IS GOING TO
PUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE
LINE, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ON THE LINE TO DRILL, TO
COME UP WITH THESE LARGE
LONG-TERM PROJECTS IF THEY
BELIEVE THAT IN 1 OF 10 YEARS TH
DONE.
>> NONE OF THEM ARE.
IT’S NOT GOING TO TURN THE
SPIGOT OFF IN 10 YEARS.
THEY’RE GOING TO SLOWLY BLEED
OUT OVER 10 YEARS.
FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF 10
YEARS THEY’RE GOING TO BE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO DESTROY
INDUSTRY THAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY WANT TO
INVEST.
THE PRESIDENT’S AN ABSOLUTE
JOKE.
UNFORTUNATELY ACROSS THE WORLD
STAGE THEY SEE THAT.
IF WE GO BACK TO THE TRUMP ERA
POLICIES WE WOULDN’T HAVE
THIS ISSUE WE ARE WITH CHINA
RIGHT NOW, WE WOULDN’T HAVE
INFLATION AT 14%.
UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE HAVE WE
HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT’S OUT OF
TOUCH WITH REALITY AND THE
REASON IS BECAUSE HE SAID IT
ONCE AGAIN IN THE STATE OF THE
UNION, WHEN HE SAID THAT HE’S
THE LONGEST SERVING PERSON IN
THIS ROOM.
THAT MEANS HE’S BEEN IN D.C. FOR
44 YEARS, HE MADE HIS ENTIRE
LIVING OFF THE TAXPAYERS AND HAS
NO REALITY CHECK OF WHAT IT’S
LIKE TO BE THE IN THE REAL
WORLD.
THIS IS WHO IS LEADING OUR
COUNTRY?
WHAT A JOKE.
MARIA: JAMES FREEMAN, JUMP IN
HERE.
OUR ADVERSARIES ARE WATCHING WAS
WE ARE.
>> I’M GLAD YOU’RE TALKING
ABOUT ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
SENATOR.
THE TRANSFORMATION WHERE WE STOP
PRODUCING THE FOSSIL FUELS WE
HAVE IN ABUNDANCE IN THE U.S.
AND MOVE TO SOLAR AND WIND, AS
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT --
RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD, WHERE
ARE THE MATERIALS MINED AND
REFINED TO MAKE --
>> CHINA.
>> WINDMILLS, SOLAR PANELS.
IT’S A WEALTH AND STRATEGIC
ADVANTAGE SHIFT FROM THE U.S. TO
CHINA, IS IT NOT?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
FOR RARE EARTH MINERALS, CHINA
CONTROLS THREE OF THE FOUR
LARGEST RESERVES IN THE WORLD.
THEY CONTROL THEM.
AND WE’RE BECOMING DEPENDENT ON
THEM BE?
THIS?THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WAN
KEEP IN MIND, WHEN WE GO TO
SOLAR AND A WE GO TO WIND, IN
YOUR HOTTEST DAYS, YOUR COLDEST
DAYS, THE SUN ISN’T SHINING, THE
WIND ISN’T BLOWING.
THAT’S WHEN WE NEED ENERGY THE
MOST.
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, THE UNITED
STATES ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
BRINGS ON GLOBAL STABILIZATION
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE
PEOPLE WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH
THE UNITED STATES.
MARIA: THAT’S RIGHT.
>> WHEN WE BECOME DEPENDENT ON
OTHER COUNTRIES WE MAKE OTHER
COUNTRIES ALSO BECOME DEPENDENT
ON THEM.
MARIA: YET.
JON: GOAYET JOE BIDEN CLAIMS HE
>> OH, MY LORD.
MARIA: DONALD TRUMP SAW
THIS ISSUE STRAIGHT AWAY.
HE ALSO SAW THE THREAT OF
COMMUNIST CHINA, THAT’S WHY HE
HAD HIM -- XI JINPING AT
MAR-A-LAGO DURING THEIR
CHOCOLATE CAKE HE DESERT DROPPED
THE BOMB THAT WE SENT STRIKES TO
SYRIA, ENJOY YOUR CHOCOLATE
CAKE.
FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR
AND U.N. AM A BASS AMBASSADOR NI
ENTERED THE FIELD.
YOU ENDORSED PRESIDENT TRUMP
LAST WEEK.
WE’RE GETTING A CHANCE TO SEE
WHAT THE PLATFORM WILL LOOK LIKE
AS IT COMES TOGETHER.
THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO NOW WHO
HAVE OFFICIALLY SAID THEY’RE
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW THIS IS
SHAPING OUT?
>> NIKKI OBVIOUSLY HAS A
REMARKABLE RESUME.
AND SHE HAS A RIGHT TO RUN JUST
LIKE ANYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO RUN
AGAINST ME TOO AND I COMMEND
ANYBODY HAD THAT PUTS THEIR NAME
OUT THERE AND GOES ON THE
BALLOT.
WHERE IS SHE GOING TO GET HER
VOTES?
TRUMP’S BASE ISN’T LEAVING HIM.
SHE WON’T BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH
HIM.
IF SHE TRIES GO TO THE RIGHT OR
LEFT, THERE ISN’T A BASE THERE.
I BELIEVE IN A PATH TO VICTORY.
I DON’T SEE THAT PATH FOR HER
ESPECIALLY IF SOMEBODY ELSE GETS
IN THE RACE.
THEN, THE ONES THAT AREN’T
NECESSARILY TRUMP FANS, THEY’RE
GOING TO JUST DIVIDE THEM BUT
TRUMP’S BASE IS SOLID AND
THEY’RE NOT LEAVING HIM WILL
YOUR THOUGHTS CHANGE WHEN AND IF
RON DE SANTIS GETS INTO THE
RACE?
>> LOOK, PRESIDENT TRUMP AS I
SAID IN MY ENDORSEMENT ISN’T
JUST SOMEBODY THAT I’M ENDORSING
BECAUSE I THINKS HE’S THE BEST
HE TO LEAD US THROUGH THE ROCKY
ROAD AHEAD UNFORTUNATELY THAT
BIDEN HAS PUT US IN BUT HE’S
ALSO A FRIEND OF MINE.
S HE’S A FRIEND OF MY FAMILY.
WHEN MY SON GOT HURT HE TOOK A
SPECIAL INTEREST.
HE CAME TO BAKERSFIELD,
CALIFORNIA TO SEE MY SON WHEN HE
WAS GOING THROUGH INTENSE
COGNITIVE REHAB.
HE’S A FRIEND TO MY FAMILY.
I WILL SUPPORT HIM ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THE RACE.
MARIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.