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>> RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA IS NOT
A LIABILITY.
ACTUALLY, IT’S AN ASSET IN THE
INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO SOLVE
OUR -- THE CRISIS IN THE
PEACEFUL WAY.
>> WHY CAN’T YOU CONDEMN THIS AS
AN INVASION.
>> UM-HUH, WELL, LET’S DON’T BE
NAIVE, CONDEMNATION.
>> IT SOUNDS NAIVE TO SAY THAT’S
NOT AN INVASION.
>> IT DOESN’T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
>> Ainsley: CHINA’S AMBASSADOR
TO THE UNITED STATES SCOFFING AT
CALLS TO CONDEMN RUSSIA’S WAR ON
UKRAINE, AND OUR NEXT GUEST HAS
LONG WARNED ABOUT CHINA’S THREAT
TO OUR COUNTRY.
>> Steve: WHO IS THE NEXT GUEST?
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NEWT
GINGRICH.
NEWT, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> Steve: SO THE AMBASSADOR JUST
SAID CONDEMNING RUSSIA WON’T
WORK.
HOW WOULD THEY KNOW?
THEY HAVEN’T TRIED.
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE
RUSSIA’S ALLY.
BOTH XI JINPING THE HEAD OF THE
COMMUNIST PARTY IN CHINA AND
PUTIN HAVE PLEDGED THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO BE CLOSE FRIENDS AND
ALLIES, PERIOD.
SO THERE IS, YOU KNOW, CHINA
SEES A GREAT DEAL OF ITS FUTURE
AS PART OF SORT OF THE
DICTATOR’S AGAINST THE FREE
WORLD.
AND I THINK THAT IT’S VERY
UNLIKELY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
BREAK WITH PUTIN OVER SOMETHING
AS SMALL AS INVADING UKRAINE.
YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL, THEY ARE
LOOKING AT SOME DAY INVADING
TAIWAN.
SO I DON’T THINK THEY SEE
THEMSELVES AS WANTING TO SET A
PRECEDENT THAT WHAT RUSSIA IS
DOING IS BAD.
I DON’T THINK ANYBODY IN THE
WEST SHOULD RELY ON A COMMUNIST
DICTATORSHIP TO BE AN ALLY IN
MAINTAINING THE RULE OF LAW.
>> Steve: GOOD POINT.
>> Ainsley: MR. SPEAKER, WE SAW
PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE VIDEO OF
HIM RIDING HIS BICYCLE.
HE SPENT THE WEEKEND, ANOTHER
WEEKEND AT HIS HOME IN DELAWARE.
HE IS HEADING TO POLAND AND TO
BRUSSELS TO MEET WITH NATO
LEADERS, TO MEET WITH EU
LEADERS.
AND THEN HE IS GOING TO -- HE
WAS BEING ASKED BY ONE OF THE
DIPLOMATIC ADVISERS IN UKRAINE.
SHE INVITED BIDEN TO COME OVER
TO KYIV.
SHE SAID ONE SHOULD NOT BE
AFRAID IF YOU ARE BRAVE.
BUT JEN PSAKI TWEETED THERE ARE
NO PLANS TO TRAVEL TO UKRAINE.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
AND WHAT CAN HE SAY ON THIS TRIP
TO ENSURE OUR ALLIES THAT THEY
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE UNITED
STATES AND JOE BIDEN?
>> WELL, LET ME SAY FIRST OF ALL
I DON’T MIND PRESIDENTS TAKING
SOME TIME OFF.
IT’S THE TOUGHEST JOB IN THE
WORLD AND WHAT WORRIES ME ABOUT
BIDEN IS WHAT HE DOES WHEN IS HE
WORKING NOT WHEN HE DOES WHEN HE
IS BICYCLING.
LET ME MAKE A COUPLE OF REALLY
QUICK POINTS.
ONE, WE OUGHT A DOCUMENT A
POLICY OF GIVING UKRAINIANS
CRUISE MISSILES AND
SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES AND
WE SHOULD SAY ANY RUSSIAN
AIRFIELD THAT IS BOMBING
CIVILIANS, ANY RUSSIAN DEPOT
SUPPLYING MISSILES TO BOMB
CIVILIANS IS FAIR GAME AND
UKRAINIANS OUGHT TO START
HITTING RUSSIA THIS IDEA THAT
RUSSIA GETS TO INVADE UKRAINE.
RUSSIA GETS TO DESTROY UKRAINE.
RUSSIA -- EVERYBODY IS TIMID AND
TERRIFIED OF PUTIN.
NONSENSE.
I MEAN, THERE IS A POINT YOU GOT
TO SAY WHEN YOU CROSS A CERTAIN
LINE -- AND, BY THE WAY, THE ONE
ONE THING THAT BIDEN SHOULD
FOCUS ON WHEN HE IS IN BRUSSELS
IS AN OPEN, PUBLIC DECLARATION
OF THE SCALE OF MILITARY
REACTION THAT WILL OCCUR IF
PUTIN USES EITHER A CHEM CHEMICA
NUCLEAR WEAPON. THIS IS A LINE
NOBODY BELIEVES BIDEN IF HE SAYS
THERE WILL BE STRONG SANCTIONS
WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
IF WE WERE TO SAY USING CHEMICAL
WEAPONS OR USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
WILL TRIGGER THE FOLLOWING
RESPONSE WITHIN HOURS, THEN ALL
OF A SUNDAY THE RUSSIANS WOULD
UNDERSTAND THAT’S A LINE THEY
COULDN’T AFFORD TO CROSS BECAUSE
THE COST WOULD BE SO HORRENDOUS.
BUT THERE IS A REAL DANGER.
YOU WATCH WHAT HE IS DOING IN
MARIUPOL AND ELSEWHERE.
THERE IS A REAL DANGER THAT OUT
OF FRUSTRATION THAT HE WILL USE
THE SAME KIND OF CHEMICAL
WEAPONS THAT HE USED IN SYRIA.
WE CAN’T TOLERATE THAT BUT NOT
TOLERATING IT MEANS YOU HAVE GOT
TO MOVE AND DO SOMETHING.
ONE LAST POINT.
ALL THE AID WE ARE SENDING THEM
IS 1/44TH OF THE EQUIPMENT WE
LEFT BEHIND IN AFGHANISTAN.
>> Steve: OH, MAN.
>> THINK ABOUT THAT.
WE GAVE THE AFGHANS 85 BILLION.
BIDEN WANTS US TO FEEL GOOD THAT
WE ARE SENDING ABOUT 2 BILLION
TO A COUNTRY FIGHTING FOR ITS
LIFE.
AND LASTLY, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE,
PETER OR SOMEBODY SHOULD ASK THE
WHITE HOUSE, ARE THE MISSILES,
ARE THE HIGH ALTITUDE
ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES IN
UKRAINE?
THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT IT
LAST WEEK.
VICTOR SAID I THINK VERY
INTELLIGENTLY IN THE "WALL
STREET JOURNAL" THAT TIME IS
LIFE.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO REALIZE
UKRAINIANS ARE DYING EVERY HOUR
WHILE AMERICANS ARE HOLDING
PRESS CONFERENCES.
>> Brian: YEAH.
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAD NO
ANSWER TO THAT.
AND HE LOOKED LIKE HE WASN’T
HIDING THE ANSWER.
HE HAD KNOW ANSWER YESTERDAY.
ARE THESE MISSILES GETTING.
IN WE KNOW BULGARIA AND FRANCE
HAS GAIT SYSTEMS.
I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ANY
MORE MONEY.
WHAT IS IN THEIR HANDS.
LAST THING REAL QUICK.
YOU ARE A MILITARY HISTORIAN.
HAS ANYONE PLAYED OUT WHAT
HAPPENED IF RUSSIA WINS THIS?
THEN WHAT?
>> I AM CERTAIN WHAT HAPPENS.
EVERY DICTATOR IN THE WORLD
DECIDES THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH
SOMETHING.
THE WORLD BECOMES DRAMATICALLY
MORE DANGEROUS.
AND, PUTIN WILL THEN START
PRESSURING FINLAND, LATVIA,
POLAND, LITHUANIA, HE IS NOT
GOING TO STOP.
HE WANTS TO RECREATE THE SOVIET
EMPIRE.
>> Brian: WE HAVE NO I CAN
MAJEURE HE DOESN’T.
>> WE TEACH HAD IT’S WE INCREASE
THE TAIWAN IF PUTIN GETS AWAY
WITH THIS.
>> Brian: THAT SHOULD BE THE