WASHINGTON.
NEIL: THANK YOU MY FRIEND VERY
VERY MUCH.
IN THE MEANTIME THAT'S ABOUT A
HALF AN HOUR WE'RE DUE TO HEAR
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
SECURITY STRATEGY AND IN IT HE'S
EXPECTED TO TARGET CHINA AND
RUSSIA FOR NOT ONLY ECONOMIC
UNITED STATES AND HE SAYS IT'S
GOING TO STOP THE FORMER TRUMP
CAMPAIGN ADVISOR FORMER DEPUTY
ASSISTANT OF THE ARMY BOTH OF
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTORS VERY HAPPY
ABOUT THAT SO VAN TO YOU FIRST
ON WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT HE'S GOT
TO WALK A TIGHT ROPE MAYBE NOT
IN YOUR VIEW REGARDING THE
CHINESE PARTICULARLY AT THIS
TIME AT NORTH KOREA BUT HE'S
GOING TO CALL THEM OUT FOR GOING
A LITTLE TOO FAR WHEN IT COMES
TO TRADE.
ANYONE WHO STEALS THE SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBERS OF 23 AMERICAN
CITIZENS QUITE FRANKLY I CALL
THEM SOMETHING ELSE SO I THINK
HE'S BEING CHARITABLE BUT I'M
GLAD HE'S CALLING THEM OUT.
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ECONOMIC
SECURITY EQUATES TO NATIONAL
SECURITY PART OF THE TRUMP
MESSAGE, THE AMERICA FIRST
MESSAGE WE'RE GOING TO PUT,
NEIL, $5 TRILLION WORTH OF CARGO
GOES THROUGH THERE EVERY YEAR.
IT IS VITAL TO THE ECONOMIC
SECURITY OF THE FREE WORLD.
THIS PRESIDENT GETS THAT.
NEIL: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT IS
BASICALLY THE PRINCIPLE HERE IS
THAT THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL
SECURITY DOCTRINE WILL HAVE TO
PRESERVE UNITED STATES NATIONAL
SECURITY AND ALSO THE
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY OF OUR
POSITIONS WITH RUSSIA IN MANY
PLACES AND MOST OF THESE CASES
ARE BECAUSE OF THIRD COUNTRIES.
THE MOST IMPORTANT CASE OF
COURSE AFTER LOOKING AT NORTH
KOREA IS IRAN.
WE AND OUR ALLIES IN THE REGION,
ARAB MODERATES AND ISRAEL ARE IN
A CONFRONTATION SITUATION WITH
IRAN AND RUSSIA IS STRATEGICALLY
SUPPORTING IRAN, AND HEZBOLLA SO
THAT HAS TO BE CLARIFIED AND IN
ADDITION TO THAT OF COURSE
RUSSIAN EXPANSION INTO OTHER
AREAS IN THE REGION BUT ALSO
INTO LATIN AMERICA, WITH
VENEZUELA, SO WE FIND OURSELVES
IN OPPOSING POSITIONS BECAUSE OF
THE ALLIANCE THE RUSSIANS HAVE
DEVELOPED.
BE AMONG THE CHINESE AND THE
RUSSIANS.
THE CHINESE HAVE ALREADY CLAIMED
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M
GETTING MY WORDING RIGHT, THAT
THESE ARE WRECKLESS AND
IRRATIONAL REMARKS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> AMERICA FIRST DOES NOT MEAN
AMERICA ALONE AND I THINK WHAT
THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO
EMPHASIZE TODAY IS WE'RE GOING
I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL WHAT THE
CIA DID TO THE PLOT ABOUT
RADICAL ISLAMISTS TO ATTACK THE
CATHEDRAL IN ST. PETERSBURG.
THEY HAD ATTACK ON THEIR SUBWAY
SYSTEMS IN ST. PETERSBURG BACK
IN APRIL AND LAST WEEK MOSCOW
AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED THEY HAD
ARRESTED A NUMBER OF ISIS-LINKED
SUSPECTS WHO PLANNED SUICIDE
BOMB ATTACKS ON NEW YEARS DAY SO
THAT IS A COMMON AREA WE COULD
WORK ON TOGETHER AND I'M GLAD
THE PRESIDENT HAD THAT
CONVERSATION.
I HOPE THE PRESIDENT USES THIS
AND TAKES IT A STEP FURTHER AND
GETS RUSSIA TO HELP US WITH
NORTH KOREA.
THERE'S A LOT MORE THEY CAN DO
THERE.
NEIL: HOW IS THIS GOING TO SORT
OUT GLOBALLY?
HE'S OBVIOUSLY THINKING AN
AMERICA FIRST POSTURE.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO
BE RECEIVED IN THE REST OF THE
WORLD THAT IS SORT OF EMBRACED
THE BARACK OBAMA METHOD OF LIKE
A "WE ARE THE WORLD" THING.
>> LOOK, I REMEMBER THE YEARS,
2016 WHERE WE ARE DEFENDING OR
DEVELOPING THIS IDEA OF AMERICA
FIRST BUT AMERICA IS NOT ALONE
IN THIS, IT HAS ALLIES IN THE
CASE OF FIGHTING TERRORISM
THAT'S A MOST IMPORTANT
COMBINATION OF ALL THESE MEMBERS
ALL THESE WORLD POWERS.
THE FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF
THE SECURITY COUNCIL NAMELY THE
UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, CHINA, UK
AND FRANCE ALL ARE FIGHTING AL
QAEDA SO THEY ARE AREAS WHERE WE
CAN COMING TO AND OTHER AREAS
FOR EXAMPLE, CRISIS IN
HUMANITARIAN ISSUES IN SYRIA AND
CAN WORK TOGETHER BUT OF COURSE
WE NEED TO RESOLVE THE AREAS
WHERE WE POSITION OURSELVES