WITH THE CHINESE COUNTER PART.
HERE WITH REACTION IS ARKANSAS
SENATOR TOM COTTON.
SENATOR I’M LOOKING AT THIS AND
TWO THINGS I’M THINKING ABOUT
AND I WANT YOUR TAKE ON IT.
NUMBER ONE, DO YOU AGREE WITH ME
THAT A NEW AXIS OF EVIL IS
FORMING BEFORE OUR EYES AND
NUMBER TWO, DO YOU BELIEVE
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF?
>> SEAN I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT
AXIS OF EVIL CENTERED AROUND BEE
ENGINING IS EMERGING, IN LARGE
PART BECAUSE OF JOE BIDEN’S
WEAKNESS AND HIS TENDENCY TO
BLAME AMERICA AND ITS ALLIES
FIRST AND OF COURSE HISTORY CAN
REPEAT ITSELF.
WE ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM THOSE
WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II OR
WORLD WAR ONE OR CIVIL WAR OR
REVOLUTIONARY WAR WE READ ABOUT
IN THE BIBLE BECAUSE HUMAN
NATURE IS TIMELESS AND
UNCHANGING THEREFORE WE ARE
PRONE TO THE SAME MISTAKES IF WE
DON’T LEARN FROM THE LESSONS OF
HISTORY AND THAT’S WHAT JOE
BIDEN HAS NOT DONE.
ALMOST EVERY INSTANCE YOU LAID
OUT ARE A RESULT OF JOE BIDEN’S
INCOMPETENCE WEAKNESS AND
TENDENCY TO BLAME AMERICA FIRST.
LOOK AT THE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL.
HE’S LEFT WING, HE’S CRITICAL IF
NOT OPENLY HOSTILE OF AMERICA,
TYPICAL OF MANY LEFT WING
LEADERS THAT HAVE COME TO POWER
IN RECENT YEARS IN LATIN
AMERICA.
JOE BIDEN DOESN’T SAY A WORD
NEGATIVE ABOUT THEM.
WHAT HAPPENS YOU HAVE THEM
RUNNING OFF TO BEIJING OR
WELCOMING IRANIAN WARSHIPS IN
LATIN AMERICA.
THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN GET
AWAY WITH ACTIONS HOSTILE TO
AMERICA UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN
SOH.
>> Sean: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
THESE NEW ALLIANCES?
FOR EXAMPLE, CHINA AND RUSSIA?
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF CHINA,
RUSSIA AND IRAN?
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE CHINESE
BROKERING A DEAL WITH OUR FORMER
ALLIES, AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED,
SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN.
I NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE THAT.
OR EGYPT HELPING OUT PUTIN OR
THE UAE NOW HELPING OUT PUTIN.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT OUR ALLIES,
THESE DEFECTIONS, THAT THESE
COUNTRIES ARE MAKING A CHOICE,
AND THEY ARE BETTING THAT CHINA
IS GOING TO OUTPACE THE UNITED
STATES AND OVERTAKE THE U.S. AS
THE WORLD’S, YOU KNOW, LEADER
AND BE THE SOLE SUPER POWER, IF
YOU WILL, OF THE WORLD.
>> I THINK INCREASINGLY YOU’RE
SEEING MANY TRADITIONAL AMERICAN
PARTNERS AND ALLIES HEDGING
THEIR BETS BECAUSE THEY’RE
WORRIED ABOUT AMERICAN RESOLVE
AND STRENGTH UNDER PRESIDENT
BIDEN.
YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL EGYPT
SAUDI ARABIA THE UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES ISRAEL, WE LEFT
PRESIDENT TRUMP BROKERED PEACE
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
ITS NEIGHBORS.
WE WERE HOPING FOR A PEACE DEAL
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SAUDI ARABIA.
WHAT WE GOT WAS A CHINESE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN IRAN AND SAUDI
ARABIA.
AND WHAT YOU SEE IS PRESIDENT
BIDEN CREATING DAYLIGHT OR OR AS
PRESIDENT BESIDE OBAMA USED TO
SAY.
ISRAEL OR THE UNITED ARAB ’EM
RATES MAKE THEM A PARIAH.
THEY LIVE IN TOUGH NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT HAVE SECURITY NEEDS.
AMERICA HAS HELPED THEM ACHIEVE
THOSE SECURITY OBJECTIVES.
IF WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO IT
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY
THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK ELSEWHERE
WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE CHINA
PLAYING A ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST
THAT IS UNHELPFUL AND HARMFUL TO
AMERICAN.
>> Sean: SENATOR LAST QUESTION
ALMOST DAILY THE COMMUNIST
CHINESE ARE THREATENING US
DIRECTLY.
THEY ARE THREATENING OUR NAVY IN
THE STRAITS OF TAIWAN OR THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA.
INTERNATIONAL WATERWAYS.
WHAT SHOULD THE U.S. RESPONSE BE
TO THAT?
>> WELL, EVERY TIME CHINA, OR
FOR THAT MATTER RUSSIA OR IRAN
THREATENS OUR NAVY OR AIRCRAFT
SAYING THEY CAN’T SAIL HERE OR
THEY CAN’T FLY THERE, WE SHOULD
BASICALLY MAKE THAT OUR NEW ROUT
THAT WE’RE GOING TO TRAVEL TO
SHOW CHINA AND RUSSIA AND IRAN
THAT THEY CAN’T BULLY US.
MORE ON THE LONG TERM FRONT, WE
HAVE TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE
OUR DEFENSE SPENDING AND INVEST
IN THE KINDS OF WEAPONS AND
AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS THAT ARE
GOING TO DETER CHINA AND RUSSIA
AND IRAN AND MAKE IT CLEAR TO
THEM THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE
THE RESOLVE TO DEFEND OUR