LOU: DESPITE PRESIDENT TRUMP’S HISTORIC TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA,
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN U.S.
AND CHINA REMAINS FRAUGHT WITH
FRICTION, AND POTENTIALLY
CONFLICT.
CONFLICT. THIS WEEK, SECRETARY OF STATE
MIKE POMPEO DESCRIBED THE
PERILS.
PERILS. >> COMPETITION WITH CHINA IS
HAPPENING INSIDE YOUR STATE IT
AFFECTS OUR WANT IT.
TO PERFORM AMERICA’S VITAL
SECURITY FUNCTIONS, UNDER XI
JINPING THE COUNTRY IS MOVING IN
OPPOSITE DIRECT.
OPPOSITE DIRECT. AND A MORE AGGRESSIVE MILITARY
POSTURE AS WELL.
IT IS DECIDED TO EXPLOIT OUR
FREEDOMS AT FEDERAL LEVEL.
STATE LEVEL AND LOCAL LEVEL.
>> WITH US NOW, SECRETARY OF
STATE MIKE POMPEO.
>> THANK YOU, LOU.
LOU: I HAVE FILING STRONG
FEELING YOU AND THE PRESIDENT,
ARE TAKING THE COUNTRY TO A
LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS THAT WE
HAVE NOT ANTICIPATE ANTICIPATED
MEMBERSHIP YEARS, MANY OF --
MANY YEARS.
MANY YEARS. BUT YOU ARE TAKING US THERE
WARNING OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF A
HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED CHINA.
THAT IS EXPANDTIONARY AND --
INTO FABRIC OF OUR NATION.
>> IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG.
WE HAVE ALLOWED IT TO CONTINUE
WITHOUT A DEEP AWARENESS FROM
AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE REMARKS
THEY GAVE SATURDAY PAST, WERE
JUST THE FACTS THAT ARE TAKING
PLACE.
PLACE. CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY IS
DOING, WE LOVE THE CHINESE
PEOPLE, THERE ARE PLACES WE CAN
TRADE WITH THEM, AND COMPONENTS,
BUT, EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AWARE
THERE ARE RISKS, MY ROLE IS THIS
THEY ARE OFTEN CHINESE DIPLOMATS
WHO ARE STATIONED HERE IN UNITED
STATES, ENGAGED IN THIS THIS
WAS.
WAS. WE JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE
AWARE OF RISKS THAT ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVITIES THEY
MAY BE UNDERTAKING.
LOU: AND AS YOU SAY, IN EVERY
STATE IN UNION, THIS INFLUENCE
OPERATION BY CHINESE IS
UNDERWAY.
UNDERWAY. AND WITHOUT EXCEPTION, EVERY
STATE, EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD BE
AWARE OF IT.
THESE SCALE OF WHAT YOU -- YOU
ARE PUTTING IN FRONT OF US IS A
THREAT FROM PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA.
CHINA. IS MASSIVE, IT IS SOPHISTICATED.
IT IS COMPLEX.
YOU ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY THAT HAS TO
IN RESPONSE BE EQUALLY
SOPHISTICATED.
SOPHISTICATED. WHILE OUR CITIZENRY WE’RE TRYING
TO CATCH UP TO YOU.
>> I AM PROUD OF WHAT WE’VE
SEEN, WE SAID HERE IS WHAT WE
WANT TO DO TO PROTECT AMERICAN
PEOPLE FROM THE CHALLENGE.
ON TRADE, RECIPROCITY AND
TRANSPARENCY, IN A SENSE THE
SAME WAY.
SAME WAY. IF THEY HAVE A CONFUSOUS
INSTITUTE, IF REALLY JUST ABOUT
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE, WHY CAN’T WE
HAVE THE SAME THING AT A CHINESE
INSTITUTION.
INSTITUTION. WE WOULD WELCOME THAT.
THEY HAVE THEM IN HIGH SCHOOLS,
THOUSAND TALENTS PLAN.
THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE ALLOWED
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY TO DO
HERE IN UNITED STATES, THAT WE
JUST DOWN HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO
ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS ON THE
SIDE OF CHINA.
LOU: IN YOUR REMARKS, WARNING US
ABOUT CHINA, USE AN EXAMPLE,
TALK ABOUT THOUSAND TALENT
PROGRAMS, TEXAS A&M THEY THOUGHT
THEY HAD 5 PEOPLE ENGAGED WITH
THE CHINESE IT WAS 100 OF THEIR
FACTFACULTY ENGAGED, YOUR THOUGH
ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE COULD HAVE
LET IT GET TO THIS POINT.
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WERE NOT
PAYING ATTENTION, I THINK, WE
WERE UNWILLING TO TAKE ON THE
CHALLENGE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
NOT AFRAID TO TAKE ON THE
CHALLENGE.
CHALLENGE. OUR FBI, OUR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT,
NOW WORKING HARD ON THESE.
5 WERE DECLARED AND DOZENS MORE
AS PART OF PROGRAM, WE HAVE A
SET OF RULES, THEY WERE NOT
COMPLYING WITH THAT WE WANT
CHINESE STUDENTS COMING TO HERN
THAT, THAT IS FINE, BUT WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DOING SO
IN A BASIS THAT IS TRANSPARENT
AND FAIR, THEY ARE NOT REPORT
BACK TO BEIJING.
OUR FIRST AMENDMENT DOES NOT
PERMIT.
PERMIT. >> AND IT LOOKS LIKE A WHOLE
SALE ATTEMPTED BUYOUT.
OF OUR UNIVERSITIES AND OUR
ACADEMICS.
ACADEMICS. THOSE WHO WOULD TAKE CHINESE
MONEY, AND IN SOME CASES AS IT
THE APPARENT OUTCOME AT HARVARD
UNIVERSITY, HEAD OF THEIR
CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT TAKING
MILLIONS FROM CHINESE WHILE ALSO
RECEIVING GRANTS FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> PRESIDENT HAS TALKED ABOUT
THEFT OF AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY, BY CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY HAS BEEN CENTRAL.
THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT IT IN
HIS CAMPAIGN.
HIS CAMPAIGN. ABOUT HOW UNFAIR THIS WAS, WE
WERE GETTING I THINK HE SAID,
RIPPED OFF.
RIPPED OFF. SO THAT WEALTH CREATES THAT THE
INVENTOR AND PROPERTY OWNER NOT
TO THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN STRONG
ON THIS.
ON THIS. AND STATE DEPARTMENT ALL OF
AGENTS IN UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT ARE FOCUSED ON
PROTECTING AMERICAN PEOPLE.
LOU: AND AS IF THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND
CHINA WERE NOT COMPLICATED
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
THE UNITED STATES, WORKING HARD
TO GET MEDICAL TEAMS IN.
FROM OUR CDC.
IN TO CHINA.
TRYING TO HELP, I KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE THIS ADMINISTRATION AS
SHIFT ALL SORTS OF MEDICAL --
SHIP ALL SORTS OF MEDICAL
SUPPLIES TO THE CHINESE, HOW
WOULD YOU ASSESS IT.
CAN YOU UPDATE THAT JUST A BIT
FOR US?
FOR US? IN TERMS OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> LOU, IT IS A GLOBAL EPIDEMIC
WE NEED TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH.
WITH SCIENCE AND FACTS,
PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKEN ACTION TO
TRY TO PROTECT AMERICAN PEOPLE,
WE HAVE CHANGED THE ABILITY OF
FOLKS TO COME HERE, WE GO THE
AMERICANS OUT OF WUHAN.
WE PUT THEM IN QUARANTINE FOR 14
DAYS.
DAYS. TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. AMERICANS EXPERT IN TO COUNTRY
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HELP THE
WORLD, ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE,
AND WE AT STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE
BROUGHT AMERICANS HOME, WE HAVE
DONE SO SAFELY.
AND NOW WE HAVE PROVIDED UP TO
100 MILLION IN CIRCUMSTANCES IN
CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRY IMPACTED
BY CORONAVIRUS, THIS IS A SAY
SERIOUS CHALLENGE, THE WHOLE
WORLD NEEDS TO TAKE ON THIS
CHALLENGE TOGETHER.
CHALLENGE TOGETHER. LOU: A MAN WITH PLENTY OF
CHALLENGES, SECRETARY MIKE