IMPOSES A TAX ON CORPORATIONS.
GRIFF: THANK YOU, GREAT REPORTING.
>> FORMER HELLO CLINTON MEMBER,
DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST AND
PARTNER, WILLIAM MCKINLEY,
FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE
CABINET SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT
TO THE PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
LET’S GET INTO IT WITH THE
PELOSI NEWS, SPEAKER PELOSI
COULD TOUCHDOWN IN TAIWAN THIS
WEEKEND, THE ADMINISTRATION
DIDN’T THINK THIS WAS THE
GREATEST IDEA.
CHINA DOES NOT WANT HER TO GO
BUT REPUBLICANS FOR THE MOST
PART HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE
OF A POTENTIAL TRIP.
DAN SULLIVAN ON THIS SHOW IN
THE LAST HOUR.
>> A LOT OF THINGS THE SPEAKER
HAS DONE THAT I DON’T AGREE
WITH BUT IT IS TIME FOR
AMERICANS TO CLOSE RANKS ON
THIS ABILITY TO TRAVEL TO
TAIWAN WHICH WE DO REGULARLY
AND NOT LET THE CHINESE COMES
PARTY DICTATE.
>> Reporter: WHY DO YOU THINK
THE ADMINISTRATION WAS
SEEMINGLY TRYING TO GET IN THE
WAY OF A POTENTIAL TRIP TO
TAIWAN?
>> ADMINISTRATIONS LIKE TO RUN
THEIR DEPARTMENTS THE WAY THEY
WANT TO DO IT IN THE TIME AND MANNER THEY WANT TO DO IT AND
MANNER THEY WANT TO DO IT AND
DON’T LIKE OTHERS TO DO IT
INSTEAD BUT I AGREE, SENATOR
PELOSI KNOWS BETTER THAN MOST
WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND TRAVELING TAIWAN IS A GOOD
AND TRAVELING TAIWAN IS A GOOD
THING TO DO.
AISHAH: IN TERMS OF OUR PASTURE
IN CHINA YOU THINK OF THIS
ACTUALLY HAPPENS AND TAKES
PLACE YOU THINK THIS WILL HAVE
ANY IMPACT ON CHINA AND THEIR
PLAN FOR TAIWAN?
>> THIS DEMONSTRATES THE WORLD
HAS BECOME MORE, LOCATED AND
DANGEROUS PLACE AND WE ARE
SEEING THIS PLAY OUT IN REAL
TIME WITH THE POTENTIAL TRIP OF
THE SPEAKER TO TAIWAN.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WHOEVER
LEAKED THE TRAVEL DETAILS OF
HER TRIP IS SOMEBODY WHO SHOULD
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
I STAND WITH SENATOR SULLIVAN,
I DON’T AGREE WITH SPEAKER
PELOSI ON A LOT OF ISSUES BUT
THE CHINESE COMES PARTY SHOULD
NOT BE DICTATING THE TRAVEL
ITINERARY OF THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE, THE NUMBER 3
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER OF THE
UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY WHEN
WE HAVE A HISTORY WITH TAIWAN,
THEY SHOULD NOT DICTATE HER
TRAVEL LIKE THAT.
I WISH HER A SAFE TRIP AND I
HOPE COOLER HEADS PREVAIL BUT
THIS BELLIGERENT RHETORIC FROM
THE CCP ABOUT THIS, OR
SPOKESMAN CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH
THEM IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE AND
AMERICA NEEDS TO STAND STRONG.
WE ARE THE INDISPENSABLE NATION AND WE NEED TO PRESENT
AND WE NEED TO PRESENT
LEADERSHIP TO THE WORLD.
AISHAH: WHO LEAKED THE
SPEAKER’S PLANS?
>> I DON’T KNOW.
IT HAS THE SAME THEMES AS THE
SUPREME COURT LEAKED, MAYBE
SOMEBODY WAS HOPING TO CHANGE
HER TRAVEL ITINERARY WHEN THEY
SAW THERE WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR
A TOUCHDOWN OR FLYOVER OF
TAIWAN EITHER FOR SYMBOLICAL
POLITICAL MATTERS BUT THESE
TYPES OF LEAKS HAVE GOT TO
STOP.
YOU EVER THE PEOPLE ARE THAT
ARE DOING THIS ARE PUTTING
LIVES IN DANGER AND RISKING THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED
NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED
STATES.
AISHAH: LET’S PIVOT TO THE
ECONOMY AND THE ARE WORD NO ONE
WANTS TO SAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
COME HERE’S WHAT THE PRESIDENT THINKS ABOUT TWO STRAIGHT
THINKS ABOUT TWO STRAIGHT QUARTERS OF NEGATIVE GROWTH.
QUARTERS OF NEGATIVE GROWTH.
>> President Biden: CHAIRMAN
POWELL AND MANY SIGNIFICANT
BANKING PERSONNEL AND
ECONOMISTS SAY WE ARE NOT IN A
RECESSION.
DOESN’T SOUND LIKE A RECESSION
TO BE.
AISHAH: WHY WON’T THE WHITE
HOUSE, RECESSION?
>> FOR OBVIOUS REASONS BUT THEY
DO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HAPPY TO
TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT PEOPLE
ARE SUFFERING BUT ALSO THEY
WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
THEY ARE DOING TO ADDRESS THAT,
GAS PRICES COMING DOWN, A LOT
OF OTHER PRICES COMING DOWN,
THEY JUST PASSED A MAJOR BILL
THAT WILL ADDRESS OUR
MANUFACTURING AND
COMPETITIVENESS FOR DECADES
UNTIL POST BE CHINA ON THE MOST
IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGIES IN THE
WORLD, THINGS ARE HAPPENING BUT
NOT GREAT FOR PEOPLE NOW.
AISHAH: I WENT TO GET TO THE
MANCHIN/SCHUMER DEAL, I’VE GOT
TO ASK WITH $750 BILLION IN TAX
AND SPENDING, THEY CALL IT THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT BUT
DON’T YOU THINK WHEN YOU START
RAISING TAXES ON AMERICANS,
EVEN WEALTHY AMERICANS THAT
HAVE TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECTS?
>> OF GOING INTO RECESSION THE
FIRST THING YOU DO IS RAISE
TAXES.
WE GO AFTER SMALL BUSINESSES,
AND OWNERS AND BUSINESSES COFFERS TO FIND MORE GOODS.
COFFERS TO FIND MORE GOODS.
SPIKING THE FOOTBALL A LITTLE
EARLY, HAPPEN HEARD FROM