THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND LOOK LIKE
THE PEOPLE YOU’RE SPYING ON.
STUART: UNDERSTOOD.
LAAK CAST, THANK YOU.
CHINA LAUNCHED A MILITARY
SATELLITE SATURDAY TO HELP CLEAN
UP SPACE JUNK.
THERE ARE FEARS IT COULD BE A
SPACE WEAPON TO BE USED AGAINST
AMERICAN SATELLITES.
MIKE POMPEO JOINS US, THE FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE.
MR. SECRETARY IS CHINA LAUNCHING
SPACE WEAPONS AND DO WE DO THE
SAME AND ARE WE BEHIND IN THE
SPACE WEAPONS RACE?
>> STUART, GOOD MORNING.
NOT ONLY FORMER SECRETARY OF
STATE.
YOU RECALL I SERVED AS CIA
DIRECTOR FOR A PERIOD AS WELL.
ONE COMMENT QUICKLY.
THE CIA HAS TO FOCUS ON THINGS
THAT MATTER TO AMERICA ON
AMERICAN SECURITY.
TO FOCUS ON THINGS THAT ARE
DISCONNECTED FROM THAT, THINGS
THAT DON’T GET TO MERIT, GET TO
EXCELLENCE, DON’T GET TO
DELIVERING GOOD OUT COMES FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PUT
EVERYONE’S LIFE AT RISK.
WHEN I HEAR DEMOCRATS TALKING
ABOUT DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, ALL
THAT GOOD STUFF, FINE.
WHERE IS THE FOLK BUS ON
UNENDING, UNCEASINGLY MAKING
SURE WE PROTECT AMERICA.
AS FOR CHINA AND SPACE WEAPONS
WE HAVE KNOWN FOR QUITE A PERIOD
OF TIME THAT CHINA WAS
CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ITS SPACE
PROGRAM, THE CAPABILITY TO TAKE
SATELLITES, TO EXECUTE MILITARY
MISSIONS FROM SPACE.
WE’VE BEEN WORKING RIGHT
ALONGSIDE THAT.
WE ARE IN A REASONABLY GOOD
POSITION BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE
ABOUT IT, THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY HAS THE CAPACITY AND
INTENT TO DO REAL HARM, NOT JUST
FROM SPACE, BUT STUART AS YOU
TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AMERICAN
INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH
BUSINESSES THROUGH CYBER.
THERE ARE REAL RISKS THERE.
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WOEFULLY
UNDERESTIMATING THE CAPABILITIES
AND INTENTIONS OF XI XINPING IN
CHINA TODAY.
STUART: LET’S TALK ABOUT CHINA
AND TAIWAN.
SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN WANTS
ALL U.N. STATES TO SUPPORT
TAIWAN’S PARTICIPATION IN THE
UNITED NATIONS.
MY QUESTION IS, WHY NOT MAKE
TAIWAN A FULL MEMBER OF THE
U.N.?
WOULDN’T THAT GIVE THEM SOME
PROFESSION FROM THE CHINESE.
>> IT WOULD, IT ABSOLUTELY
WOULD.
WITH RESPECT TO TAIWAN THE
UNITED STATES WILL HAVE TO LEAD
ON THIS.
WE CAN’T ASK OTHERS TO DO THE
HEAVY LIFTING, STUART.
YOU KNOW THIS FULL WELL.
IN THE END THE UNITED STATES IS
THE PARTY THAT HAS THE
COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE RESOURCES
TAIWAN NEEDS TO DEFEND ITSELF,
IN WRITING, THAT IS THE
AGREEMENT WE SIGNED UP FOR, WHEN
PRESIDENT BIDEN DID LAST WEEK
WHEN HE WAS ON AIR SAVING HE
WOULD HONOR THE COMMITMENT TO
DEFEND TAIWAN, HAD HIS OWN STAFF
CONTRADICT HIM WITHIN HOURS,
THIS IS CONFUSING.
THIS IS CONFUSING TO THE WORLD.
IT IS CONFUSING TO THE WORLD, TO
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
I ASSURE YOU XI XINPING
UNDERSTANDING THIS DEMONSTRATES
THIS ADMINISTRATION DOESN’T HAVE
A REAL POLICY ON TAIWAN.
WE SHOULD DO MORE TALKING ABOUT
WHETHER TAIWAN CAN ENTER INTO AN
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
THAT IS INTERESTING, WE SHOULD
ADVOCATE FOR THAT BUT WE HAVE TO
DO THE REAL HARD WORK, MAKE
CLEAR TO XI XINPING GOING AFTER
TAIWAN IS UNACCEPTABLE THE.
STUART: IT IS UNLIKELY PRESIDENT
BIDEN WILL GO AFTER AND CHASE
DOWN CHINA, STRONGLY REACT TO
THEM.
WHEN HE IS OFF TO GLASCOW AND
WANTS SOME KIND OF A CO2 DROP
FROM CHINA.
HE WANTS THAT FROM CHINA.
HE IS NOT LIKELY TO GO AGAINST
THEM SERIOUSLY AND FORCEFULLY ON
TAIWAN?
>> STUART, THIS GETS TO WHERE I
STARTED.
THIS IS ABOUT PRIORITIES.
MY PRIORITY, PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
PRIORITY WAS PUTTING AMERICA
FIRST.
THINGS LIKE WOKE CULTURE AND
CLIMATE CHANGE WERE NOT AT THE
TOP OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY
AGENDA.
SAVING THE LIVES OF AMERICANS,
MAKING SURE OUR SOLDIERS DIDN’T
HAVE TO FIGHT AND DIE IN
DIFFICULT PLACES, THOSE ARE THE
THINGS AT THE TOP OF OUR AGENDA.
YOU’RE RIGHT.
THEY’RE PREPARED TO TRADE
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SENDING
SECRETARY KERRY ALL AROUND THE
WORLD TO WORK ON THIS, TO
SACRIFICE THE IMPORTANT AMERICAN
SECURITY OBJECTIVES.
OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES AROUND
THE WORLD SEE IT.
A FAKE PROMISE FROM CHINA TO
MAYBE GET RID OF SOME COAL IN
2050, WE’LL GIVE UP AN AWFUL
LOT.
THIS IS DANGEROUS TIME FOR
AMERICA.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL
LEAD THIS PROPERLY.
I HOPE PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL COME
TO SEE THIS.
XI XINPING MAY GRAB OUR
ATTENTION REAL QUICK AND FORCE
US TO RESPOND IN A WAY THAT IS
SERIOUS AND THOUGHTFUL, NOT IN
THE WAY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS
RESPONDED TO CHINA TO DATE.
STUART: THE PRESIDENT IS GOING
TO MEET THE POPE ON FRIDAY.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY THE POPE
REJECTED, REFUSE A MEETING WITH
YOU BACK IN 2020.
HE SAID HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE
USED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.
AM I RIGHT IN SAYING THAT?
>> HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE NEAR
TRUMP.
>> YOU’RE CORRECT ABOUT THAT I
MEET WITH THE POPE ON MY FIRST
VISIT TO ROME.
THE SECOND TIME I HAD MADE CLEAR
THAT I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE THE
VATICAN WAS USING MORAL WITNESS
IN A WAY THAT PROTECTED
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSIDE OF
CHINA.
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY WAS
DENIGRATING NOT ONLY CHRISTIANS
AND MUSLIMS IN THE WITH.
CATHOLICS AS WELL.
THE POPE HAD A DEEP DISAGREEMENT
ON THAT.
SO HE REFUSED TO SEE ME ON MY