>> Ainsley: CAN YOU READ IT,.
>> Brian: BRIAN DO YOU WANT ME
TO CONTINUE.
THE WHITE HOUSE IN CLEAN-UP MODE
OVER THE REMARK PRESIDENT
EARLIER IN JAPAN.
>> Ainsley: THE WHITE HOUSE
SAYING OUR POLICY HAS NOT
CHANGED.
HE REITERATED OUR ONE CHINA
POLICY AND COMMITMENT TO PEACE
AND STABILITY ACROSS THE TAIWAN
STRAIT AND HE ALSO REITERATED
OUR COMMITMENT UNDER THE TAIWAN
RELATIONS ACT TO PROVIDE TAIWAN
WITH THE MILITARY MEANS TO
DEFEND ITSELF.
>> Will: FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR
NEWT GINGRICH IS THE AUTHOR OF
THE UPCOMING BOOK "DEFEATING BIG
GOVERNMENT SOCIALISM" AND HE
JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING, NEWT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> Will: SO WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF
BOTH PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STATEMENT
WHICH IS THE SECOND TIME HE HAS
BEEN FAIRLY DEFINITIVE ON
WHETHER OR NOT THE UNITED STATES
WOULD DEFEND TAIWAN AND THEN THE
SORT OF PIVOTING BACKTRACKING
TO, I GUESS, A MORE STRATEGIC
AMBIGUITY ON OUR POSITION
BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN?
>>
>> WELL, I MEAN, LOOK, I THOUGHT
WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN DID WAS
EXACTLY RIGHT.
GIVEN THE MESS IN UKRAINE.
AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH I THINK
THE RUSSIANS DID NOT BELIEVE
THAT THE WESTERN WORLD WOULD
COME TO THE DEFENSE OF
UKRAINIANS.
AND NOW THERE IS MUCH BIGGER WAR
WITH WORLDWIDE IMPLICATIONS OF
GLOBAL FAMINE AND JUST ENORMOUS
PROBLEMS.
I THINK HERE HE IS TRYING TO BE
VERY CLEAR.
I CAN’T UNDERSTAND -- I MEAN I
ASSUME HE DOESN’T HAVE ANY
CONTROLLING IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
BECAUSE I CAN’T UNDERSTAND HOW
YOU WALK IT BACK.
I MEAN, THE WORD YES IS
DEFINITIVE AND PROBABLY THE
RIGHT WORD TO MAKE SURE THAT XI
JINPING WHO IS THE DICTATOR AND
HEAD OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
XI JINPING NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND
AN ATTACK ON TAIWAN WOULD LEAD
TO A GENERAL WAR.
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
UNITED STATES DEFEND TAIWAN WHO
WILL BE IN A GENERAL WAR WITH
CHINA.
IT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO
KEEP LOCALIZED.
AND WE ARE EITHER ARE OR WE ARE
NOT.
AND IF YOUR GOAL IS TO CONVINCE
THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS NOT TO
INVADE TAIWAN, WHAT BIDEN DID
INTUITIVELY WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY
GOOD.
SO IT’S A LITTLE STRANGE TO SEE
HIS OWN WHITE HOUSE KIND OF
WALKING HIM BACK.
HE IS THE PRESIDENT.
THEY’RE NOT.
>> Will: REALLY QUICKLY THE
FOLLOW-UP.
IF OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO AVOID
CHINA INVADING TAIWAN AND YOU
ARE RIGHT HE IS CLEAR HERE DO
NOT DO THAT IT WILL LEAD TO
MILITARY ACTION.
WHY HAS OUR POSITION FOR SO LONG BEEN KEEP THEM GUESSING?
BEEN KEEP THEM GUESSING?
WHY HAS OUR DIPLOMATIC
AMBIGUITY.
>> THE CHINESE KNEW I I WAS
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
THE CHINESE KNEW ANY EFFORTS
ACROSS THE STRAITS WOULD
ULTIMATELY HAVE TO INVOLVE
AMERICANS.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR
ABOUT THAT.
THE TAIWAN WILL REMAIN
INDEPENDENT, YOU CAN’T DECLARE
THAT IT’S A FREE COUNTRY BECAUSE
OF THE ONE CHINA AGREEMENT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DEAL WAS
THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS CAN’T
INVADE.
SO BOTH SIDES HAVE TO KEEP THEIR
HALF OF THE BARGAIN AND I THINK
GIVEN THE CONFUSION OVER
UKRAINE, GIVEN A STHEANS BIDEN
IS WEAK.
WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN DID IN
ASIA, I SUSPECT AT THE REQUEST
OF OUR ALLIES, WAS PROBABLY THE
RIGHT THING TO DO.
YOU DON’T WANT AMBIGUITY IN
DEALING WITH BEIJING.
YOU WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND AN
ATTACK ON TAIWAN WILL LEAD TO A
VERY LARGE WAR THAT THEY WILL
LOSE.
>> Ainsley: WHAT IS YOUR
PREDICTION?
DO YOU THINK THEY WILL ATTACK
TAIWAN AND WHAT WOULD BE OUR
RESPONSE.
>> I DON’T.
>> Ainsley: YOU DON’T?
>> LOOK, I THINK -- I’M GUESSING
HERE.
I MEAN XI JINPING IS A VERY,
VERY SMART MAN.
AND I SUSPECT HE IS LOOKING AT
THE MESS THE RUSSIANS ARE NOW
IN.
AND HE IS SAYING TO HIMSELF IF
THE GAP BETWEEN PERFORMANCE AND
PROMISE WHEN YOU HAVE NEVER
TRIED IT BEFORE.
IS THAT BIG, AM I REALLY
CONFIDENT, YOU KNOW, THE NAZIS
COULDN’T CROSS 21 MILES OF THE
ENGLISH CHARGES 160 MILES IN THE
TAIWAN STRAIT.
THAT’S NOT NEARLY AS OBVIOUS
THAT YOU CAN GET ACROSS.
OTHER THINGS THEY CAN DO
FRANKLY.
THEY CAN DECLARE A MISSILE TEST
ZONES.
THEY COULD DECLARE THAT THEY
HAVE NAVAL EXERCISES.
THEY COULD DO A LOT OF THINGS TO
CRIPPLE TAIWAN AND CUT OFF
COMMERCIAL SHIPPING.
THAT WOULD NOT SHOCK ME IF THEY
TRIED THAT GAME AND WE WOULD END
UP HAVING TO ESCORT SHIPS TO GET
INTO TAIWAN.
BUT, I THINK FOR THEM TO
DIRECTLY ATTACK TAIWAN IS A HIGH
RISK AND THE FAILURE OF THE
RUSSIANS TO PERFORM I THINK HAS
MADE IT A HIGHER RISK BECAUSE XI
JINPING DOESN’T KNOW HOW HIS
MILITARY WILL PERFORM THE FIRST
TIME THEY GO INTO COMBAT.
WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA
BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ENGAGED FOR SO LONG IN THE REAL
OPERATIONS THAT WE ARE PRETTY
CONFIDENT AT LEAST FOR THE
MOMENT THAT WE CAN DEFEAT THE
CHINESE THAT WE HAVE.
TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT 10 OR 15
YEARS FROM NOW GIVEN THE
BUREAUCRACY OF THE PENTAGON WE
WILL BE ABLE TO MODERNIZE FAST
ENOUGH, I’M NOT SURE.
>> Brian: CAN YOU IMAGINE IF
DONALD TRUMP MADE TWO TRIPS
OVERSEAS IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS
AND HAD TO BE WALKED BACK FIVE
TIMES?
THEY WOULD SAY THIS BUSINESSMAN
DOESN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
THIS GUY WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE
FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE AT
THE SENATE.
HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 40
YEARS.
AND A BUNCH OF STAFFERS WALKING
HIM BACK.
WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WE DISCUSS
THIS IN THE BREAKS.
WHAT IS THE REAL POLICY?
IS HE MAKING MISTAKES OR DOES HE
HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT’S
WORKING AGAINST HIM?
>> LOOK, I THINK THAT ALL OF HIS
KEY PEOPLE ARE HARD LINE LEFT
WINGERS WHO ARE TERRIFIED OF THE
WORLD.
AND I THINK THAT BIDEN INSTINCTIVELY HERE WAS RIGHT.
INSTINCTIVELY HERE WAS RIGHT.
I BELIEVE AND AS YOU KNOW WROTE
A BOOK TRUMP VS. CHINA AND LAID
OUT THE CHINESE THREAT.
THE CLEARER YOU CAN BE, WE ARE
IN A SITUATION OF STRATEGIC
AMBIGUITY BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT
XI JINPING TO GAMBLE AND TRY TO
TAKE TAIWAN.
I THOUGHT BIDEN WAS RIGHT AND
HIS STAFF IS NUTS.
>> Ainsley: SAID BLINKEN WAS
MOVING AROUND ON HIS CHAIR AND
IMMEDIATELY GOT ON THE PHONE
WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT.
>> Will: THANK YOU.
>> Brian: OF COURSE, PICK UP
THAT BOAT.