Xiidra. Not today, dry eye.
>> WE WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT
FUTURE, BRIGHTER FUTURE, ROOTED
IN DECENCY AND DIGNITY, FREEDOM
AND POSSIBILITIES.
FOR GOD’S SAKE, THIS MAN CANNOT
REMAIN IN POWER.
MARIA: THAT WAS PRESIDENT BIDEN
IN POLAND ON SATURDAY WITH
PRESIDENT ANDRES DUDA, MEMBERS
OF THE PARLIAMENT AND NEARLY
1,000 ATTENDEES APPEARING TO
CALL FOR PUTIN TO STEP DOWN.
THE WHITE HOUSE LATER STEPPED
THAT BACK SAYING THE PRESIDENT
WAS NOT CALLING FOR REGIME
CHANGE.
IF JOINING ME NOW IS FLORIDA
CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL WALTZ,
FORMER GREEN BERET COMMANDER AND
AUTHOR OF THE NEW CHILDREN’S
BOOK, "BRAVE."
CONGRESSMAN, THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR BEING HERE.
SHOULD BIDEN BE, IN FACT,
CALLING FOR REGIME CHANGE?
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT’S NOT
WHAT HE MEANT.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU, MARIA, AND VERY
QUICKLY, ALL OF THE PROCEEDS
FROM THE CHILDREN’S BOOK, WHICH
WILL BE ABOUT NATIONAL SERVICE
AND SERVING YOUR COUNTRY,
"BRAVE," WILL GO TO UKRAINE AND
ARE GO IF TO CHARITIES HELPING
UKRAINE.
YOU KNOW, ON BIDEN’S COMMENT,
MARIA, I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH
HIM.
I THINK THIS MURDEROUS ATTACK
WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS PUTIN’S
IN CHARGE, BUT THE CHANGE NEEDS
TO COME FROM INTERNAL TO RUSSIA,
NEEDS TO COME FROM THE RUSSIAN
PEOPLE.
MY PROBLEM WITH THE PRESIDENT
INTIMATING OR IMPLYING THAT THAT
IT’S THE UNITED STATES OR THE
WEST THAT WANTS TO CAUSE REGIME
CHANGE IS TWOFOLD.
ONE, IT FEEDS INTO PUTIN’S
PROPAGANDA MACHINE.
HE HAS LONG SAID THE UNITED
STATES AND NATO AIMS TO TAKE THE
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT OUT AND TO
KEEP RUSSIA WEAK.
I GUARANTEE YOU HE IS PUMPING
THAT PROPAGANDA INTO HIS PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW AND SAYING, SEE, I
TOLD YOU, THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE
TO RALLY AROUND ME.
AND IT COULD ACTUALLY BACKFIRE
TO MAKE PUTIN STRONGER
INTERNALLY.
AND THEN, NUMBER TWO, LOOK,
MARIA, FOR DETERRENCE TO WORK
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF HAS TO BE
CREDIBLE.
IN THE KIND OF FLIP-FLOPPING, HE
SAYS ONE THING AND THEN THE
WHITE HOUSE HAS TO CLEAN IT UP,
DAMAGES HIS CREDIBILITY, AND THE
COMMANDER IN CHIEF HAS TO BE
TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
I DON’T THINK HE’S TAKINGEN
SERIOUSLY -- TAKEN SERIOUSLY
RIGHT NOW.
WHEN YOU’RE ON THE INTERNATIONAL
STAGE, THE ENTIRE WORLD IS
WATCHING, AND YOU MAKE GAFFES
TALKING ABOUT AMERICA’S BOOTS ON
GROUND IN UKRAINE, WHICH HE DID,
AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAD TO CLEAN
ARE IT UP, AND THEN YOU IMPLY
WE’RE PUSHING FOR A REGIME
CHANGE IN MOSCOW, AND THE WHITE
HOUSE HAS TO CLEAN IT UP ON TOP
OF NORD STREAM 2, ON TOP OF SO
MANY OTHER THINGS, IT’S DAMAGING
TO OUR ABILITY TO DETER PUTIN
BECAUSE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF
IS NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
MARIA: WELL, YOU ARE THE FIRST
GREEN BERET ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
TELL ME ABOUT THE TRAINING OF
THE UKRAINIANS BY THE GREEN
BERET COMMANDERS AND OUR HELP IN
TERMS OF THE TRAINING THERE.
HAS IT MADE A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE AS WE WATCH THE
COURAGE ON DISPLAY THERE?
WE HEARD FROM THE KLITSCHKO
BROTHERS EARLIER IN THE SHOW.
>> WELL, IT HAS.
GREEN BERETS HAVE BEEN TRAINING
THE UKRAINIANS SINCE THEY WERE
FIRST INVADED BY RUSSIA, SINCE
2014.
AND I THINK THAT SEVEN, EIGHT
YEARS OF TRAINING, WE’RE SEEING
IT, IT’S PAYING OFF.
WE SPECIALIZE IN URBAN WARFARE,
WE SPECIALIZE IN PARTISAN
RESISTANCE.
MARIA, WE HAVE GREEN BERETS AND
OTHER SPECIAL OPERATORS TRAINING
IN 60-70 COUNTRIES AROUND THE
WORLD AT ANY GIVEN TIME RIGHT
NOW AS WE SPEAK, AND THAT’S WHAT
GREEN BERETS SPECIALIZE IN, IS
HELPING -- IT’S GUERRILLA
WARFARE AND HELPING LOCAL
MILITARIES AND MILITIAS FIGHT
FOR THEIR FREEDOMS.
THAT’S WHY THEIR MOTTO IS TO
FREE THE OPPRESSED.
IT’S WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING FOR
DECADES, AND IT’S PAYING OFF.
MARIA: YOU TOLD ME ABOUT TWO
SPECIFIC SYSTEMS THAT UKRAINE
NEEDS RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO WIN.
LET’S TAKE A BREAK, AND I WANT
YOU TO TELL ME ABOUT THOSE TWO
MILITARY SYSTEMS.
AND THEN WE’LL DISCUSS ENRICHING
IRAN.
COULD THIS BE ONE OF BIDEN’S
MOST DANGEROUS PLANS YET?
MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
I AM BACK WITH CONGRESSMAN
MICHAEL WALTZ.
CONGRESSMAN, IN THE MIDDLE OF
ALL OF THIS, THE UKRAINE AND
RUSSIA, THE WHITE HOUSE IS
CONSIDERING ALLOWING RUSSIA TO
BUY ENRICHED URANIUM, EXCESS
UNIRAIN YUM, FROM IRAN AS PART
OF AN IRAN DEEP.
YOUR REACTION.
>> WELL --
[LAUGHTER]
MARIA, IT’S ONLY BEEN SEVEN
MONTHS SINCE AFGHANISTAN AND
THAT DEBACLE, NOW WE’RE IN THIS,
IN THE WORST CRISIS SINCE WORLD
WAR II IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA,
AND WE’RE ABOUT TO SHOOT
OURSELVES IN THE FOOT AND ENTER
INTO A CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
NUMBER ONE, IF IRAN GETS A BOMB,
SAUDI ARABIA, TURKEY AND THE
REST OF THE MIDDLE EAST WILL
WANT ONE AS WELL.
WE’LL HAVE AN ARMS RACE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
NUMBER TWO, WE’RE ALREADY SEEING
IRAN’S PROXY, THE HOUTHIS OUT OF
YEMEN, ATTACK GLOBAL OIL
SUPPLIES.
THEY JUST LAUNCHED A MISSILE
YESTERDAY INTO A REFINERY IN
SAUDI ARABIA.
SO LITERALLY AS WE’RE ABOUT TO
UNLEASH BILLIONS BY LIFTING
SANCTIONS THAT’LL FLOW INTO
IRAN, IT’S GOING TO FLOW RIGHT
OUT OF TEHRAN, OUT TO ITS
TERRORIST PROXIES THAT ARE THEN
ATTACKING IRAN’S COMPETITORS IN
TERMS OF OIL TO FORCE THE WORLD
TO BUY MORE IRANIAN OIL.
AND THE SECOND PLACE THAT MONEY
IS GOING TO GO WILL BE TO
MOSCOW.
IRAN WILL ONCE AGAIN, JUST AS IT
DID IN 2015-2016 WITH THE FIRST
IRAN DEAL -- GO ON A BUYING
SPREE AND BUY THOSE S-300 AND
S-400 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS THAT
FUTURE ISRAELI OR AMERICAN
PILOTS MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
IT IS GOING TO LIGHT THE REGION
ON FIRE.
THAT’S WHY THE EMIRATES, THE
SAUDIS AND OTHERS WON’T WITH
EVEN RETURN THE PRESIDENT’S
PHONE CALLS RIGHT NOW AND ARE
MOVING CLOSER TO CHINA.
WE’VE GONE FROM MIDDLE EAST
PEACE IF DEALS ON THE WHITE
HOUSE LAWN 18 MONTHS AGO TO NOW
THIS WHERE WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT
SEEN FAWNING ALL OVER THE
IRANIANS.
THERE’S EVEN DISCUSSION, MARIA,
OF COMPARING THE PALESTINIANS
FIGHTING BACK AGAINST ISRAEL AND
THAT ANTI-SEMITIC ARGUMENT, AND
COMPARING THEM TO THE BRAVERY OF
UKRAINIANS.
IT’S JUST, IT’S ALMOST HARD TO
BELIEVE.
MARIA: AND I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN
WATCHING THE SUPPORT THAT CHINA
HAS BEEN GIVING.
WHO WILL REPLACE SOME OF THE
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANIES
THAT PULLED OUT OF RUSSIA?
IT WILL BE CHINA.
>> IT’S GOING TO -- CHINA BANK,
AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE BUYING
UP ALL OF RUSSIA’S CRITICAL
MINERALS AND OIL AND GAS.