HOP ON THE PHONE WITH XI ASAP.
>> Dana: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET’S BRING IN MICHAEL WALTZ
REPUBLICAN OF FLORIDA AND
MEMBER OF THE HOUSE ARMED
SERVICES COMMITTEE.
WHAT IS YOUR DAIK?
DO YOU THINK THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE SHOULD GO ON HER TRIP TO
TAIWAN AS PLANNED?
>> I ALWAYS HESITATE TO SAY I
SUPPORT SPEAKER PELOSI IN
ANYTHING BUT ON THIS ONE I
ABSOLUTELY DO.
SHE HAS TO GO.
IF SHE DOESN’T AT THIS POINT
WITH IT NOW OUT PUBLICLY, WHAT
MESSAGE DOES THAT SEND TO THE
TAIWANESE AND WHAT MESSAGE DOES
IT SEND TO THE JAPANESE, SOUTH
KOREANS, AUSTRALIANS AND ALLIES
IN THE REGION?
IF WE AREN’T WILLING TO GO AND
VISIT, ARE WE THEN GOING TO
STAND FOR TAIWAN AND DEFEND
THEM IF XI REALIZES HIS VISION
OF UNIFYING THROUGH MILITARY
MEANS IF POSSIBLE.
SO I THINK IT IS CRITICAL THAT
SHE GOES.
JUST THE PRINCIPLE OF WE DON’T GET DICTATED TO BY THE CHINESE
GET DICTATED TO BY THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY ON WHAT ALLIES
WE VISIT.
>> Dana: DO YOU HAVE ANY REASON
TO BELIEVE SHE WOULD BE IN
DANGER IF SHE GOES TO TAIWAN?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THE WHITE
HOUSE IS LOOKING AT THIS THE
WRONG DIRECTION OR FROM THE
WRONG PERSPECTIVE.
THAT WE’RE ESCALATORY.
IT’S THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY THAT IS ESCALATORY.
I CAN’T IMAGINE THEY WOULD GO
SO FAR AS PUT THE SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE OF THE UNITED STATES
IN DANGER.
>> Dana: THE CHINESE WE KNOW
THEY ARE -- THEY SPY ON OUR
COMPANIES AND TRY TO INFILTRATE
OUR GOVERNMENT.
THERE IS A REPORT FROM THE
SENATE THAT SAYS THAT CHINA
TARGETED THE FEDERAL RESERVE IN
AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE
AMERICANS MONETARY POLICY.
JEROME POWELL SAID WE WOULD BE
CONCERNED WITH ANY SUPPORTIBLE
ALLEGATION OF WRONGDOING
WHATEVER THE SOURCE.
WE’RE DEEPLY TROUBLED AT WHAT
WE BELIEVE TO BE THE REPORT IS
UNFAIR AND UNVERIFIED
INSINUATIONS ABOUT PARTICULAR
INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS.
SETTING THE SECOND PART ASIDE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HIM AND HIS
EMPLOYEES.
THE FACT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
THE CHINESE ARE TRYING TO DO
THIS WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?
>> I GO BACK TO CHRIS WRAY THE
F.B.I. DIRECTOR AND THAT
HISTORIC PRESS CONFERENCE WITH
THE BRITISH HEAD OF
INTELLIGENCE AHEAD OF MI5 THAT
POINTS TO THE FACT THAT THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY HAS
UNLEASHED A TSUNAMI OF
ESPIONAGE AND COLLECTION AND
INFLUENCE ACTIVITIES.
IT IS IN WALL STREET, IT IS IN
HOLLYWOOD.
IT IS IN ACADEMIA.
NOT ONLY THROUGH THE
PROFESSORS, STUDENTS,
ENDOWMENTS.
IT CERTAINLY IN OUR POLITICS
THROUGH A POLICY THEY CALL
ELITE CAPTURE.
THEY WANT TO SECURE AND
MANIPULATE OUR MONEY SUPPLY
THROUGH THE FED BUT OUR -- ALL
OF OUR -- FROM OUR FOOD SUPPLY
TO PHARMACEUTICALS, YOU KNOW,
ALL OF OUR SUPPLY CHAIN BECAUSE
THEY SEEK TO INFLUENCE US
ECONOMICALLY AND WIN AN
ECONOMIC WAR WELL BEFORE THERE
IS ANY TYPE OF MILITARY
CONFLICT.
THIS WILL BE WON ECONOMICALLY
HERE AT HOME WAY BEFORE IT WILL
COME TO ANY KIND OF CONFLICT IN
THE TAIWAN STRAIT.
WE AS A COUNTRY HAVE TO WAKE UP
TO WHAT IS GOING ON FROM BUYING
UP OUR FARMLAND TO INFLUENCING
THE FED TO CONTROLLING ALL OF
THESE THINGS.
>> Dana: I WANTED TO DRILL IN
ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
FARMLAND IS IMPORTANT TO US, TO
OUR FOOD SUPPLY, TO OUR CULTURE
AND TRADITIONS AND HISTORY TO
THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN RURAL
AMERICA.
THE CHINESE ARE BUYING UP
FARMLAND ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
I DIDN’T REALIZE HOW AGGRESSIVE
THEY ARE TRYING TO BE IN THE
UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE
STATE OF FLORIDA.
YOUR TAKE ON THAT.
>> WELL, THEY JUST SO HAPPENED
TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO SOME OF OUR
MOST SENSITIVE MILITARY SIGHTS.
THE BIGGER PIECE, THEY BOUGHT
UP THE NATION’S LARGEST PORK
PROCESSING PLANT.
IT IS A KEY PART OF THEIR
STRATEGY CALLED MADE IN CHINA
2025 TO BE ABLE TO MANIPULATE
KEY PORTIONS OF OUR SUPPLY
CHAINS.
WE HAVE TO BRING THEM BACK HOME.
IF WE CAN’T GET THEM IN THE
UNITED STATES GET THEM TO AN
ALLIED COUNTRY AND YOU WILL SEE
A TREMENDOUS PUSH ON THAT WHEN
THE REPUBLICANS TAKE BACK
CONGRESS IN NOVEMBER.
>> Dana: I KNOW YOU JUST
RETURNED FROM UKRAINE.
YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY.
LOVE TO HAVE YOU BACK AS YOU
CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE TO TRY TO