CORP. TRY TO TODAY
CARLEY SHIMKUS, KAT TIMPF AND
DAVID OSMOND.
THE HOUSE SPEAKERS IN SINGAPORE
TODAY AND WHILE HER OFFICIAL
ITINERARY DOES NOT INCLUDE
TAIWAN THERE IS WHAT GROWING
SPECULATION THAT SHE WILL VISIT
TAIPEI AS SOONEST TOMORROW.
OF COURSE THAT’S NOT SITTING
WELL WITH BEIJING BECAUSE IT
VIEWS THE INDEPENDENT NATIONS AS
ITS TERRITORY.
CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER TERRY
SPOKESPERSON IS MAKING IT
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THERE WILL BE
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF THAT
VISIT GOES AHEAD SAYING WE WOULD
LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN WARNED THE
UNITED STATES THAT WE ARE FULLY
PREPARED AND SOLEMNLY WAITING TO
BEAR THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION
ARMY WILL NEVER SIT BY IDLY AND
IF NANCY PELOSI INSISTS ON
VISITING TAIWAN -- AS FOR WHAT
MEASURES EXACTLY, WE WILL TAKE
AND SEE IF SHE DARES MAKING THE
VISIT.
YOU KNOW I THINK ABOUT, THIS
DOESN’T HAVE TO HAPPEN IN MY
VIEW.
THIS BE THE FIRST TIME IN 25
YEARS YOU’D HAVE A HOUSE SPEAKER
VISIT, THE BIGGEST VISIT OF
UNITED STATES OFFICIAL GOING
BACK TO 1987.
IT’S AN PORTON IT HAPPENS
BECAUSE A VERBAL COMMITMENT WAS
MADE AND WE MUST SHOW STRENGTH.
>> AND YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF
THE FOREIGN POLICY DEBACLES
WE’VE HAD STARTING WITH THE
AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL WHICH WAS
HORRIBLE AND LED TO THE DEATH OF
U.S. SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN.
THE RUSSIA UKRAINE, WE WERE
TALKING BEFORE THE SHOW, I ASKED
IF TRUMP HAD HAD A SECOND TERM
IF RUSSIA HAD INVADED UKRAINE A
LOT OF PEOPLE THINK HE WOULDN’T.
I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE WITH
THAT, THAT PUTIN WOULD NOT HAVE
INVADED BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID.
WEAKNESS AND MISMANAGEMENT COME
I WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE BORDER
CRISIS IN THOSE FOREIGN DEBTS
WERE TALKING ABOUT FOREIGNERS
COMING IN ILLEGALLY TO THE
COUNTRY.
ALL OF THOSE PROBLEMS HAD TO DO
WITH WEAKNESS AND MISMANAGEMENT.
IF WE GIVE INTO THE DEMANDS AND
THREATS QUITE FRANKLY IN THE CCP
RIGHT NOW, THE COMMUNIST PARTY
IN CHINA, I MEAN IT’S GOING TO
SHOW THEM, IT’S GOING TO GIVE
THEM A CLUE, ANOTHER CLUE ABOUT
OUR WEAKNESS.
GIVE THEM A LITTLE PUSH INTO
TAIWAN IT WOULD BE DISASTROUS IF
WE DID IT NOT ONLY FOR TAIWAN,
WHICH OF COURSE WOULD BE
DEFENSELESS UNLESS THEY HAD HELP
FROM THE UNITED STATES, AS AN
ALLY.
BUT FOR ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS
AROUND THE WORLD, IT WOULD ONCE
AGAIN SEND A SIGNAL OF WEAKNESS
OF THIS ADMINISTRATION AND OF
THE UNITED STATES IN GENERAL.
>> Kayleigh: YOU AND I WERE
SPEAKING BEFORE WE WENT TO AIR
ABOUT ECONOMIC STRENGTH AGAINST
CHINA, WOULD YOU ASSESS THE
STRENGTH OF UNITED STATES AND
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMICALLY?
>> I FIND IT IRONIC THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE
ADMINISTRATION, THEY DON’T WANT
NANCY PELOSI TO GO.
IT’S NOT ON THE OFFICIAL
ITINERARY TO BE CLEAR.
IF SHE DOES GO HE WILL COME OUT
AND TELL HER FRANKLY DON’T DO
IT, IT’S BAD OPTICS WITH FROM
TURN ASIDE AND THAT TO ME IS A
WEAKNESS OF THIS PRESIDENT.
THE ECONOMIC PUNCH IS MUCH MORE
OF A THREAT TO CHINA THAN
ANYTHING WERE GOING TO SUGGEST
IT WILL BE A MILITARY THREAT TO
CHINA.
WHY DO I SAY THAT?
RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A COMPANY,
ALIBABA, IT’S A MULTIBILLION
DOLLAR COMPANY.
IT IS THERE AMAZON IN CHINA.
SO THE SEC IS THREATENING TO D
LIST ALIBABA CUP BECAUSE THEY
WANT -- WHAT IS THAT MATTER?
THIS IS THE POCKETBOOKS OF CHINA
AND XI JINPING THAT YOU’RE ABOUT
TO TAKE A HUGE SWIPE AT AND YOU
CAN DO IT AT THE SEC IT’S DOING
IT, NOT PRESIDENT BIDEN, NOT THE
ADMINISTRATION, NOT NANCY PELOSI
NANCY PELOSI.
TO DAVID’S POINT ABOUT WEAKNESS
I THINK IT’S SO UNFORTUNATE THAT
WE HAVE THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX
IN THIS COUNTRY TO GO AFTER
CHINA, HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS,
MONEY NOT MILITARY, MONEY.
AND HE WON’T DO IT.
HE WON’T STAND UP TO CHINA.
AND AS PRESIDENT TRUMP DO THAT
WITH TARIFFS AND SANCTIONS AND
ALL OF THAT IS OFF THE TABLE AND
NOT EVEN BEING DISCUSSED
PETRARCA MY NANCY PELOSI, GO
AHEAD AND GO TO TAIWAN.
>> IT’S A LANGUAGE THEY CHINESE
UNDERSTAND, FINANCES AND MONEY.
ON A PLAY A SOUND BITE IF
SOMEONE WERE TO TAKE PLACE HERE
IS SHE ANSWERED.
>> OFFICIALS ASSOCIATED WITH
CHINESE BIG MEDIA IS SUGGESTING
THAT SPEAKER PELOSI PLAYING
COULD BE SHOT DOWN DOES THE
PRESIDENT HAVE A RESPONSE TO
THAT?
>> I’VE BEEN ASKED -- I KNOW
YOU’RE ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
THE RHETORIC WE ARE HEARING FROM
CHINA.
BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE
SPEAKERS TRAVEL, SOMETHING THAT
WERE JUST NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO
RIGHT NOW IT’S HYPOTHETICAL.
>> IT WAS A REAL THREAT.
THE ACTION WAS HYPOTHETICAL BUT
I THINK JOHN KIRBY HAD A MUCH
BETTER ANSWER.
THIS NOBODY SAID.
>> AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE
OF THAT.
THERE’S NO REASON FOR THE
CHINESE RHETORIC, THERE IS NO
REASON FOR ANY ACTIONS TO BE
TAKEN.
IT’S NOT UNCOMMON FOR
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO TRAVEL
TO TAIWAN.
WE SHOULDN’T BE INTIMIDATED BY
THAT RHETORIC.
OR THOSE POTENTIAL ACTIONS.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TRIP TO THE
SPEAKER TO BE ON AND WERE GOING
TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO
SUPPORT.
>> THAT SHOULD’VE BEEN THE
MESSAGE FROM THE GET-GO.
APPARENTLY PRESIDENT BIDEN DID
NOT WANT NANCY PELOSI TO TAKE
THIS TRIP THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE ALSO AGAINST IT.
WE PAY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
KEEP THE UNITED STATES THE
NUMBER ONE SUPERPOWER.
IT’S ALWAYS BETTER FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE TO HAVE MORE
INFORMATION RATHER THAN LESS BUT
I HATE THAT THERE IS THIS
REPORTING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
THE NANCY PELOSI MIGHT BE GOING
TO TAIWAN.
IT REMINDS ME WHEN WORK
REPORTING OF THE WEAPONS THE
UNITED STATES MIGHT BE SENDING
TO UKRAINE GIVING RUSSIA THE
CHANCE TO RESPOND AND RETALIATE
WHEN IT COMES TO DUST WE GET
SOME SECRECY HERE?
THERE’S BEEN SO MANY LEAKS IN
THE STORY.
AND THIS IS SERIOUS, HIGH-LEVEL
STUFF.
IF CHINESE OFFICIALS NOW
THREATENING TO SHOOT DOWN
NANCY PELOSI’S PLANE, WHICH
COULD BE A THREAT OF A
DECLARATION OF WAR.
SHE’S NOT A NAVY SEAL, SHE’S AN
82-YEAR-OLD LAWMAKER TRYING TO
DO THE RIGHT THING.
NOW SHE’S BEING PUT IN THIS
IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION.
TOM COTTON SAYS THIS INITIAL
LEAK CAME FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
DIRECTLY TRYING TO DISSUADE
NANCY PELOSI FOR MAKING THIS
TRIP.
IF THAT’S TRUE PRESIDENT BIDEN
NEEDS TO ABSOLUTELY BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS BECAUSE IT
PUTS HER IN THIS HORRIBLE
SITUATION, POSSIBLY PUTS HER IN
DANGER.
IF OUR NANCY PELOSI I’LL BE
ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANT TO HAVE A BIT OF
FLASHBACK CARE.
WERE TALKING ABOUT TAIWAN BACK
IN MAY BECAUSE PRESIDENT BIDEN
MADE THIS MASSIVE CALF COMING TO
THIS MOMENT.
>> ARE YOU WILLING TO GET
INVOLVED MILITARILY TO DEFEND
TAIWAN IF IT COMES TO THAT?
>> YES.
>> YOU ARE?
>> THAT’S A COMMITMENT WE MADE.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF HAD TO
COME OUT AFTER HER AND SAY
DIDN’T MEAN THAT.
TYPICALLY I’M GLAD I’M NOT THE
ONLY ONE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT
WITH THE FACT THAT OF COURSE
NANCY PELOSI IS SOMEONE THAT’S
BEEN SORT OF CONSISTENT ON THIS
KIND OF THING.
IF ANOTHER THOUSAND EIGHT THE
BIG SHE WAS TRYING TO PUSH BACK
AND SAYING WE SHOULD SAY NO TO
THIS WHEN IT COMES TO IN TERMS
OF THE BET.
BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
DOES NOT WANT HER GOING, AS
CHERYL BROUGHT UP THAT SOMETHING
WE ALL KNOW.
EVEN SET AS MUCH LAST WEEK BUT
WHENEVER HE MAKES ANY KIND OF
COMMENT ON ANYTHING, WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN’T REALLY
SEEN IN RECENT HISTORY IN TERMS
OF A PRESIDENT, BILL IKE OKAY IS
THAT REALLY WHAT HE SAID?
DID HE REALLY MEAN WHAT HE SAID?
HE SAYS THINGS AND THEN
EVERYBODY ELSE ACTUALLY MAKES
THE DECISIONS.
IF HE PLAYS THAT UP AGAINST WHAT
HE SAID LAST WEEK NONE OF THESE
THINGS MAKE SENSE TOGETHER.
BY THE WAY CAN I DECIDE THIS IS
NOT A DIFFICULT SITUATION TO TRY
NAVIGATE.
WE’VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION
BEFORE, NEWT GINGRICH MADE THAT
TRIP IN 1997 WAS ON
"FOX & FRIENDS" EARLIER THIS
MORNING AND SAID THAT WHEN HE
ANNOUNCED HE WAS GOING TO GO TO
TAIWAN CHINA ONCE AGAIN FREAKED
OUT AND HIS NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR HAD A CONVERSATION WITH
A CHINESE INVESTOR AND SAID
CHINA DOES NOT GET TO TELL THE
AMERICAN SPEAKER WHERE THEY CAN
TRAVEL, PERIOD.
END OF STORY.
THAT’S WHAT SHOULD’VE HAPPENED
HERE OR NOT THIS NOT THIS
BACK-AND-FORTH AND IS SHE AN
ISSUE NOT GOING TO GO?
>> A GRADE.
IT DOES FEEL THAT WAY LIKE THE
HOUSE SPEAKER IS LEADING CARE.
ESPECIALLY IF SHE DOES GO IN THE
WAY THE PRESIDENT IS NOT.