Lindsey Graham has a message for President Trump...

[0:00] THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. [0:02] THANK YOU. [0:03] WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US. [0:05] THANK YOU. [0:06] HOW DO YOU INTERPRET THIS? [0:08] I THINK YOU AND I BOTH WOULD [0:10] AGREE ON PAPER THE TOP GEOPOLITICAL [0:12] FOE OF THE U.S. IS CHINA. [0:14] HOWEVER, YOU SEE THIS, YOU SEE [0:16] AMERICA'S BEST AND BRIGHTEST [0:18] BUSINESS MINDS. [0:19] THEY ARE ALL HERE IN BEIJING. [0:21] THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE AT THOSE [0:23] MEETINGS. [0:24] IT SEEMS A LOT OF THIS IS BASED [0:26] ON MUTUAL INTERESTS FINANCIALLY [0:27] ESPECIALLY. [0:28] I THINK HE IS THE RIGHT GUY TO [0:31] DO DEALS. [0:32] HE IS A DEALMAKER. [0:33] I THINK HE WILL COME OUT OF THIS [0:36] SUMMIT WITH A LOT OF BUSINESS [0:38] OPPORTUNITY GETTING INTO CHINA'S [0:40] MARKETS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED. [0:41] THEY COULD BUY A LOT FROM OUR [0:43] AMERICAN FARMER TO HELP THE [0:44] AMERICAN FARMER ECONOMY. [0:45] WE CAN DO THINGS TO HELP THEM. [0:47] THEY CAN DO THINGS TO HELP US. [0:49] WE GOT THE A TEAM FROM AN [0:51] AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW. [0:52] BUT I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT [0:55] HAPPY CHILDREN WHEN I THINK [0:56] ABOUT CHINA. [0:58] THIS IS GOING TO BE JUDGED BY [1:02] ME. [1:03] IF CHINA STILL BUYS 90% OF [1:07] IRANIAN OIL, THEY STILL ARE THE [1:09] NUMBER ONE PURCHASER OF RUSSIAN [1:11] OIL AND GAS. [1:12] WHEN THIS SUMMIT IS OVER AND WE [1:14] DO NOTHING ABOUT IT, WE'LL MAKE [1:16] A BIG MISTAKE. [1:17] IT'S NOT A BIG MISTAKE. [1:18] IT'S NOT A BIG MISTAKE. [1:19] IT'S NOT A BIG MISTAKE. [1:20] IT'S NOT A BIG MISTAKE. [1:21] IT'S NOT A BIG MISTAKE. [1:22] SO HE'S SITTING ACROSS, PRESIDENT [1:23] TRUMP IS TRYING TO BE CHARMING [1:24] AND HE'S A VERY EFFECTIVE MAN. [1:26] CHINA IS PUT ON A HELL OF A [1:27] SHOW. [1:28] BUT I'M GOING TO JUDGE A SUMMIT [1:30] BY WHAT CHINA DOES. [1:31] SHE COULD PICK UP THE PHONE AND [1:33] END THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR. [1:34] HE COULD PICK UP THE PHONE AND END [1:36] THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR. [1:38] HE COULD PICK UP THE IRAN [1:40] CONFLICT IF HE CHOSE TO. [1:42] WITHOUT CHINA BUYING IRAN OIL, [1:44] THEY WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS. [1:46] THE NUMBER ONE PURCHASER OF [1:48] RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS PROPPING UP [1:50] FOOD IS CHINA. [1:51] AND MY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT [1:54] TRUMP IS THAT WE HAVE YOUR BACK. [1:56] AND IF CHINA CONTINUES TO DO [1:58] THIS, WELL, WITHOUT PAYING A [2:00] PRICE FOR DISRUPTING THE WORLD, [2:02] THEN WE'LL HAVE MADE A HUGE [2:04] MISTAKE. [2:05] I'LL DO THE SAME THING FOR [2:07] IRAN DOWN THE ROAD. [2:08] I'LL DO THE SAME THING FOR IRAN [2:10] DOWN THE ROAD. [2:11] THE ONLY THING CHINA RESPECTS IS [2:13] STRENGTH. [2:14] SO WHEN THIS IS OVER, IF THEY'RE [2:16] STILL DOING THE SAME DAMN THING [2:18] WITH IRAN AND RUSSIA AND WE DON'T [2:20] PUNISH CHINA, WE'VE MADE A [2:21] MISTAKE. [2:23] LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT [2:25] ABOUT WHAT WOULD THEIR [2:27] ALTERNATIVE BE, SENATOR? [2:28] IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK MAYBE [2:31] IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE REALLY [2:33] HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF TIME [2:34] TALKING ABOUT. [2:35] I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY [2:37] THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. [2:38] IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. [2:39] IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. [2:40] ABOUT 90% OF THE OIL THEY GET [2:42] FROM IRAN. [2:43] THEY WANT THOSE STRAIGHT OF [2:44] HORMOUZ OPEN. [2:45] IT WAS PRETTY FASCINATING WHEN [2:47] A CHINESE TANKER WAS HIT IN [2:48] THE STRAIGHT OF HORMOUZ. [2:49] THAT WAS SHOCKING. [2:50] MAYBE THE ONE REMAINING ALLY [2:51] AND FRIEND THAT THE IRANIANS [2:53] HAVE AT THIS TIME. [2:54] I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. [2:55] IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. [2:56] IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. [2:57] IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. [2:58] YOU HAVE THIS UNHOLY ALLIANCE. [2:59] YOU HAVE VLADIMIR PUTIN. [3:00] YOU HAVE RUSSIA. [3:01] YOU HAVE IRAN. [3:02] YOU HAVE NORTH KOREA THAT HAVE [3:03] BEEN AN ALLIANCE. [3:04] THE REPORTS, IT WILL NOT BE [3:06] IGNORED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. [3:07] I'M SURE IT WILL COME UP THAT [3:09] THE CHINESE HAVE BEEN ASSISTING [3:10] THE IRANIANS IN THIS CONFLICT. [3:12] BUT I GUESS IS THAT A [3:14] PREREQUISITE TO DOING OTHER [3:15] BUSINESS DEALS IN YOUR MIND? [3:17] NO. [3:18] I THINK YOU HAVE TO DO TWO [3:20] THINGS AT ONCE. [3:21] YOU TRY TO BUILD UP THE [3:23] ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE [3:24] OVER TIME THAT CAN CHANGE [3:25] THINGS. [3:26] WHEN YOU DO BUSINESS WITH [3:27] PEOPLE, YOU TEND TO LOOK AT [3:28] THEM DIFFERENTLY OVER TIME. [3:29] BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM. [3:32] YOU NAME THE ALLIES OF CHINA. [3:35] THEY'RE ALL DIRT BAGS. [3:37] THEY'RE ALIGNED WITH THE WORST [3:39] PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. [3:40] THEY'RE BUYING OIL CHEAPLY FROM [3:42] IRAN. [3:43] KEEPING THEIR WAR MACHINE GOING. [3:45] THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. [3:47] THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. [3:48] THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. [3:49] THE SAME THING WITH RUSSIA. [3:51] IF CHINA STOP BUYING IRANIAN [3:53] OIL OR THREATENED TO DO IT, THE [3:55] WAR IN IRAN WOULD BE OVER. [3:57] ALL I'M ASKING CHINA TO DO IS [3:59] HELP US OPEN UP THE STRAIGHT OF [4:01] HER MOVES. [4:02] HELP US STOP IRAN FROM GETTING A [4:04] NUCLEAR WEAPON BECAUSE I THINK [4:05] THEY WOULD USE IT. [4:06] HELP US END THE BLOOD BATH IN [4:08] RUSSIA OR UKRAINE THAT IS [4:10] HURTING THE WORLD ECONOMY. [4:13] IF YOU HELP US, I WILL BE VERY [4:15] TRYING TO DO IT. [4:16] I WANT YOU TO PROP UP THESE [4:17] REGIMES. [4:18] I WILL DO BUSINESS WITH YOU ON [4:20] MONDAY AND PUT TARIFFS ON YOU ON [4:21] TUESDAY. [4:22] AND THE ONLY THING CHINA [4:24] UNDERSTANDS IS WHAT I JUST SAID. [4:26] XI IS NOT A CRAZY MAN. [4:27] HE'S NOT IRRATIONAL. [4:28] IF HE BELIEVED PRESIDENT TRUMP [4:30] WOULD CRUSH HIS ECONOMY, THE [4:32] CHINESE ECONOMY FOR PROPPING UP [4:34] PUTIN AND IRAN, I THINK HE WOULD [4:35] CHANGE HIS BEHAVIOR. [4:36] YOU DON'T NEED TO THREATEN HIM [4:38] DIRECTLY, BUT YOU NEED TO MAKE IT [4:39] REAL TO HIM. [4:40] SENATOR, WE HAVE A PRINTOUT OF [4:42] WHAT PRESIDENT CHI WAS SAYING TO [4:43] PRESIDENT TRUMP. [4:45] IT WAS NOT INTERPRETED IN REAL [4:46] TIME. [4:47] THIS IS WHAT HE SAID. [4:48] HE SAID, I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED [4:50] THAT THE COMMON INTEREST BETWEEN [4:52] CHINA AND THE U.S. OUTWEIGH THE [4:54] DIFFERENCES. [4:55] HE SAID THAT SUCCESS OF CHINA AND [4:57] THE U.S. IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [4:59] EACH OTHER. [5:00] HE SAID STABILITY OF CHINA-U.S. [5:03] RELATIONS IS A GOOD THING FOR [5:05] THE WORLD. [5:06] HE SAID HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO [5:08] EXCHANGING VIEWS WITH PRESIDENT [5:09] TRUMP ON MAJOR ISSUES. [5:11] HE SAID LET 2026 BE A HISTORIC [5:14] AND LANDMARK YEAR FOR CHINA-U.S. [5:17] RELATIONS TO CARRY ON THE PAST [5:19] AND OPEN UP THE FUTURE. [5:21] NOW, WOULD ONE ALTERNATIVE BE, I [5:24] MEAN, WE ARE A NET EXPORTER OF [5:27] CHINA-U.S. [5:28] IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? [5:31] I MEAN, WE ARE A NET EXPORTER OF [5:33] ENERGY. [5:34] IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? [5:35] EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. [5:36] THAT WE EXPORT TO THEM? [5:38] THEY ARE AN EXPORT COUNTRY. [5:40] THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY ARE 1.4 [5:42] BILLION CHINESE WHO LIVE, A LOT [5:44] OF THEM LIVE IN POVERTY. [5:45] THERE IS NO SOCIAL SECURITY. [5:46] THERE IS NO MEDICARE. [5:48] OUR WORST DAY IS CHINA'S BEST [5:50] DAY. [5:51] THEY PUT ON A HELL OF A SHOW, BUT [5:53] THEIR ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING. [5:55] INNER CHINA, COASTAL ECONOMY IS [5:57] STRONG. [5:58] I WOULDN'T TRY TO TRADE [6:01] PLACES WITH THEM FOR ALL THE [6:03] TEA IN CHINA. [6:04] THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS I WANT A [6:06] GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA. [6:07] BUT IF PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T [6:09] MAKE IT CLEAR TO PRESIDENT CHI [6:11] THAT YOUR BAD ACTIONS REGARDING [6:13] IRAN AND RUSSIA, FUELING [6:14] TERRORISM AND A NEVER-ENDING [6:15] CONFLICT, THEY NEED TO CHANGE. [6:16] AND IF THEY CHANGE, YOU'LL BE [6:18] REWARDED. [6:19] IF THEY DON'T, YOU'LL BE PUNISHED. [6:21] IF WE DON'T COMMUNICATE THAT, [6:22] THEN I THINK WE'LL HAVE FAILED [6:23] QUITE FRANKLY TO ACHIEVE THE [6:25] GOAL OF THIS SUMMIT FOR ME, [6:26] WHICH IS TO GET CHINA TO BE [6:28] MORE NORMAL. [6:29] LOOK, I THINK YOU HIT IT AT THE [6:31] VERY BEGINNING. [6:32] YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE MAN THAT [6:36] IS THE AUTHOR OF THE ART OF THE [6:37] DEAL. [6:38] THE ONE THING PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID [6:40] TO ME ON THE FLIGHT OVER HERE, [6:42] HE SAID EVERYTHING IS ON THE [6:44] TABLE. [6:45] YOU NAME IT, IT WILL BE BROUGHT UP [6:48] IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRIP HERE. [6:50] SENATOR, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU [6:52] BEING WITH US. [6:53] THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. [6:54] THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. [6:55] THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. [6:57] THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. [6:58] THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. [7:00] HE P Aubaben. [7:02] WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR [7:04] TIME, on my webcast. [7:05] CHECK OUT OF YOU. 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