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He's 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 2: Alex Marlowe and this is the Alex marlow Show. 12 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: Are very pleased to have Kingsley Wilson on the show. 13 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: She's the Press Secretary for the Department of War. We 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: love setting Department of War here on The marlow Show. Kingsley, 15 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: huge speech from President Trump in Davos is highly aggressive, 16 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: which I loved, and the main subject matter is so 17 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: much was from trade to him touting his accomplishments in 18 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: the first year. But the first thing is Greenland and 19 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: he was really emphasizing the strategic importance of Greenland. 20 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 3: And could you. 21 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: Walk us through from your perspective at the Department of War, 22 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: why Greenland is such an important strategic vantage point for 23 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: the rest of the world, for the Arctic and why 24 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: America needs it. 25 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, so we had the Department of War are really 26 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 4: behind President Trump's push here to focus on the importance 27 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 4: of the Arctic and the importance of Greenland. I think 28 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 4: this department, for decades, you know, spent a lot of 29 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 4: time focused on nation building in the Middle East. We 30 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 4: had twenty years over there, spent a lot of money 31 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 4: on a lot of American treasure. And we want to 32 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 4: make sure that we're forward facing, that we're looking towards 33 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 4: the threats of the future. And that's one thing President 34 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 4: Trump has always done. Even in his first term, if 35 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 4: you remember, a lot of people said that he was 36 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 4: a little you know, perhaps strange for wanting to start 37 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 4: a space force. Turned out that was an incredible decision. 38 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 4: Now space Force is taking off. We are making sure 39 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 4: that we're dominating in the space domain, and I think 40 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 4: the Arctic is really kind of the next major theater. 41 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 4: We've seen a lot of Russian and Chinese activity up there. 42 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 4: Our adversaries are trying to exploit commercial channels, military channels 43 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 4: as well. There's a lot that's happening with ice melting 44 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 4: and different things are opening up. So we need to 45 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 4: make sure that America is strong in the Arctic. It's 46 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 4: just to our north, and we want to make sure 47 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,839 Speaker 4: that our neighbors are strong as well, and I think 48 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 4: the United States's best position to do that. At the 49 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 4: end of the day, Denmark can't afford to defend Greenland. 50 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 4: The United States can. President Trunk recognizes that. He pointed 51 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 4: out that we did it in World War Two when 52 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 4: Denmark was unable to. So it's going to be important 53 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 4: for I think this administration and the Department of War 54 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 4: writ large to refocus on the Arctic and make sure 55 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 4: that our capabilities are top notch up there. 56 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 3: We've got all the. 57 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 4: Ice breaker ships that we need, etc. To make sure 58 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 4: that we can keep the American people safe her from 59 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 4: those threats that we see all across that region. 60 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: Okay, So one thing that's pretty frightening, I think to 61 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: my audience in particular, is hearing about Chinese ships, Chinese 62 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: developments in the region, in China asserting itself as an 63 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: Arctic power. No one would have thought of China as 64 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: an Arctic power until about twenty minutes ago, and now 65 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: it feels like, well, maybe they're the biggest Arctic power. 66 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: Could you break this down for us? 67 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 4: Absolutely? And I think there are concerns. President Trump highlighted 68 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 4: this as well with the Canadians welcoming the Chinese. We 69 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 4: saw Mike Carney just recently talking about his great relationship 70 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 4: with China, welcoming them into Canada. So we want to 71 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 4: make sure too that the country to our north is 72 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 4: not in bed with the Chinese Communist Party. There are 73 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 4: real threats that we are going to face when it 74 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 4: comes to the Arctic. There are a lot of resources there, 75 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 4: particularly that the Chinese would like to exploit, and we 76 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 4: need to make sure that the Western hemisphere from top 77 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 4: to bottom, is secure. President Trump ran on that, and 78 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 4: we at the Department of War have been really focused 79 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 4: on securing the Western Hemisphere, namely the Caribbean, and the 80 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 4: Arctic is going to continue to be a priority for 81 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 4: us going forward. So we're very excited that President Trump 82 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 4: is putting the focus back on this important region and 83 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 4: we're getting up to speed on all of the capabilities 84 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 4: that we're gonna need. And I would also add that 85 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 4: when the President's over there at Davos talking about Greenland, 86 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 4: he's speaking from a position of strength because the Department 87 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 4: of War has refocused on the warrior ethos. We've gotten 88 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 4: the ideology in the woke garbage out of the military, 89 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 4: and we're focusing on lethality again and on the heels 90 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 4: of the what I think is one of the most 91 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 4: impressive special operations raids in US history, the raid to 92 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 4: capture Maduro. President Trump is speaking from a position of strength, 93 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 4: and everyone around the world knows that he means business 94 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 4: and is going to act if necessary to protect America 95 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 4: and her interests. 96 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: Let's expand on that with the warrior ethos coming back. 97 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: I think this is really important, and I think it's 98 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: something that's just going to resonate with a lot of 99 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: young men in particular, but some women too, but mostly 100 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: young men who might be inclined to enlist serve our 101 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: country but maybe not under a week president and week generals. 102 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: This is so essential to protecting our country. And when 103 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: you have a secretary who actually can do the pt 104 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: with the troops is coming in after Lloyd Austin with 105 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: his face shield, It's a pretty stark contrast for me. 106 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: But I just want you to elaborate on how the 107 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,799 Speaker 1: recruiting is going and what you think of the hallmarks 108 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: and how to make sure we have the best warriors. 109 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 4: Well, you're absolutely correct that Lloyd Austin could never do 110 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 4: the workouts that Secretary had seth is signing up to do, 111 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 4: and he loves getting out there with the troops, getting 112 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 4: to interface with them one on one. He was most 113 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 4: recently at UCLA with some Ratzia cadets. So it's a 114 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,559 Speaker 4: great way for us to stay connected to the people 115 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 4: that matter most, because at the end of the day, 116 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 4: we don't sit here working for DC special interests, or 117 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 4: for the defense companies or for defense lobbyists. We're working 118 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 4: for the warfighter every single day and that has really 119 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 4: been our driving mission since day one, and since day one, 120 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 4: a huge part of that mission has been making life 121 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 4: better for our warfighters. They don't want to have to 122 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 4: worry about pronouns in their bios or email signatures, drag 123 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 4: queen story times on Navy ships, ridiculous things like that. 124 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 4: They signed up to serve to be lethal warfighters. That 125 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 4: is what they want to do, and we're letting them 126 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 4: do their jobs and get back to the business of 127 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 4: war fighting. And it's a huge reason you're seeing such 128 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 4: skyrocketing recruitment across the country. We're breaking records. We've got 129 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 4: the best recruitment in fifteen years, and that is largely 130 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 4: because of this reinvigorated warrior ethos. And it's also because 131 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 4: President Trump and Secretary Hegseth are peace through strength leaders. Right, 132 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 4: we're not again apologizing for different things. We're not apologizing 133 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,679 Speaker 4: for being America for being strong. 134 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 3: We're getting after it. 135 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 4: We're making sure that we have the best capabilities, the 136 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 4: best warfighters who are fit, not fat. We're bringing back standards, 137 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 4: we're bringing back merit, and that's something young people want 138 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 4: to sign up to be a part of. They want 139 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 4: to be a part of something greater than themselves. They 140 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 4: want to serve their country and be called to a 141 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 4: higher standard. So we're so excited to see how it 142 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 4: is reacting with young people across the nation. 143 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 3: We only think it's going to continue. 144 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: Do you have any numbers on the recruiting that you 145 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: could share with us on how it's going. 146 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 4: Absolutely, yeah, So best in fifteen years across the board 147 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,559 Speaker 4: for all of our services, which is just fantastic, because 148 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 4: if you recall, under Joe Biden, we had a recruiting crisis. 149 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 4: We heard about it all the time. No one wanted 150 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 4: to sign up. People were racking their brains trying to 151 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 4: figure out how they could reach out to young people. 152 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 4: Turns out all we needed was President Trump and Secretary 153 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 4: heg Seth. Similarly, every single one of our services hit 154 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 4: their recruiting goals three or four months ahead of schedule. 155 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 4: We've never seen anything like that. It's absolutely incredible, and 156 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 4: that was just in our first year in office. We've 157 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 4: recently hit the one year mark, and all indicators show 158 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 4: that that is only going to continue. So we're so 159 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 4: excited to be welcoming these patriotic Americans into our fighting 160 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 4: force and giving them the opportunity to be lethal war 161 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 4: fighters just like. 162 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 3: They want to. Right. 163 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,119 Speaker 1: So that's great news, and that's great news for everyone. 164 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: It should be objectively great news, regardless of your political stripes. 165 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: You're talking about getting woke out of the military. This 166 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: is something that is really top of mind for I 167 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,839 Speaker 1: think a lot of people who are just casual observers 168 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: of what's going on at the Department of War, and 169 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 1: I just want to get some specifics on what you 170 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: guys are doing to make sure that this is not 171 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: a woke places in meritocracy. 172 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 4: One percent, So I think merit based performance indicators has 173 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 4: been a huge part of this. Previously, under the last administration, 174 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 4: you could be promoted simply because of your sex or 175 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 4: simply because of your race. 176 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 3: That's wrong. 177 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 4: The best people should be the ones that are being promoted. 178 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:03,439 Speaker 4: We want the most lethal warfighters in leadership positions across 179 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 4: this department. And our warriors want to know too that 180 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 4: their commanding officer got there because they were the best 181 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 4: person for the job, not because they checked a dei quota. 182 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 4: So we're getting rid of all of that kind of 183 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 4: stuff when it comes to military promotions and personnel, and 184 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 4: that has been a huge culture shift. We're also looking 185 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 4: at things like contracting and our business operations. We recently 186 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 4: announced that we are going to be looking into and 187 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 4: cutting all of our eight A programs. 188 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 3: Now. 189 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 4: Eight A is a special small business association program that 190 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 4: gives disadvantaged socially disadvantaged groups preferential treatment when it comes 191 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 4: to contracts. We're getting rid of all of that stuff. 192 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 4: If you're a company that's doing well, you're cutting edge, 193 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 4: you're innovating, we want to. 194 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 3: Work with you. 195 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 4: We don't care if you're minority owned if you're women owned. 196 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 4: We just want the best equipment for our warfighters. So 197 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 4: across the board, whether it comes to our actual warriors 198 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 4: and the standards they're being held to or the equipment 199 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 4: that's in their hands, We're making sure that the wokeness 200 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,599 Speaker 4: is out and the merit is back to the forefront, 201 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 4: and that is going to be something that makes us 202 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 4: more lethal going forward. 203 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: I've got one maybe exception to this that perhaps you 204 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: get entertain I want to get your thoughts on this. 205 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,839 Speaker 1: Are we making sure that mission critical software and electronics 206 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: is being built by Americans and American companies and not 207 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: foreign workers or companies are owned by foreign entities. 208 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 4: One hundred percent? And that's a great question. President Trump 209 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 4: has been really focused on American made and we are 210 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 4: too at the Department of War. We want to make 211 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 4: sure that everything we're doing is reinvesting in our domestic 212 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 4: defense industrial base. 213 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 3: So Secretary Hegseth just. 214 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 4: This month launched what he is calling the Arsenal of 215 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 4: Freedom Tour, and he is going to US companies across 216 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 4: the country, visiting different factories and manufacturing plants who are 217 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 4: creating equipment for our warfighters. 218 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 3: And a lot we're. 219 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 4: Trying to accomplish with this trip right. Number one, we 220 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 4: want to make sure that we're investing in American jobs 221 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 4: and American companies, but we also want to make sure 222 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:13,479 Speaker 4: that these American companies are delivering. President Trump has particularly 223 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 4: called out a lot of the legacy prime defense contractors 224 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 4: who have failed to deliver on timeline and on budget. 225 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 4: We are going to make sure that we whip those 226 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 4: guys into shape, and then we continue to make sure 227 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 4: American manufacturing might is at the forefront of our arsenal 228 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 4: of freedom. 229 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: Well, let's talk budget. So the budget for the military 230 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: is going to be increased to one point five trillion 231 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:39,559 Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven. President Trump wants to build a dream military. 232 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: Where are the new expenditures going towards. 233 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 4: So we're very excited about this one point five trillion 234 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,559 Speaker 4: dollar budget. It's historic and it's going to allow us 235 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 4: to rebuild our military. We see our adversaries like China, 236 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 4: as we've talked about, really building up their arsenal. They're 237 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 4: building ships very rapidly. They're all over the Arctic as 238 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 4: we talked about earlier, and we want to make sure 239 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 4: that we're able to compete and that we can maintain 240 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 4: our dominant edge that we currently. 241 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 3: Have over all of our adversaries. 242 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 4: So a huge part of that is going to be 243 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 4: an increased budget, and that's going to allow us to 244 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 4: do more. When we think about the threats that we face, 245 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 4: we need to have incredible weapons systems at the ready. 246 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 4: So Golden Dome comes to mind. That's something that the 247 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 4: President announced early on in his administration that the Department 248 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 4: is working on every single day and we'll deliver on 249 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 4: to make sure that the American people are kept safe 250 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 4: and the homeland is secure. The battleships also come to mind. 251 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 4: That's something President Trump recently announced. We've had a big 252 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 4: push to reinvigorate shipbuilding across the Department and. 253 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: The This is on my list, So I just want 254 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: to be in on this because absolutely I want to 255 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 1: hear about the shipbuilding. Yeah, it came up in his 256 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: NATO speech too as well that we had some ship's mothballed. 257 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: I think he said so, but please give us the details. 258 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely so. 259 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 4: President Trump has been right to point out that during 260 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 4: World War Two, we were creating a ship every single day. 261 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 3: Now that has slowed, and under. 262 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 4: The Biden administration, a lot of our shipbuilding really kind 263 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 4: of staggered behind schedule, and a lot of it has 264 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 4: been over budget. 265 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 3: That's unacceptable. 266 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 4: We need to make sure that we are building ships, 267 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 4: that we have a strong navy that is capable to 268 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 4: deter any threat. As I mentioned, China is aggressively shipbuilding 269 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 4: and we are increasingly looking towards the Indo Pacific as 270 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 4: an emerging threat feeder. So we want to make sure 271 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 4: that we have the best Navy equipment possible at the 272 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 4: Department of War, and the battleships are going to be 273 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 4: a huge part of that. President Trump recently announced the 274 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 4: Trump Battleship Class. We're going to bring back those wonderful, 275 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 4: huge vessels and make sure that our war fighters that 276 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 4: are serving in the Navy have everything they need to 277 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 4: combat any adversary anywhere, anytime. 278 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 3: And I think you've seen the success and. 279 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 4: Importance of the Navy, in particular in the Caribbean. We've 280 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 4: got a lot of our Navy assets down there. The 281 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 4: gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group is currently down there, been 282 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 4: deployed there for a while, and that has allowed us 283 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 4: to go after these narco terror boats, to do maritime 284 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 4: interdiction operations and to it serves as a launch pad 285 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 4: for us too if we are going to ever conduct 286 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 4: a special operations mission like the Maduro Raids. So the 287 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 4: Navy is an incredibly important asset that we need to 288 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 4: make sure is well invested in. And President Trump understands that, 289 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 4: and we're very excited to start building more big, beautiful ships. 290 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: Preserve Gold helps you add gold and silver to your 291 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: portfolio even inside your IRA or four one K right now, 292 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: get their free well Protection guide by texting Alex to 293 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: five zero five zero five. Plus with a qualified purchase, 294 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: you could receive up to fifteen thousand dollars in free 295 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: gold or silver. Make the move today, Text Alex to 296 00:14:56,640 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: five zero five zero five. So you guys inherited a 297 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: bureaucratic mess at the Pentagon. The Pentagon announced that it 298 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: failed Danuel Atta for the eighth year in a row. 299 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: Could you give us an update on what's going on 300 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: here and what's being done to ensure that all this 301 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: extra money that we're going to be pouring into the 302 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: Pentagon that it's going where it needs to go. 303 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 4: You're absolutely correct in that we inherited a bureaucratic nightmare 304 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 4: when our doge folks got into the building and started 305 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 4: looking into some of these contracts. There were millions of 306 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 4: dollars going out of the building to companies that had 307 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 4: no name, that had no deliverables. We couldn't even tell 308 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 4: what the money was being used for. 309 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 3: It was totally ridiculous. 310 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 4: This is American tax payer dollars, right, and it is 311 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 4: money that we should be using for our warfighters to 312 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 4: give them everything they need, not to you know, pad 313 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 4: the wallets of defense lobbyists or huge defense companies, or 314 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 4: companies that we don't even know what they're delivering, if 315 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 4: anything at all. So it's been a lot of cleanup 316 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 4: since we got in the building and those efforts will 317 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 4: of course continue. 318 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 3: And Secretary hag Seth when. 319 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 4: He was sworn in, promised that this department would pass 320 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 4: an audit in four years time. So we're working very diligently, 321 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 4: very hard to make sure that we're able to meet 322 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 4: that promise and by a year for in this Department 323 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 4: of War, we will pass an audit. So the work 324 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 4: has been ongoing between our doze teams. We've got a 325 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 4: fantastic Deputy Secretary of War to named Steve Feinberg, brilliant businessman, 326 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 4: and he has really kind of taken the helm of 327 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 4: a lot of this important work to make sure that 328 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 4: we're cutting costs, that we're cutting duplicative efforts, and that 329 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 4: we're making good use of taxpayer dollars and being good 330 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 4: stores of it. So that's going to continue to be 331 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 4: a priority for us going forward. 332 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 3: Especially with this big budget. 333 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 4: The American people want to know this money is being 334 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 4: well spent, and under the Secretary, I can assure you 335 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 4: it will be. 336 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: So the administration has been really tough on defense contractors. 337 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: The Treasury Secretary of Davos was saying that they failed 338 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: in their patriotic duty by not the way delivering the 339 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 1: weapons on time that they promised and instead buying too 340 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 1: many stocks back. So I think his quote directly was 341 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: build more factories and buy back less stock. But there's 342 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: not that many of these contracts, and this is tough 343 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 1: for people in my audience who wants very strong defense. 344 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: Once Amir kind have the best defense in the world, 345 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: but knows we're getting rolled by some of these defense contractors. 346 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,119 Speaker 1: And there is this revolving door between the former Department 347 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 1: of Defense and some of these contractors. So how do 348 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: we unwind this web? Because it's very expensive and if 349 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: we're not getting the most elite uh the most elite weapons, 350 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: then it's not worth. 351 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 3: It one percent. 352 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 4: And a big thing that we're doing to ensure that 353 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 4: we're not stuck with companies that aren't delivering on time 354 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 4: or on budget is engaging with new companies and making 355 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 4: competition the important focal point of what we do acquisitions wise. 356 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 4: Under the Obama administration, SpaceX and Palenteer actually had to 357 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 4: sue the Department just to be able to compete for 358 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 4: a contract. 359 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 3: That's ridiculous. 360 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 4: If there are small emerging companies out there that want 361 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 4: to work with the Department of War, they shouldn't be 362 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 4: shut out from the competition for contracts. They should be 363 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 4: able to compete just like everybody else. We shouldn't be 364 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 4: stuck with legacy primes just because that's who we've always 365 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 4: worked with. So a huge push for this department and 366 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 4: this Secretary and a lot of the factories that we've 367 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 4: been visiting on that Arsenal Freedom Tour have been in 368 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:32,959 Speaker 4: lockstep with this is visiting smaller companies, visiting places that 369 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 4: might have cutting edge technology that no one else has. 370 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 4: So that's going to be a priority for us going 371 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 4: forward and We're going to be working with those legacy 372 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 4: contracting companies that we have worked with for a while 373 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 4: to make sure that the contracts make sense, to make 374 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,959 Speaker 4: sure that they're meeting their deliverables on time, and if 375 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 4: they're not, their contracts may be cut. The President has 376 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 4: been very very clear about this. The way these companies 377 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 4: are acting is totally un a acceptable. They're almost acting 378 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 4: as if they're monopolies, yet their government funded in a 379 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 4: way at the same time because they exclusively are getting 380 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 4: government contracts. So competition, free market economics are coming back 381 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 4: into the forefront when we think about acquisitions, and that 382 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 4: is something that this department is proud to be a 383 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 4: part of. And you even look at Ukraine and places 384 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 4: that are currently undergoing wars, A lot of the innovation 385 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 4: that's happening is three D printing small drones that are 386 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,959 Speaker 4: being produced at scale. That's the kind of warfighting that 387 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 4: we need to think about as we go towards the future. 388 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 4: It might not always be the huge plane, it might 389 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 4: be a smaller drone. So being able to do that 390 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 4: small stuff quickly and well is going to be important 391 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 4: for this department as well. 392 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, very good. Is there any way to increase that 393 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: quickly and speed that up, because that just sounds so 394 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 1: appealing to me. I know my audience is going to 395 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 1: love that. How do we ensure that that's happening fast? 396 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 4: Absolutely, yeah, We're getting after it. Can definitely assure you 397 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 4: of that. We recently named our new CTO, Emil Michael. 398 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 4: He was previously the CEO over at UBER and he 399 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 4: is really focused on AI and drones in particular, and 400 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,199 Speaker 4: I think AI is going to be one of the 401 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 4: ways in which we can really quickly get this equipment 402 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 4: into the hands of our warfighters. We talked a little 403 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 4: bit about the battleships earlier. A lot of the design 404 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 4: of those battleships and the building of those battleships is 405 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 4: going to use AI modeling and AI to speed up 406 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 4: that process. So we're going to make sure that the 407 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 4: best technology is being utilized by this department at every 408 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 4: single step, because again, our adversaries, you know, they're not 409 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 4: going to wait for us to have the equipment we need. 410 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 4: They could strike in a moment's notice. And the American 411 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 4: people need to know that we have the best equipment. 412 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 4: And President Trump has thankfully really really focused this military 413 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 4: on that and will deliver. 414 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 1: Okay, So I want to go back to Davos a 415 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: little bit. And one thing that the President has done, 416 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: which I've been getting kick out of this I'm reporting 417 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: this to my audience, is that he has does a 418 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: lot of trash talk of the other NATO nations not 419 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: pulling their weight, and some of them have announced that 420 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 1: they're going to reinviigrate their military. They're going to contribute 421 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: more of their fear share that what they had committed previously. 422 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: And they're acting like this is some sort of a 423 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: dunk on the president, but I think it's doing exactly 424 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 1: what he wanted. I think he's kind of out smart 425 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 1: them on this. But you're you're in this every day. 426 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: Can you give am I on to something here. 427 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 4: One hundred percent? You're onto something. And President Trump talked 428 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 4: about this a little bit in his speech yesterday. NATO 429 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 4: was totally dead before he came into office, and that's 430 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 4: absolutely true. I think we saw this fake new World 431 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 4: order that was committed to these ideals and talked tough, 432 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 4: but there was nothing to back it up. 433 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,120 Speaker 3: All that would have backed it up was. 434 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 4: The United States government and United States money. And it 435 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 4: is in Europe's interest that they spend more on their 436 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,199 Speaker 4: own defense. Right, this is their backyard. They should be 437 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 4: leading at the forefront in terms of security for themselves. 438 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 4: President Trump has been right to point that out and 439 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 4: to get them to spend more. People thought that they 440 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 4: could never hit five percent. That was not a possibility. 441 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 4: We heard that from defense experts and national security experts 442 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 4: for years. President Trump was able to get it done. 443 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 4: And it is in the best interests of not only 444 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 4: US taxpayers, but European taxpayers as well, because at the 445 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 4: end of the day, they can't fre ride on American taxpayers. 446 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 4: They need to be strong and they need to be 447 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 4: facing the threats that they face simple as well as US. 448 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 3: And that's going to continue to. 449 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 4: Be something that we focus on going forward. And we're 450 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 4: very encouraged to see our NATO allies stepping up. Of course, 451 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 4: we always think there's more that can be done. We're 452 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 4: never satisfied, as the President often says, but we'll continue 453 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,719 Speaker 4: to make sure that these countries are meeting the defense 454 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 4: requirements that the President has set for them, and we 455 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 4: will continue to engage with them to ensure that that happens. 456 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 3: Okay, So this. 457 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 1: Is a positive development. We want to see this happen. 458 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 1: We want to see these countries start investing. But one 459 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: of the main things here is still the looming threat 460 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 1: of China everywhere. And we have a colleague here by 461 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: Bart Peter Schweizer. He's got a new book out called 462 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: The Invisible Coup, and one of the things that he 463 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 1: points out is that there are thousands of Chinese pilots 464 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: that are being trained every year in California and Arizona, 465 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: and this is strengthening the CCP's military power. Were you 466 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 1: aware of this story and this is this something that 467 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: you guys are looking into at this. 468 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 4: Point, we are absolutely tracking all of the sort of 469 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 4: activity that is being done by the Chinese Communist Party 470 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 4: across the United States. 471 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 3: And across the world. 472 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 4: It is a threat that the United States, now thanks 473 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 4: to President Trump, really understands. Remember we had Beijing Biden 474 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 4: in the previous administration. Now we have got President Trump 475 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 4: who is clear eyed to that threat, and we are 476 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 4: going to make sure that we are taking care of 477 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 4: our homeland, that it's secure from those sorts of threats 478 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 4: and in our hemisphere as well. I think that's been 479 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 4: a real priority for this president and this secretary. We've 480 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 4: seen the Chinese all over the Western hemisphere, all over 481 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 4: the Panama Canal. And that is why the Panama Canal 482 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 4: has been such a security priority for this president and 483 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 4: this secretary. And we will continue to make sure that 484 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 4: the entire department is focused on that threat and where 485 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 4: we can root it out, we absolutely will, and we 486 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 4: will protect the American people and our hemisphere. 487 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 3: From those threats. 488 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: Across the US, at least sixteen flight schools Peter Wright's 489 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 1: operating out of taxpayer funded airports, are training Chinese cadets, 490 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: sometimes without disclosing their foreign military ties. They do so 491 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: by sending future military pilots to the United States posing 492 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: as civilians. It just feels like something that we got 493 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: to crack down on right away. 494 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 4: Absolutely, and you're exactly correct, that kind of behavior is unacceptable, 495 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 4: and we of course work in concert with our interagency partners, 496 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 4: whether it's the FBI or the Department of Homeland Security 497 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 4: to make sure that if we uncover any of that activity, 498 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 4: we refer it quickly to law enforcement authorities that can 499 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 4: act on it. 500 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, it feels really essential here that we get this 501 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: one under control. I think this will really help restore 502 00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: some faith, all right, I got to talk about this. 503 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 1: One can resist your boss. The Secretary of War has 504 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: going up against Senator Kelly, one of our favorite villains 505 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: in the Bright Biright news room. War Departments initiated the 506 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: retirement gray determination proceedings in response to his seditious statements. 507 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: That's Pete Heegs has quote there and a pattern of 508 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: reckless misconduct that I couldn't agree more from your assessment, 509 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 1: what did the senator do and what do you think 510 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 1: are the appropriate repercussions. Candles were lit on Bondai Beach 511 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: by families, by children, by people of faith to celebrate 512 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: a festival of Light, a festival from Bible Times, one 513 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: that Jesus himself celebrated, but instead of light, there was darkness, violence, fear, 514 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: hatred showing itself at a time meant for prayer and rejoicing. 515 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 1: Times like this remind us that even with the ceasefire 516 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: in Israel, Jewish people are being targeted simply because of 517 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: their faith, and times like this remind us why the 518 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: International Fellowship of Christians and Jews exists to stand in 519 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 1: the gap, providing safety and security to God's people. The 520 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,439 Speaker 1: Fellowship brings together Christians and Jews to be alike to 521 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: suffering Jews in Israel, the former Soviet Union, or wherever 522 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: the needs are greatest. Your gift today will provide the 523 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: security that God's people so desperately need. Visit URGENTIFCJ dot org, 524 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: that's one word urgent, IFCJ dot org, or call now 525 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,880 Speaker 1: at eight six six three three eight IFCJ that's eight 526 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: sixty six three three eight four three two five. 527 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 4: So I think the Secretary has been very rightly clear 528 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 4: about all of this behavior. It is incredibly dangerous when 529 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 4: elected officials who are in positions of power encourage service 530 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 4: members to disobey lawful orders. That disrupts the chain of command, 531 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 4: and it inserts chaos into the chain of command, and 532 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 4: it creates a military force that is not cohesive and 533 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 4: not able to function as a team. Mark Kelly knows 534 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 4: exactly what he is doing when he is trying to 535 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 4: so doubt into our armed forces, and we will not 536 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 4: allow it. That's why the Secretary has been very very 537 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 4: clear and initiated this review of his retirement rank and pay. 538 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 4: We want to make sure that if anyone is receiving 539 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,439 Speaker 4: Department of War benefits as a retired military officer, that 540 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 4: they are held to the same standards that every other 541 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 4: retired military officer is held to that they're not violating 542 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 4: the UCMJ. Being a US senator does not protect you 543 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 4: from the UCMJ and from acts that are frankly disgusting 544 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 4: and traitorous. So it is important that the Department is 545 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,479 Speaker 4: undertaking this review. We will keep everybody posted about it. 546 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 4: But I can definitely say with absolute confidence that Secretary 547 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 4: Hegseth is not going to accept this kind of behavior 548 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 4: that sw's division and chaos in our armed forces. Every 549 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 4: single action that this president is doing is one hundred 550 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 4: percent lawful, and it is reviewed by military lawyers up 551 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,360 Speaker 4: and down the chain of command. So there's no question 552 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 4: that what we're doing to keep the American people safe 553 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 4: is lawful. And it's shameful when people like Mark Kelly 554 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 4: tried to call that into question and confuse our incredible 555 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 4: warriors to put their lives on the line every single 556 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 4: day to keep the American people safe. 557 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. I can't believe that they put out that video, 558 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: and there's others involved as well, and I just don't 559 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 1: I just if the shoe was on the other foot. 560 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: Can we imagine if this was a let's say Barack 561 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 1: Obama presidency and people like me and you and people 562 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,239 Speaker 1: like Republican senators are coming out and saying you can 563 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: disobey military orders. It would be just NonStop feeding friends 564 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 1: in the media. 565 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely ridiculous. They would be telling us it's a 566 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 4: full blown insurrection. 567 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: That's right. Would be traders be called traders one percent. 568 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 4: So we've been very clear eyed about what's happening here, 569 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 4: and Mark Kelly's behavior is completely unacceptable and accountability is coming. 570 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: So one thing I'm curious about is a national Guard 571 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: hasn't been nationalized since nineteen ninety two. Guardsmen are being 572 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: asked to perform roles that they haven't had to do 573 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: often in major cities right now, and they've been asked 574 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: to step up and do more. And how is the 575 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,479 Speaker 1: way that the president has deployed our National Guard being 576 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: handled within the Guard, especially after the Afghanistan national shot 577 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: the two of them. 578 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, so our National guardsmen are incredible, and they have 579 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 4: been all across this country, whether it's cities like Los 580 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 4: Angeles or DC where they still are now securing the 581 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 4: cities and standing alongside federal law enforcement to ensure that 582 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 4: these cities are safe and beautiful. We want great American 583 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 4: cities and we used to have that, but unfortunately, because 584 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 4: of a lot of left wing governors who have just 585 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 4: turned a blind eye to criminal activity, these cities in 586 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 4: many senses, are under siege. So President Trump has asked 587 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 4: the Department of War to stand alongside law enforcement, local 588 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 4: and federal to make sure that these cities are cleaned up. 589 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 4: And our guardsmen are proud to do that. As you mentioned, 590 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,719 Speaker 4: this isn't the first time that this has happened. Throughout 591 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 4: US history, National Guard guardsmen have been deployed to various 592 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 4: cities to restore order. They've worked alongside federal law enforcement 593 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 4: to do just that. So this is something that our 594 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 4: guardsmen are trained in. A lot of them are military 595 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 4: police as well, so they've got training to equip them 596 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 4: for these sorts of scenarios, whether it's crowd control or 597 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 4: securing a building while a federal operation is ongoing. And 598 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 4: they're proud to be a part of that effort. And 599 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 4: it's an important one because at the end of the day, 600 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 4: if we don't have a safe America with safe cities, 601 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 4: we don't have a country. So the Department of War 602 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 4: is going to of course, stand alongside all of our 603 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 4: law enforcement partners wherever we're called upon to restore order. 604 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 2: All right. 605 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 1: The last topic for today Venezuela, which is falling out 606 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: of the news pretty quickly, which I think is there's 607 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: a positive side to that, which is that I'm hoping 608 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: there won't be a lot of regime change war efforts 609 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: that take place. I think that that's not something that 610 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: my audience is into, THOUGHY we'd love to see regime change, 611 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: of course, but not if it means America's spending too 612 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 1: much blood and treasure on it. But those are historically 613 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: successful mission. Is there any detail that has not been 614 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 1: got left air in the press that you feel like 615 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: you could share with our audience, because it really is 616 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: just one of the most unbelievable. I mean, I hope 617 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: they make a movie out of it someday, but who 618 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: knows if it'll be true. 619 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 3: I'm sure they will. 620 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 4: I think the most impressive aspect of this operation was 621 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 4: that it was really a joint force operation. We had 622 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 4: folks from every single service who were involved. All of 623 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 4: the combatant commands were supporting, whether it was cybercom to 624 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 4: space com, and we made sure that we had total 625 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 4: synchronization and coordination. We had I think one hundred over 626 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 4: one hundred aircrafts in the air that evening, and everything 627 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 4: was flawlessly executed and coordinated. And that's something only the 628 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 4: US military could accomplish. 629 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 3: And I think the. 630 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 4: Entire world saw that and thought to themselves, America is back. 631 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 4: Under President Trump, Peace through strength is back. And you're 632 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 4: absolutely correct in your first point there as well. I 633 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 4: think what we have seen under President Trump as commander 634 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 4: in chief is military missions with clear objectives and a 635 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 4: clear end state. I think back to Operation Midnight Hammer. 636 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 4: We didn't stay in Iran and do regime change for 637 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,960 Speaker 4: twenty years like some previous Republicans and Democrats probably would 638 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 4: have done. We got in, we dismantled their nuclear capabilities, 639 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 4: and then we got out. So these missions have clear 640 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 4: visions of what success looks like. The Maduro raid especially 641 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 4: did We got Maduro, captured him, brought him back to 642 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 4: the United States, and he will now face justice. And 643 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 4: that is going to be an important part of our 644 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 4: mission set going forward. We're not going to get bogged 645 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 4: down in endless missions where there's no clear direction. We're 646 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,520 Speaker 4: going to make sure that our warfighters if they're going 647 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 4: to put their lives on the line like a lot 648 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 4: of our special operators did that night in Venezuela. That 649 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 4: they know they have a clear mission and they've got 650 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 4: leadership behind them that is going to put them in 651 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 4: the best positions for success. 652 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: Kingsley Wilson, I feel like we've covered the waterfront today, 653 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: been very generous with your time. Is there anything you 654 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: think we did not get too that you want to 655 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: make sure the right part Salem Marlow audience gets. 656 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 3: I think we're right. 657 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 4: We've covered a lot of it, but always great to 658 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 4: join you. And if anyone would like to stay up 659 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,280 Speaker 4: to date on what we're doing, you can go to 660 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 4: our website war dot gov. You can also check out 661 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 4: all of our social media. We've got a lot of 662 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 4: incredible content that we put out about everything we're doing 663 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 4: for our war fighters each day. So if you check 664 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,800 Speaker 4: us out there, you will be kept up to speed 665 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 4: with the massive initiatives this department is launching. 666 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, you guys are also really excellent on social media 667 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: as as much of the administration, which is really really great, 668 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 1: and I like that. It's just necessary, particularly if we're 669 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 1: going to recruit, right, I mean, it's you. That's how 670 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 1: a lot of people, the younger people are getting their 671 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 1: news and their information is through entertaining social content. 672 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 3: One hundred percent. 673 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 4: We've put a real focus on our digital engagement ever 674 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 4: since we got in the building. Our numbers are off 675 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 4: the charts, and you're absolutely right, that is how we 676 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 4: are going to recruit the next generation of Americans. 677 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 1: Well, really nice to talk to you, and when you 678 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 1: guys have updates, come back and we'll talk some more. 679 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,440 Speaker 3: Absolutely, thanks for having me, Alex. My pleasure.