WEBVTT - Rubio Defines The Doctrine 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:11.520 Well, we have come out. 0:00:13.000 --> 0:00:25.400 Your city, get you a confide, well besied, and if 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:29.040 you want a little banging, I come along. The American 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:34.240 Revolution was against the billionaires of their time. 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:37.680 The tax system as we have it is fundamentally unjust. 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:39.839 We are speaking about living in the wealthiest city, in 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:41.880 the wealthiest country in the history of the world, where 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:43.559 one in for New Yorkers are living in poverty. 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:47.000 And we are going to have to explore massive judicial 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:51.199 reform state by state and at the federal level. And 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.160 everything should be on the table. As far as I'm concerned, 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:59.920 freedom is back in style. Welcome to the revolution. 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:07.200 Away of coming to your center way again and saying 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:08.440 you a conscious saw. 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:14.640 New Sean Hennity show, more me I'm the scenes, information 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:19.000 on freaking news and more bold inspired. 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:20.120 Solutions for America. 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:23.440 Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Here we are on board 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:28.320 Air Force one. We're headed to China. These meetings are 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:31.720 very critical. I mean, my first question, do you view 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:34.560 China as our top geopolitical foe? 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:37.920 Yeah, it's both our top political challenge geopolitically, and it's 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:41.440 also the most important relationship for us to manage. I mean, 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:44.200 it's a big, powerful country, it's going to continue to grow, 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:47.080 but we're going to have interests of ours that are 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.600 going to be in conflict with interests of theirs, and 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:53.360 to avoid wars and maintain peace and stability in the world, 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:56.120 we're going to have to manage those. They're clearly areas 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:59.840 where they're so important for the United States that you 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:01.720 we're going to have to raise those issues and we'll 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:03.800 continue to do so. The President's going to continue to 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.360 do so. There might be some areas of cooperation too, 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:08.080 and we want to make sure we don't walk away 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:08.440 from those. 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.880 You know, it's interesting the one thing the President always says, 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:17.040 he's America first. He understands President Chies is going to 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:21.399 be China first. Putin will be Russia first. I think 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.440 having that understanding is a little bit unique and historically 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:27.639 speaking as if we should be surprised that they put 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:29.520 their country of ours. 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:32.760 Actually, foreign policy and national security matters work best when 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.920 you understand that point. Every country should do what's in 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.880 the best interest of their country, and then where there 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:41.040 are areas of alignment, where what's in our best interest 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.880 and their best interests are aligned, that's where you have cooperation. 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:46.320 That's where you have alliances. That's where you have strong 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:51.400 bonds of friendship. When there's conflict, that's between what they 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.400 want and what we want, that's where the work of 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.240 diplomacy and these personal. 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:56.960 Relationships between the leaders are so critical. 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.360 And there are times when some of those issue of 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:04.400 conflict are irreconcilable. I think Iran is an example of that. 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:07.480 Their clerical regime wants to have a nuclear weapon and 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:11.120 the world, led by President Trump, says that's completely impossible, 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:14.839 cannot happen. So unfortunately, there's some areas like that where 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.240 it comes up. But there are areas where if we 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:20.399 can find areas of commonality, that's very powerful and important. 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:23.840 But we will have to manage these bilateral differences because 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.280 they're very significant. And when it's two big, powerful countries, 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.320 you know that falling apart at have tremendous significance on 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:31.160 the global economy and on global peace. 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:33.480 Want to get back to Iran in a second, let 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:39.800 me stay out in China, trade tariffs, intellectual property, theft Taiwan. 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.480 Their help of Iran, I think is part of it. 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:43.840 Also. 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:46.160 Yeah, all those topics will come up, there's no doubt 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.000 about it. In the case of the Indo Pacific, Taiwan, 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:51.560 and so forth. It's not in China's interest or anyone's 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:53.680 interests for there to be any sort of force change 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:54.480 in the status quo. 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:56.560 I think stability there is very important. 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:59.520 We've made clear to them, you know that any support 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.640 for Iran would obviously be detrimental for our relationship. That 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:05.760 obviously is going to come up in this conversation on trade. Look, 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:08.240 the United States is very clear we have to be 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.400 able to make our own stuff. We cannot depend on 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:12.720 China or any country for that matter, for one hundred 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.000 percent of anything that we need. You know, when you 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:17.080 depend on any other country for one hundred percent of 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:20.239 what you need, you're very vulnerable. Likewise, you know, China 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:22.359 wants to they want China wants the world to be 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:25.039 dependent on them for one hundred percent because it gives. 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:25.760 Them strength and leverage. 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:27.800 So that's a perfect example of an area in which 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:31.200 our interests are not aligned. But the President's very committed 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.839 to bringing back factories, bringing back industrial capacity to the. 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:37.360 United States, and diversifying. 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.040 Where we get our rare earth, our critical minerals, our 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:39.800 supply chains. 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:44.400 You know, President Trump has described President she to me 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:50.880 in interviews as stoic, all business, no niceties in that sense, 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:54.279 although there will be a state dinner. Now I know 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:56.080 this is your first trip to China, but not. 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.480 Your person go around with China. Yeah. 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:01.560 Well, look, their system is very disciplined, it's very focused. 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:04.280 When you speak to them, they have an agenda, They 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:07.520 go through that agenda. The president's style is quite different. 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:09.760 But they seem to have a very good at least 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:11.680 the interpersonal relationship, and that's important. 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.640 Look that the differences. 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:16.920 Between the countries remain, but the ability to manage it 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:20.239 becomes not easy, but easier when the heads of state 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:22.440 have a good working relationship and they seem to. 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:26.559 Yeah, well I think so too. What would you say, 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:29.120 what is your read on President Chi? 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:30.600 I mean you read that. 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:35.200 Their economy is struggling. You read that he's isolated. You 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:39.080 read both Putin and President She have a pretty high 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:42.320 degree of paranoia. What is your read as you look 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:45.120 at President She from a distance going into the meeting. 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:48.360 Yeah, I think my read has been what I think 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.040 has been for a while, and that is China has 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:50.400 a plan. 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:51.360 I mean, they. 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:53.719 Clearly view themselves. They believe they will be the world's 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.080 most powerful country. They'll sur pass the United States, and 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.400 they have a plan to do it, and they're executing 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.160 on that plan, and I don't blame them. If I 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:03.240 were the Chinese government, I'd have the same plan. We, 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:05.440 on the other hand, don't view it that way, and 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:08.000 we don't want to see anything that We're not trying 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:11.200 to constrain China. But their rise cannot come at our expense. 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.039 Their rise cannot come at our fall. So there's an 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:15.919 area where we're just going to have a difference of opinion. 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:17.919 But my view of them and of the government in 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:19.479 China as they're very confident. 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:20.720 They have a. 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:23.360 Plan and they're trying to execute on that plan, which 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:25.880 is fine. I understand that from a nation state perspective, 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.120 but where that plan is in conflict with the national 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.440 interest in the United States, we need to do what's 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:32.960 right for the United States, and that'll come up on 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.320 this trip, but more importantly, that'll be a feature of 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:37.239 this relationship for a long time. 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:41.159 If you had it's kind of hard, it's not a 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:43.400 fair question to ask, but if you had a goal 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:46.240 coming out of this summit, because this is a big 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.359 deal that you're going that the President is going, the 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:51.839 Secretary of Defenses on this plan and so many others, 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:55.000 and every top business leader in America is going on 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:55.400 this trip. 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:56.279 It's kind of crazy. 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:00.000 If you had a goal what you would like, you 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:01.800 would say it would be. How would you define a 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:02.679 successful trip? 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.279 Well, I think it's already a success because we're going 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:06.720 and we're going to be able to talk to them 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:08.840 as opposed to at them. You know, one thing is 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:11.520 to exchange phone calls, and another thing is to put 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:14.600 out messages and press releases and statements. But when the 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:18.320 leaders are actually engaging personally, not just the president the president, 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:20.760 but me with their foreign minister, and Pete Hegseth with 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:24.920 their defense minister and so forth, it creates channels of 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:28.520 communication that can prove valuable in a time of potential 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:30.880 conflict or whether there might be heightened tension. 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:32.040 So that's important. 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.520 I also think, and we're not prepared to announce this yet, 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:36.640 but there are a couple of unique areas of cooperation 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.160 that we can work together on. The obvious ones are 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:43.600 obviously fentanyl precursor production, which China, because their system can 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:45.760 do this, can really crack down on that that would 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.200 help lower fentanyl deaths in the United States. And there 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.440 are a couple other areas of international relations where perhaps 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:53.640 we intend to talk to them about discreetly, we're not 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:56.080 going to announce it in the media, but areas that 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:57.800 we both share some concern over. 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:00.960 I have a friend of mine, it's a great inventor, 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:06.640 and the level of intellectual property theft not just impacted 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:10.760 its entire business, but it's impacting many American companies. 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.760 Big issue, that's right, an enormous issue, and one that 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:15.960 we're going to continue to raise. Even as we try 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.400 to protect our companies and our competitive advantage. We're going 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:20.800 to raise that with them. I don't think there's any 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:24.080 point in denying that. The fact of the matter is 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:26.080 that a lot of the advancements, not all, but a 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.520 lot of the advancements you've seen in the commercial sector, 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.440 in the industrial sector, and the technological sector in China 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:35.320 is a intellectual a product of intellectual property theft and 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:38.439 or reverse engineering, which is the same thing of our 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:40.840 own technology. So that has to be addressed. But I 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.360 also think we can't only rely on that. We have 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.640 to stay ahead of the curve on innovation. You know, 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.520 one thing is if you're you're stealing or taking the 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.880 stuff that was cutting edge five years ago, but the 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:53.680 things that are going to be cutting edge five years 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.920 from now, we've got to continue to invest and push 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:59.280 our companies to continue to stay ahead of the of 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.640 that pace off and continue to lead the world in innovation. 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:04.960 Maybe the best way to transition to the issue of Iran, 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:09.439 which I want to ask you about, is that China's 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:13.280 both public statements and their actions. Although it was interesting 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:17.040 that an I that a Chinese tanker got hit in 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:20.760 the straight over moves, but obviously they've been taking a 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:21.760 very different position. 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:23.720 You keep reading the. 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:27.880 Intelligence is showing they've been helping the Iranians. Obviously it's 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:30.880 more important to them that We've. 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.880 Made the argument to the Chinese, and I hope it's 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:35.360 compelling and they'll have a chance to do something about 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:37.360 it at the United Nations later this week when there's 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:40.080 a resolution just condemning Iran on what they're doing with 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.840 the streets. Look, there's three things. The Chinese have ship 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:46.360 stuck in the Persian Gulf because setting up a system 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:48.080 that says we're going to let certain ships through but 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.960 others not, it's easier said than done. And you saw 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:53.400 a Chinese not Chinese flag vessel, but it was a 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.560 Chinese cargo got hit over the weekend. I'm sure Iron 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:59.080 didn't do it deliberately, but they did it. It happened, 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.400 and so that's why these Chinese ships are stuck in there. 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.719 The second is I don't think that that China. It's 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:08.280 a huge source of instability. It threatens to destabilize Asia 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:10.480 more than any other part of the world because it's 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:12.360 heavily reliant on the Straits for energy. 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:13.400 And the third. 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:16.840 Reason is because China's economy is export driven, meaning their 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:19.959 economy is fueled not by what they consume domestically, but 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:22.520 by what they make and sell to other countries. 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:23.880 Well, if all the countries of. 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:27.120 The world economies are melting down because of this crisis 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.600 in the Straits, they're going to be buying less Chinese product, 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:32.079 and the Chinese exports are going to drop precipitously. 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:34.040 So it's in their interest to resolve this. 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:36.400 We hope to convince them to play a more active 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:39.280 role in getting around to walk away from what. 0:10:39.240 --> 0:10:41.000 They're doing now and trying to do now in the 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:41.640 Persian Gulf. 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:43.400 You know, I thought you had a lot of jobs 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:47.720 by being the Secretary of State and the NSA you 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:50.560 know of the NSA, then you have to go in 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:52.840 and become White House Press Secretary. 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:56.160 No, no's hairline is irreplaceable. 0:10:56.200 --> 0:11:00.079 I was just a pitching. It seemed that you like it. 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:00.920 It seemed like you have in. 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:02.560 Five Well, yeah, I don't know. I'd have fun if 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:03.600 I had to do it every week. 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:07.360 But one timing too bad and I enjoyed it, you know, 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:10.400 And it was it was about foreign policy mostly, so 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:12.400 I was honored to be able to do it. But 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:15.079 we can't wait till Caroline gets back to a beautiful baby, 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.760 and we wish her the best, but we can't wait 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:19.160 to see her that she was beautiful. 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.000 But now that we are on the issue of Iran, 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:26.439 let me specifically ask you because it seems like there 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:32.840 are two major issues that just continue to percolate. And 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.560 I had a conversation with the president of private conversation 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.400 and I did ask him if I could talk about it, 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.120 and it was, you know, I asked him maybe a 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:44.040 week ago, I said, you know, are you going to 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:44.880 go back to bombing? 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:46.679 He said, I said, you could. 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:50.400 Probably wipe out their economy in fifteen minutes. He goes, No, Sean, 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:53.120 I could knock it out in five, he goes, But 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.840 then he said something, and you references in your present 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.480 when you were filling in for Caroline, and you said, 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:04.160 imagine world with a nuclear on Duran, and forget about 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:07.000 the Strait. They would hold the entire world house. 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:09.360 That's right there. Always seems to have come out of. 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:13.280 Nowhere, these bizarre conspiracy theories, Oh the president is doing 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:17.760 this for Israel, or or Fox News hosts or bb Nennaho. 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:22.079 That I ask everybody, did he have any choice based 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:23.520 on what Steve Wikoff told us? 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:27.679 Now, look, every president in the last twenty years has 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:30.400 been worried about the Iran nuclear program. Obama did a 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:32.320 nuclear deal with him because he was worried about it. 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:33.800 Not a good nuclear deal, but he made one. 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:38.720 The President reversed it and imposed crippling sanctions and took. 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:40.760 Out Solomani, who was a threat to the United States. 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:43.240 Joe Biden was begging to get back into a nuclear 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:46.319 deal with him. The whole world, you know, the French, 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.440 the Germans, the UK. They imposed new sanctions on Iran 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:54.800 last year, snapback sanctions because of the nuclear threat. The 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:57.559 whole world to see, Iran was building up a conventional 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:00.160 capability where they would have so many missiles and so 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.120 many drones that they could overwhelm anybody's defenses. 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.960 Once they had that. 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:08.520 Nobody could do anything about their nuclear program because they 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:11.000 would say, if you attack our nuclear program, we will 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.360 wipe out six countries in the Gulf region and you 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:15.000 won't be able to defend against it. You won't have 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.840 enough patriots, you know, because you get these swarms of drones, 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.240 these swarms of rockets. They were on the verge in 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:21.839 a year from now, they would have been at that point. 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:25.440 The President said, that's an intolerable risk. People are struggling 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:27.600 to make that connection, but the connection is very real. 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.920 They were building a such a high number. They were 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:34.040 going to have so many drones and missiles that no 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:37.120 one could attack Iron because the result would be catastrophic 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:39.920 for the region. And once they had that immunity, then 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.280 they would break out towards a weapon. We knew that 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:44.080 the President is not going to allow that to happen 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:44.839 under his watch. 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:48.520 Yeah, let's go to the Western hemisphere, and what is 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:51.920 the relationship with Venezuela. And I know it's got to 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:54.240 be an issue near and dear to your heart. Yeah, 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.760 I know your family background and that's Cuba. 0:13:57.480 --> 0:13:59.880 Well on Venezuela, it's been four months, so I think 0:13:59.880 --> 0:14:02.360 we made some steady progress on improving venue. But look, 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:04.720 we're trying to normalize that place. This was a place 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.400 where a country of incredible wealth, but all the wealth 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:10.280 was being stolen. It wasn't going to benefit to Venezuelan people. 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:12.520 So we've created mechanisms. You know, all the money that 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:15.040 make on oil now goes into a bank account in 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.160 New York and it's audited by KPMG, and it's being 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.640 used to pay the salaries of teachers and firefighters and 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:23.040 police officers and university professors. 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:24.200 So for the first time. 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.520 In over a decade, the wealth of the country is 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:28.440 actually benefiting the people of Venezuela. 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:29.720 But there's more work to be done. 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.520 Ultimately, as we work through this process, we won't have 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.760 to reach a stage of transition where you're gonna have 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.320 to normalize your government. There's gonna have to be, you know, 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:40.480 a process it's legitimate that people look at and say 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:44.239 this is this is a legitimate permanent government, presidency, elections 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:46.520 and things of that nature. That moment has to arrive, 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:49.400 but it has to be We don't want to wait 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:50.840 too long. We want to see it happen, but you 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:52.720 don't want to move too fast either, because the whole 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:56.360 thing can break. So it's it's a difficult thing to manage. 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:58.280 But it's only four months in and I'm very I 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:01.080 think we should be pleased. Venezuela is a better place 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:03.200 today than it was four months ago, but it needs 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:05.600 to continue to stay on that path. In the case 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:07.200 of Cuba is a very different situation. 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:09.280 There is no economy in Cuba. 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.440 To the extent there's any wealth in Cuba, it doesn't 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:14.360 go it doesn't forget about, it doesn't go to the people. 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:15.680 It doesn't even go to the government. 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:18.840 The wealth is controlled by a private by a company 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:20.280 owned by military generals. 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:23.080 They take all the money. They're sitting on billions of dollars. 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.400 Okay, this is a country where people are literally now 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.480 eating garbage from the streets, but they have a company 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.040 that controls all of the money making there that's sitting 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.680 on fifteen sixteen billion dollars. So it's a broken, non 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.600 functional economy, and it's impossible to change it. I wish 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:40.240 it were different, but I believe it's my personal opinion. 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:45.080 You cannot change the economic trajectory of Cuba. As long 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:46.640 as the people who are in charge of it now 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:48.760 are in charge of it, that's what's gonna have to change. 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.200 Because these people are proven incapable. I hope I'm wrong. 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:53.720 We'll give them a chance, but I don't think it's 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:55.400 gonna happen. I don't think we're going to be able 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.360 to change the direct trajectory of Cuba as long as 0:15:58.360 --> 0:15:59.800 these people are in charge in that regime. 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:01.360 These people are not in charge. 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:05.920 I mean, I can envision American wealth and companies it 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:07.240 could become. 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:09.200 Yeah, I mean the destination. 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.760 The one thing Cuba would enjoy is an enormous expatriate community, 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:14.840 you know, Cuban Americans that would go back and invest. 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:16.440 But I think there would be interest globally. 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:19.480 Look, they have significant mineral deposits in Cuba, you know, 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:21.640 one of the you know, and some of the rare 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:23.600 earth minerals, some of the best in the world. They 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:27.160 have obviously an incredible opportunity with tourism, with agriculture, very 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.360 rich farmland. So Cuba should not be a poor country. 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.040 It's people should not be starving, It's people should be prosperous. 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:35.800 And what's most interesting is You see Cubans everywhere in 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:37.560 the world in the United States, but you see them 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.160 in Europe, you see them in Panama. Cubans leave Cuba, 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:42.840 they go to other countries and they become successful. The 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:45.240 only place in the world where Cubans can't seem to 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:50.160 prosper and succeed is in Cuba. 0:16:52.040 --> 0:17:00.120 Thanks for listening to Sean Hannity. 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:21.880 Hey, it's Mark Simone here for Sean Hannity. Now we're 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:25.320 gonna hear more of this exclusive interview with Marco Rubio 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:28.040 in just a few minutes, and then make sure you 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:32.480 watch Hannity tonight exclusive interview with the President. President Trump 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:34.920 will talk about what happened in the summit. This will 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:39.280 be the first exclusive, long detailed interview about exactly what 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:42.920 happens Tonight at nine on Hannity on the Fox News Channel. 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.120 But don't go away. More with Marco Rubio. 0:17:45.200 --> 0:18:14.960 Coming up next, Hannity uncovers the real truth about the 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:21.240 politics of DC. He's your watchdog, one big brother. Every 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:25.200 day Hannity is on right now. 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.960 Well, it's Mark Simone here for Sean Hannity. Normally I'm 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:32.760 on our big flagship station WR and New Yorker on 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:39.199 iHeart now Tonight Hannity nine o'clock Fox News Channel, exclusive 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:42.840 hour long interview with President Trump. He'll go over everything 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:46.560 that happened in the summit. Now, Sean is with the 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:49.560 President traveling on Air Force one with the whole delegation. 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:52.040 Been in China for a couple of days and then 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.760 on the way over. I mean it's like a twenty 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:58.840 seven hour flight. You got plenty of time. He did 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:03.360 this wonderful inclusive interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:04.240 Let's take a listen. 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:07.840 So Vladimir Putin recently said, and I thought this was 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:10.159 interesting that the war with Ukraine may be coming to 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:13.840 an end. One of the things I always talk a 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:16.359 lot about the next generation of weaponry. 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:18.440 I think we see that on display in our. 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:22.040 Conflict with a Ran that we've had. I mean, Midnight Hammer, 0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:27.080 Epic Fury two examples, what the Israelis have done, more examples. 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:31.440 But what's interesting, Ukraine has really impressed me. They seem 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:33.600 to be creating the next generation of. 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:35.240 Drone every four to ten. 0:19:35.119 --> 0:19:38.200 Days, and between drones and robots. Who would have thought 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:40.520 four and a half years ago they would still be 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:42.679 in this fight? Would I didn't expect that. 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:45.240