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Speaker 1: But I want to focus on for just a little

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Speaker 1: is and where it's going. Now Bloomberg hasn't really interesting.

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Speaker 1: Piece up today reported and written by Bloomberg's Billy House

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Speaker 1: congressional reporters saying behind the scenes, White House officials were

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Speaker 1: fuming that Pelosi would delay wouldn't delay her visits, saying

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Speaker 1: it carried risks and Billy joins his life. Thanks so

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Speaker 1: much for taking the time for us, Billy. What do

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Speaker 1: we know about any efforts before she left to persuade

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Speaker 1: her not to go, Well, they were extensive. I mean

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Speaker 1: Biden administration UH did not necessarily publicly weighing on the trip,

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Speaker 1: but behind the scenes they were fuming and and doing

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Speaker 1: everything they could to convince her not to go, and

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Speaker 1: and when they realized that would not be accomplished, they

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Speaker 1: didn't did everything they could to to make sure communications

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Speaker 1: were kept open with the Chinese government to assuage any

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Speaker 1: concerns or be able to react to any missteps or

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Speaker 1: possible problems. It was it was an all hands on

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Speaker 1: deck UH thing for the administration as Pelosi went ahead

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Speaker 1: and did did her trip. Now we all know that

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Speaker 1: there was a Biden that she video call right right

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Speaker 1: before she left as as well. So you have all

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Speaker 1: these diplomatic things going on, you have the call, and

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Speaker 1: none of that dissuaded her. Correct it didn't, And it

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Speaker 1: left Biden himself kind of upstaged, and you could ask,

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Speaker 1: what was this really all about? For the for the speaker, Uh, Well,

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't think we can say that she's

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Speaker 1: not genuine and saying that her concerned for Taiwan and

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Speaker 1: and and that the US UH stands up for Taiwan

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Speaker 1: is legitimate. But she's also, you know, moving into the

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Speaker 1: end of her career from all circumstances, even though she's

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Speaker 1: looking for reelection and she's not going to be a

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Speaker 1: congressional leader much longer. So this is kind of a capstone.

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Speaker 1: At the very least. You have a minute and a

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Speaker 1: half most so maybe an off the wall, uh question.

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Speaker 1: White House has been hammering China on different fronts Now,

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Speaker 1: Pelosi goes basically reinforces what the White House has been

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Speaker 1: saying about other things other than Taiwan, but also gives

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Speaker 1: Biden cover, saying it was her decision to go. Could

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Speaker 1: this have been carefully orchestrated that way or as affuming reel. Well,

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Speaker 1: you know that's a that's a great conspiracy theory, uh

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Speaker 1: sort of. But I think from what we know of

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Speaker 1: the reporting is that the concerns and the desire of

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Speaker 1: administration for her not to go were very real and

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Speaker 1: U and uh that is what we do know from

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Speaker 1: our reporting. And so if that, you know, that doesn't

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Speaker 1: indicate that it was some sort of manipulated uh perception

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Speaker 1: for the public. I got it. I just I had

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Speaker 1: to go there because I thought, you know, what it accomplished,

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Speaker 1: could accomplish just a couple of things. And also just internationally,

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Speaker 1: you had Ambassador Nicholas burned some of debate Jan. That

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Speaker 1: does not happen all that often, does it? It doesn't

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Speaker 1: And and he uh he had to work over time,

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Speaker 1: if if ambassadors can work over time to to make

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Speaker 1: sure things didn't really fall apart, and we uh, from

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Speaker 1: what we know of all right, Billy, thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for your time. We really appreciated. Bloomberg, Congressional correspondent

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Speaker 1: of Billy House