WEBVTT - Glenn Youngkin Talks Biden Dropping Out, China

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, we welcome now our radio and our television audiences

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<v Speaker 2>together as we speak to the Governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, Governor,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you very much in Deefer stopping by once again.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you great to be with you?

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<v Speaker 3>And we were together last year in Paris and here

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<v Speaker 3>we are in Farmborough and there's a lot of planes

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<v Speaker 3>flying today.

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<v Speaker 2>We've hopefully got a quiet patch in the air display

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<v Speaker 2>that we you and I can have a conversation and

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<v Speaker 2>we can both.

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<v Speaker 1>Hear each other. So that's fantastic.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, the big things obviously over the last twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>hours is Joe Biden's stepping a size A. Is this

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<v Speaker 2>a surprise B?

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<v Speaker 1>What does it mean? Do you think?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, so, I'm a Republican governor and so I'm seeing

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<v Speaker 3>it from the other side. But the amount of pressure

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<v Speaker 3>that his party was placing on him to step aside

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<v Speaker 3>was enormous, and there has been chaos in the Democratic

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<v Speaker 3>Party and we've all watched it. With the performance, of

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<v Speaker 3>course of Joe Biden's administration and the realization that Donald

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<v Speaker 3>Trump is now ahead in polls and states that Joe

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<v Speaker 3>Biden won by ten points like virgin where Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 3>won by ten and twenty twenty and now Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>Is either even or up in the polls.

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<v Speaker 3>And on top of that, you really do see Joe

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<v Speaker 3>Biden faltering on his ability to campaign.

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<v Speaker 1>So no, not a huge surprise.

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<v Speaker 3>I do think that it's important that the polls really

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<v Speaker 3>haven't moved much in the last day, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>that reflects the fact that Virginians and Americans recognized that

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<v Speaker 3>it was the Biden Harris administration and she owns the

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<v Speaker 3>performance and it's not going to be any different than

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<v Speaker 3>the one that Joe Biden had.

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<v Speaker 2>Sounds like you think they should select somebody else.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's their choice to select who they want.

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<v Speaker 3>But I will say that they haven't really selected anybody yet.

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<v Speaker 3>And I do think the chaos that we've seen in

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<v Speaker 3>the Democratic Party selection process is only matched by the

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<v Speaker 3>chaos that they've unleashed on the world. In the country,

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<v Speaker 3>we've had foreign policy chaos, and I firmly believe that

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<v Speaker 3>if Donald Trump for president, we wouldn't have war in Ukraine,

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<v Speaker 3>we wouldn't have the chaos in the Middle East that

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<v Speaker 3>we have, nor will we see China threatening Taiwan like

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<v Speaker 3>they are, and if Donald Trump for president, we would

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<v Speaker 3>certainly have a secure border, and therefore every state like

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<v Speaker 3>Virginia wouldn't be seeing violence, the drug overdoses and the

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<v Speaker 3>illegal and the legal immigrant crisis that we've got. And

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<v Speaker 3>if Donald Trump were president today, I don't think we

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<v Speaker 3>would have seen the runaway inflation that Joe Biden unleashed

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<v Speaker 3>and Kamala Harris on America.

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<v Speaker 2>So it is Tamala Harris. Do you think Virginia is

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<v Speaker 2>still winnable? Does it change the arithmetic in any shape

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<v Speaker 2>or form.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that Virginia is still in play. And what

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<v Speaker 3>we're seeing, of course, is Virginians are stating that they

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<v Speaker 3>want strong.

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<v Speaker 1>Leadership, not weak leadership. Yep.

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<v Speaker 3>They know that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden led this

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<v Speaker 3>administration together and that that track records her track record,

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<v Speaker 3>and I think that Americans are reflecting the same sentiment.

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<v Speaker 3>They're ready for strength in the White House, not weakness.

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<v Speaker 2>Why do you think that the Ukraine War wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>happened if President Trump had been around and running things

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<v Speaker 2>at that point in time.

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<v Speaker 3>Because I think he projects strength and we know that

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<v Speaker 3>there is peace through strength, and Joe Biden starting with

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<v Speaker 3>his disasters, withdrawal from Afghanistan all the way through to

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<v Speaker 3>playcating China to empty threats on the international stage only

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<v Speaker 3>elicits other countries to do bad things.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean he completely he completely.

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<v Speaker 3>Funded the Iranian assault in the Middle East because when Joe,

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<v Speaker 3>when Joe Biden became president, he undid all of the

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<v Speaker 3>sanctions and all the isolation that Donald Trump and placed

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<v Speaker 3>them in.

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<v Speaker 1>To stick with Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 2>If you can for a moment, would the Republican pose

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<v Speaker 2>continue to support Ukraine? Should should the Republican posse? Should

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump and his vice presidents continue to support Ukraine?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think that eight should be dead?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, let me just begin with with the clear statement

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<v Speaker 3>that the Republican Party as a whole is is is

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<v Speaker 3>for defeating Putin. I think what we'll see, of course,

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<v Speaker 3>is all all elements brought together. First thing we'll do

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<v Speaker 3>is we will secure the border. And that has been

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<v Speaker 3>the biggest complaint from the Republican Party is we're sending

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of money overseas and we haven't even secured

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<v Speaker 3>our own border. And I think on day one, President

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<v Speaker 3>Trump will secure our border and stop the chaos that

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<v Speaker 3>is ensued with with illegal immigration with with uh. Well, listen,

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<v Speaker 3>we've had We've had terrorists come across the border and

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<v Speaker 3>we had two tear two illegal immigrants try to crash

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<v Speaker 3>the front gate at Quantico Marine Corps base in a

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<v Speaker 3>box struck in Virginia. And of course the free flow

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<v Speaker 3>of drugs is killing people left, right and center. We

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<v Speaker 3>have five a day that on average die in Virginia.

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<v Speaker 3>Job one, secure the border. And then I do believe

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<v Speaker 3>that that support around the world in order to bring

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<v Speaker 3>peace back through strength will be real.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is this is the two.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the double approach that I think we'll see

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<v Speaker 3>under a Trump administration.

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<v Speaker 2>Because because from a European perspective, it looks like we've

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<v Speaker 2>got to see a more isolation this government. What Trump

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<v Speaker 2>to win?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I do think what we're going to see as

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<v Speaker 3>a government that is one going to be very clear

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<v Speaker 3>about what we're going to do, and one that is

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<v Speaker 3>going to require all of our partners to play a

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<v Speaker 3>full role.

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<v Speaker 1>And I believe our partners will. I think what we

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<v Speaker 1>have to what does it playing a full role mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Then that too and a half percent?

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<v Speaker 3>Nay?

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<v Speaker 2>Too? Is that three and a half percent? Naya?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think Historically it was asking NATO to pay

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<v Speaker 3>two percent of their GDP and defense, and we've seen

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of a lot of the NATO countries come,

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<v Speaker 3>They're not all of them. But I think this is

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<v Speaker 3>also a recognition that putin is not going to stop

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<v Speaker 3>at the U grade and everybody needs to do their

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<v Speaker 3>fair share.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's too huf enough, it's three what is the

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<v Speaker 2>number in your mind?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that that's gonna settle out as we see what

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<v Speaker 3>the overall spending is going to be to do what

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<v Speaker 3>we need to do. But I will say this that

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<v Speaker 3>I think that the United States will constantly be a

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<v Speaker 3>great partner, but we also require great partners and I

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<v Speaker 3>think that's really what our that's what peace through Strength

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<v Speaker 3>is all about.

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<v Speaker 1>To debate here.

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<v Speaker 2>The fumbers show is, Yeah, if we have to spend

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<v Speaker 2>more money, we're gonna try and spend it here. A

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<v Speaker 2>lord of the defense companies are based in your states.

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<v Speaker 2>You comfortable with that. If Europe's gonna spend more money,

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<v Speaker 2>should you have to spend that money domesticate them.

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<v Speaker 3>But again, there's gonna need to be a capabilities match

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<v Speaker 3>to the need, and a lot of the capabilities have

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<v Speaker 3>been developed in the United States the Europe's capable of

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<v Speaker 3>to I think there are certain elements, yes, and there

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<v Speaker 3>are certain areas where the US capabilities are going to

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<v Speaker 3>be paramounts, and I think the combination of that is

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<v Speaker 3>really important. We've got a lot of European companies that

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<v Speaker 3>want to come set up in the United States. A

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<v Speaker 3>lot of them want to come to Virginia. It's one

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<v Speaker 3>of the main reasons why I'm here. You may have

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<v Speaker 3>heard we were ranked top state in America for business,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's one of the reasons why a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>them want to come to Virginia. But this idea of

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<v Speaker 3>European companies coming to the United States and manufacturing and

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<v Speaker 3>building is really important. And I do think the blending

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<v Speaker 3>of capabilities on the global stage will provide the best outcome.

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<v Speaker 2>We all of the reasons they might be coming to

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<v Speaker 2>the United States and manufacturers because they're worried about taris.

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<v Speaker 1>Should they be worried about tarras well?

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<v Speaker 3>I think they should be worried about tariffs if their

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<v Speaker 3>country is imposing tariffs on the United States goods. And again,

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<v Speaker 3>free trade has not always meant free trade, and I

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<v Speaker 3>think it needs to be fair and reciprocal. And when

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<v Speaker 3>we look at just the evolution of the trade agreements

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<v Speaker 3>with China over the last few decades, China had unlimited

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<v Speaker 3>access to the US market, restricted access to their market,

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<v Speaker 3>and it wasn't until President Trump struck a really tough

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<v Speaker 3>China trade deal that we began to really treat them

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<v Speaker 3>like they are, which is really an adversary, an adversary

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<v Speaker 3>who's trying to dominate the world, and they're doing it, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>through economic coercion and imperialism, but also through military saber rattling,

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<v Speaker 3>and their surveillance of the world is unparalleled, and so

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<v Speaker 3>we have to treat them as such. And that means

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<v Speaker 3>we've got to stand up and use the tools in

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<v Speaker 3>our toolkit in order to combat it.

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<v Speaker 2>Would those tariffs, with the tools that you're talking about

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<v Speaker 2>being in the toolkit, if they were applied sing that's

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<v Speaker 2>inflationary for the average American.

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<v Speaker 3>The short answer is competition is what combats inflation, and

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<v Speaker 3>as long as we have strong competitive, strong competitive markets,

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<v Speaker 3>and the short answer is most likely not. But what

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<v Speaker 3>we do need to recognize is that what is inflationary

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<v Speaker 3>for the average American is unlimited runaway spending, which is

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<v Speaker 3>what we saw in the Biden administration.

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<v Speaker 1>It was irresponsible.

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<v Speaker 3>They flooded the market with government spending on an unnecessary basis,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's why we saw inflation like we haven't seen

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<v Speaker 3>for four decades.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's why the.

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<v Speaker 3>Average American when they go to the grocery store, they

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<v Speaker 3>they literally it's a gut punch every time they go in.

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<v Speaker 3>Gas prices are run away from them. And why sixty

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<v Speaker 3>six percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck because

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<v Speaker 3>they can't keep up with the runaway inflation we've seen

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<v Speaker 3>over the last three and a half years.

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<v Speaker 2>Governor, great see, thanks for starting byes boys it.

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<v Speaker 1>Blush come to Virginia. I will look forward to it.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, very muschen Deep Governor. Governor dun Youngkin of

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<v Speaker 2>Virginia