Allen Jackson: China Pipeline | Allen Jackson Now

March 19, 2026 | 21:57

Seamus Bruner joins Allen Jackson to discuss current events.

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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: China Pipeline | Allen Jackson Now | March 19, 2026
  • Good evening and welcome to nashville.
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  • I'm alan jackson.
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  • The headlines are all about iran, israel
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  • And the united states.
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  • But there's another player that has a substantial
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  • Role in the war, and i'm talking about china.
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  • You know, iran has a lot of oil,
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  • But it's never had much in the way of high tech.
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  • Well,
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  • China has all sorts of high tech,
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  • But it's always been short of oil.
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  • So the ayatollah paired up with z.
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  • Jinping and the chinese communist,
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  • And they both got what they wanted,
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  • Including trying to dominate the united states.
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  • Well, all was well until president trump came along.
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  • And now he's thrown a big wrinkle into their plans.
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  • Today, iran is being taken apart and china is watching from
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  • Afar, not wanting to be seen as helping the troublemakers.
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  • Not only have the chinese lost the oil from iran,
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  • But they've also lost the oil
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  • They were buying on the cheap from venezuela.
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  • Well, as for iran,
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  • They now have zero chance of developing nuclear weapons.
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  • But when he was a senator back from florida, marco
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  • Rubio predicted what would happen if obama's
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  • Nuclear deal with iran went through.
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  • Listen to what he said back then.
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  • I do want to be recorded for history's purposes
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  • Before i know what was going to happen in regards to this.
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  • If it goes through.
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  • Iran will immediately
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  • Use the money that it's receiving and sanctions relief
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  • To begin to build up its conventional capabilities.
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  • They'll also work with other terrorist groups
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  • In the region to target american servicemen and women.
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  • Well, rubio was exactly right.
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  • And do you remember this warning
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  • Sign during benjamin netanyahu's u.n.
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  • Speech
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  • Showing just how close iran was to producing a nuclear weapon?
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  • The world should be grateful that they never
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  • Got to light the fuze.
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  • You know, as the war in iran continues,
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  • More is being revealed
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  • Regarding the ties between the authoritarian states
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  • Alliances between iran, china, russia and north korea.
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  • Reports suggest the iranians are requesting intelligence
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  • Assistance from russia and china in order to target u.s.
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  • Troops in the middle east.
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  • You know, even though diminishing
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  • The evil regime in iran is clearly in the best
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  • Interest of the global community,
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  • Why are china and russia so open to helping them?
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  • North korea has been a key
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  • Supplier of missile technology to iran for decades,
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  • And both have maintained friendly diplomatic relations
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  • Since the islamic revolution in 1979.
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  • Why is iran so willing to cozy up to these
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  • Authoritarian nations like china, russia, north korea,
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  • Even though they have very different ideologies?
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  • Well, one thing
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  • They all have in common is they view human life as cheap.
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  • The late ayatollah in iran was a murderous, evil person
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  • Over the last few months, tens of thousands of iranian
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  • People were murdered under his direction.
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  • You got to let that sink in for a moment.
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  • Tens of thousands of his own people,
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  • When communism came to the russian people,
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  • Tens of millions of people died.
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  • Lenin and stalin butchered,
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  • Terrorized, and murderous people,
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  • All in the name of giving something to the people.
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  • But what they actually gave to
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  • The people was a reign of oppression.
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  • The ukraine war started by putin.
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  • Well, it's caused millions of people
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  • To endure tremendous suffering and death
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  • And have churning
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  • Through the lives of hundreds of thousands of russians
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  • And ukrainian troops weren't enough.
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  • Recent reports indicate deceptive recruitment
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  • Tactics by the russian agents in africa,
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  • Which have caused nigerian men looking for employment
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  • To suddenly find themselves on the front line, untrained and
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  • Unable to survive.
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  • Open doors, an organization that raises awareness
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  • Of christian persecution around the world.
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  • Well, they've ranked north korea as the number one
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  • Most dangerous country for christians.
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  • The regime considers christianity
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  • An existential threat in north korea.
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  • Owning a bible can cost you your life
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  • Or send your entire family to a labor camp in china.
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  • Churches are monitored, pastors detained,
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  • And only state approved religion is allowed.
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  • Credible, credible reports are coming out
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  • That in china, prisoners
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  • Have their blood tested and tissue typed every year.
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  • It's all a part of a state run organ harvesting
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  • Program on a massive scale.
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  • Well, even though these authoritarian,
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  • Oppressive regimes have different
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  • Religions, the spirit in all of these places
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  • Is in opposition to a biblical worldview.
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  • They have a blatant disregard for human life, for human
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  • Rights.
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  • They have a disregard for diversity or tolerance.
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  • They rule with a very heavy hand.
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  • You see, there's a spirit that binds that together,
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  • And the politics emerge from that spiritual base.
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  • Politics is merely a symptomatic,
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  • While the spiritual
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  • Forces behind it, they are causal to the behavior.
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  • That's why it's essential that the church in america
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  • And the church and every nation for that matter,
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  • Stay engaged in the public square.
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  • Otherwise, we end up with oppression
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  • Like what we're seeing in these authoritarian countries.
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  • When the church steps back from presenting
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  • The biblical worldview and shaping culture,
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  • It creates a vacuum.
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  • And when we withdraw, something else
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  • Will always move in to fill that space.
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  • The problem is that as christians,
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  • We have become timid.
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  • We've been told for so long that we're supposed to separate
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  • The church and the state.
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  • We don't want a state church.
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  • We don't want government mandated beliefs.
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  • But we should have enough faith in what we believe,
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  • That we think it will make our
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  • Families better, our marriages better, our parenting, better
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  • Our schools and our colleges better
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  • Even our communities in general. better.
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  • We're going to have to grow some courage in the church.
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  • When we see something is wrong.
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  • We've got to have the courage to call it out.
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  • It doesn't mean that we hate people when we do so.
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  • We've almost completely lost our will to say no.
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  • I don't think that's a good idea.
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  • Here's a suggestion.
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  • Start at your kitchen table.
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  • Your kitchen
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  • Table is a primary arena of spiritual responsibility
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  • In your life changing the world.
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  • It begins at our kitchen tables.
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  • Then it extends into our circles of influence.
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  • If we will speak truth and judge with truth is our standard.
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  • We will redeem a culture
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  • And our nation will experience better outcomes.
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  • Well, in just a moment,
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  • We're going to hear a good deal more
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  • About the secret relationship between iran and china
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  • And what it means for the rest of the world.
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  • Joining us will be seamus bruner.
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  • He's the vice president and executive
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  • Director of research at the government
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  • Accountability institute. i'll be right back.
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  • Accountability institute. i'll be right back.
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  • You know, there are a lot of people out there
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  • Masquerading as reporters, but so few of them deal in truth.
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  • Well, shamus bronner, he's one you can trust. he's
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  • An accomplished investigator who does a lot of digging.
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  • And from capitol hill to the white house,
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  • They all pay attention to what he reports.
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  • James, thank you for joining us again today.
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  • Thanks so much for having me, pastor.
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  • Well, it's been clear for a long time
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  • Now that iran was subcontracting a lot of its terrorism
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  • To others,
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  • But most people had no clue how they got the tools
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  • They needed to become so dangerous.
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  • As you've discovered, a lot of it came from china.
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  • Maybe we begin by you giving us some
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  • Examples of what you found.
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  • Yes, sir.
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  • So china and iran signed a $400 billion
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  • Partnership in 2021.
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  • A lot of it
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  • Deals with oil, but a lot of it deals with weaponry and weapons
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  • Systems and the technology underlying the missile systems.
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  • And so this war has been going to be great for china.
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  • You know,
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  • As long as it goes on longer in terms of the weapons now,
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  • It could be bad in terms of the oil
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  • If they can't keep getting their discounted oil
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  • That they've been getting all throughout the sanctions regime.
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  • So what that means is it's
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  • Pretty bad for us to have two, two players like this aligned.
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  • And, you know, fighting.
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  • I hope we hope it doesn't go on too long.
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  • Well, china has been sharing its satellite
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  • And surveillance systems to help guide iran's military
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  • On where to fire u.s.
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  • Assets in the region. am i correct about that?
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  • Yeah.
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  • That's right.
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  • They share a lot of intelligence,
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  • And they're kind of at the moment playing both sides.
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  • You know,
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  • China is calling for de-escalation,
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  • But they're the ones who've been arming,
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  • This terrorist state for so many years.
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  • And so, you know what?
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  • It seems like you
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  • Follow the money and the deals that china has with iran.
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  • They're actually loving it.
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  • Well, it appears that china and iran
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  • Each got what they wanted out of this.
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  • China got cheap oil, and iran
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  • Got military equipment that they would not have
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  • Been able to build on their own.
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  • You reported that much of the oil was smuggled to china
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  • Using oil tankers, with no national
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  • Branding on them, so they could bypass sanctions.
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  • Can you explain a little bit about how that works?
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  • Yeah, exactly.
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  • I mean, these these ships, they,
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  • You know,
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  • You don't know where they came from
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  • And they kind of sneak out with the oil.
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  • And then they always find their way to china.
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  • You can't have that happen
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  • With a legitimate country like one of our allies.
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  • You know, they can't buy,
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  • You know, oil from iran and then have the ships
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  • Land in their ports.
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  • But, and once they're in
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  • International waters, it's not it's
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  • Not quite so easy as just blowing the ships up.
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  • Now, president trump has been able to,
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  • Successfully bring these tankers in recent months,
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  • Into port and into britain, in the uk
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  • And have our er air force, escort them.
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  • But it is a
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  • Real international incident to enforce the sanctions.
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  • And when china doesn't play ball with us, you know, they don't
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  • They don't really care about sanctions at all.
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  • You know, even with all the help,
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  • It looks like the chinese equipment
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  • Is inferior compared to what
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  • The united states shares with israel.
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  • Thank goodness they're behind.
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  • But do you have any idea why that is?
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  • Yeah.
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  • Well, there's nothing like,
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  • American or israeli made, military equipment.
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  • It's the best in the world.
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  • And everybody knows that, cheap crap from china
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  • Doesn't stop at the stuff you buy on amazon.
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  • All the way up
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  • To their most so-called elite, military technology.
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  • It's, it's.
  • 00:10:01.798 --> 00:10:03.466
  • And leading to, missiles that are not detonating
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  • Or not hitting targets.
  • 00:10:06.269 --> 00:10:07.203
  • So i guess that's good for us.
  • 00:10:07.203 --> 00:10:09.839
  • Well, iran's threats along the strait of hormuz
  • 00:10:09.839 --> 00:10:12.842
  • Are front and center.
  • 00:10:12.842 --> 00:10:14.444
  • So president trump asked the european leaders,
  • 00:10:14.444 --> 00:10:16.713
  • They're all members of nato,
  • 00:10:16.713 --> 00:10:17.980
  • If they would help patrol the shipping lanes.
  • 00:10:17.980 --> 00:10:20.216
  • It's a very critical path for global commerce.
  • 00:10:20.216 --> 00:10:23.186
  • Many of those same leaders are the ones
  • 00:10:23.186 --> 00:10:24.721
  • Who went to president
  • 00:10:24.721 --> 00:10:25.521
  • Trump with their fears that russia
  • 00:10:25.521 --> 00:10:26.923
  • Would go beyond ukraine and attack europe.
  • 00:10:26.923 --> 00:10:29.358
  • But when trump asked for help, they said
  • 00:10:29.358 --> 00:10:31.127
  • No, that this was america's war.
  • 00:10:31.127 --> 00:10:33.429
  • So they the president shot back,
  • 00:10:33.429 --> 00:10:35.431
  • Telling them, now you're on your own.
  • 00:10:35.431 --> 00:10:37.066
  • We no longer need or desire you.
  • 00:10:37.066 --> 00:10:39.202
  • We never did.
  • 00:10:39.202 --> 00:10:41.070
  • Seamus, i'm thinking that this is not
  • 00:10:41.070 --> 00:10:42.839
  • The last we'll hear of this back and forth.
  • 00:10:42.839 --> 00:10:45.174
  • Am i correct?
  • 00:10:45.174 --> 00:10:47.043
  • Yeah, absolutely.
  • 00:10:47.477 --> 00:10:48.277
  • And it's ridiculous for how much
  • 00:10:48.277 --> 00:10:49.979
  • Defense that we've provided to the entirety of europe
  • 00:10:49.979 --> 00:10:53.282
  • For them to not stand with us is is an outrage.
  • 00:10:53.282 --> 00:10:57.587
  • And it's long past time that president trump, stopped
  • 00:10:57.587 --> 00:11:00.890
  • Spending american dollars and sending american troops
  • 00:11:00.890 --> 00:11:03.860
  • To help defend europe, as they're not going to help us.
  • 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:07.330
  • How much do you think this significant migration
  • 00:11:07.330 --> 00:11:09.499
  • Of muslims into europe,
  • 00:11:09.499 --> 00:11:11.033
  • Who becomes so much a part of the fabric now
  • 00:11:11.033 --> 00:11:13.736
  • Is impacting these nato nations decisions
  • 00:11:13.736 --> 00:11:16.572
  • To not help us in this attack or event with iran?
  • 00:11:16.572 --> 00:11:20.743
  • Oh, it's absolutely a huge part of it.
  • 00:11:21.577 --> 00:11:23.312
  • I mean, the islamization of europe is it's terrifying.
  • 00:11:23.312 --> 00:11:26.949
  • It's a warning signal for for the united states.
  • 00:11:26.949 --> 00:11:29.786
  • I mean, we can't have
  • 00:11:29.786 --> 00:11:31.020
  • What's been going on in, places like minnesota and new york
  • 00:11:31.020 --> 00:11:34.791
  • With the leadership that they have.
  • 00:11:34.791 --> 00:11:36.325
  • But all of the i mean, i've just seen,
  • 00:11:36.325 --> 00:11:38.461
  • Mayor after mayor and, you know, elected leader
  • 00:11:38.461 --> 00:11:41.264
  • After elected leader that does the there
  • 00:11:41.264 --> 00:11:43.733
  • Is, you know, islamic and muslim and from muslim countries.
  • 00:11:43.733 --> 00:11:46.936
  • And so i you know, i don't
  • 00:11:46.936 --> 00:11:48.704
  • I don't know that that necessarily
  • 00:11:48.704 --> 00:11:50.206
  • Makes them disloyal to the country,
  • 00:11:50.206 --> 00:11:51.941
  • But it certainly gives them a sympathy that,
  • 00:11:51.941 --> 00:11:54.210
  • Native born britons or, germans or french would not have.
  • 00:11:54.210 --> 00:11:58.047
  • Well, seamus, we need to take a short break right now.
  • 00:11:59.115 --> 00:12:01.117
  • Can you stay for another segment?
  • 00:12:01.117 --> 00:12:03.653
  • Absolutely.
  • 00:12:03.653 --> 00:12:04.821
  • We'll be right back.
  • 00:12:04.821 --> 00:12:13.011
  • We'll be right back.
  • 00:12:13.011 --> 00:12:17.604
  • We're back now with seamus bruner.
  • 00:12:18.338 --> 00:12:20.173
  • He's the author of the must read book.
  • 00:12:20.173 --> 00:12:22.209
  • It's the book with the long title controller
  • 00:12:22.209 --> 00:12:25.545
  • Exposing the billionaire class, their secret deals,
  • 00:12:25.545 --> 00:12:28.915
  • And the globalist plot to dominate your life.
  • 00:12:28.915 --> 00:12:31.985
  • I was relieved when i looked at the cover.
  • 00:12:31.985 --> 00:12:33.486
  • My picture wasn't there, so that was good news.
  • 00:12:33.486 --> 00:12:36.556
  • There are new reports this week.
  • 00:12:37.190 --> 00:12:38.725
  • Absolutely not.
  • 00:12:38.725 --> 00:12:39.759
  • You're one of the greatest enemies
  • 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:41.328
  • Of the control guard, so don't worry about that.
  • 00:12:41.328 --> 00:12:44.431
  • Well, there's some new reports
  • 00:12:44.431 --> 00:12:45.365
  • This week on how china is stealing
  • 00:12:45.365 --> 00:12:47.067
  • All sorts of data on american citizens,
  • 00:12:47.067 --> 00:12:49.269
  • As well as government officials.
  • 00:12:49.269 --> 00:12:51.037
  • Some of it came through chinese front companies
  • 00:12:51.037 --> 00:12:53.240
  • That buy huge data sets from third party brokers.
  • 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:56.176
  • What are they up to?
  • 00:12:56.176 --> 00:12:57.010
  • That would be so eager to capture
  • 00:12:57.010 --> 00:12:58.945
  • Private information about americans.
  • 00:12:58.945 --> 00:13:01.314
  • That's a great question.
  • 00:13:01.848 --> 00:13:02.983
  • Nothing good, i can tell you that.
  • 00:13:02.983 --> 00:13:04.618
  • I mean, the the amount of data that china
  • 00:13:04.618 --> 00:13:06.553
  • Is amassing on americans.
  • 00:13:06.553 --> 00:13:07.988
  • And i would say that's sort of to be expected.
  • 00:13:07.988 --> 00:13:10.457
  • I mean, we should be worried about china,
  • 00:13:10.457 --> 00:13:11.791
  • But really, who we should be worried about
  • 00:13:11.791 --> 00:13:13.493
  • Is the people doing business with them.
  • 00:13:13.493 --> 00:13:15.862
  • I, you know, spoiler alert for chapter ten of the book
  • 00:13:15.862 --> 00:13:18.798
  • Controller marks the end game of these bad guys.
  • 00:13:18.798 --> 00:13:21.935
  • The bill gates in the cloud.
  • 00:13:21.935 --> 00:13:23.169
  • Schwab's into the global as people who really don't
  • 00:13:23.169 --> 00:13:25.705
  • Have great allegiance to america is they like china.
  • 00:13:25.705 --> 00:13:28.975
  • They praise china time and again.
  • 00:13:28.975 --> 00:13:31.444
  • They want a system
  • 00:13:31.444 --> 00:13:32.412
  • Much more like china, which is why they do
  • 00:13:32.412 --> 00:13:34.681
  • So many business deals with them
  • 00:13:34.681 --> 00:13:36.383
  • So that any company that's turning over, private
  • 00:13:36.383 --> 00:13:40.387
  • Data on american citizens to its largest adversary, china,
  • 00:13:40.387 --> 00:13:45.558
  • They ought to be dealt with.
  • 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:47.160
  • I mean, it's you know, i don't know if sanctions
  • 00:13:47.160 --> 00:13:48.962
  • Or what the right tool is, but people need to know
  • 00:13:48.962 --> 00:13:51.932
  • That the people who are holding
  • 00:13:51.932 --> 00:13:53.566
  • Your data are selling it over to your enemies
  • 00:13:53.566 --> 00:13:57.003
  • Or your colleague peter schweizer
  • 00:13:57.003 --> 00:13:59.072
  • Has been making the case that even as iran is falling,
  • 00:13:59.072 --> 00:14:02.709
  • China is still winning because the us is using up
  • 00:14:02.709 --> 00:14:05.378
  • So much of our existing weapon arsenal.
  • 00:14:05.378 --> 00:14:07.747
  • They want taiwan and they're building up
  • 00:14:07.747 --> 00:14:09.316
  • Their own weapons supplies to get ready for a move.
  • 00:14:09.316 --> 00:14:11.985
  • Can you expand on what peter has put on the table?
  • 00:14:11.985 --> 00:14:15.121
  • Yeah, i mean, peter's exactly right.
  • 00:14:15.889 --> 00:14:17.624
  • His book, the invisible code, goes all into the, red green
  • 00:14:17.624 --> 00:14:21.461
  • Alliance between the marxists and communists.
  • 00:14:21.461 --> 00:14:23.496
  • And in places like china,
  • 00:14:23.496 --> 00:14:25.532
  • As in the green, you know, islamists
  • 00:14:25.532 --> 00:14:28.568
  • Who are infiltrating the country in iran and everywhere else.
  • 00:14:28.568 --> 00:14:32.138
  • The thing is, is you're exactly right.
  • 00:14:32.906 --> 00:14:34.908
  • And schweitzer is right that the longer that this, conflict,
  • 00:14:34.908 --> 00:14:39.012
  • You know, goes on with iran, if we don't finish the job
  • 00:14:39.012 --> 00:14:42.182
  • Quickly, china has a better chance of taking, taiwan.
  • 00:14:42.182 --> 00:14:45.652
  • I think that much is clear.
  • 00:14:45.652 --> 00:14:46.853
  • I think they want the conflict in the middle east to draw.
  • 00:14:46.853 --> 00:14:49.756
  • You know, draw on longer and longer,
  • 00:14:49.756 --> 00:14:51.491
  • Which has to do with why
  • 00:14:51.491 --> 00:14:52.559
  • They're supplying the weaponry and the cash.
  • 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:55.128
  • And so,
  • 00:14:55.128 --> 00:14:56.296
  • We need to be able to kind of walk
  • 00:14:56.296 --> 00:14:57.797
  • And chew gum at the same time,
  • 00:14:57.797 --> 00:14:59.232
  • Get it done in the, in the middle east,
  • 00:14:59.232 --> 00:15:01.201
  • And then make sure that china does not take taiwan
  • 00:15:01.201 --> 00:15:04.437
  • Well.
  • 00:15:04.671 --> 00:15:05.605
  • Schweitzer has made another important point
  • 00:15:05.605 --> 00:15:07.374
  • That the us is fighting with one hand tied behind its back
  • 00:15:07.374 --> 00:15:10.877
  • Because of the many ties between american businesses.
  • 00:15:10.877 --> 00:15:13.813
  • In other words, if we pressed china too hard,
  • 00:15:13.813 --> 00:15:15.782
  • It could come back to hurt the us. is that his point?
  • 00:15:15.782 --> 00:15:20.353
  • Yeah.
  • 00:15:20.587 --> 00:15:21.154
  • And this is why we need
  • 00:15:21.154 --> 00:15:22.022
  • I mean, it started under the first trump
  • 00:15:22.022 --> 00:15:23.757
  • Administration, but it continues today.
  • 00:15:23.757 --> 00:15:25.525
  • We need to be reshoring and stop
  • 00:15:25.525 --> 00:15:27.994
  • Getting our supply chain back in our hemisphere.
  • 00:15:27.994 --> 00:15:30.430
  • I think this has a lot to do with,
  • 00:15:30.430 --> 00:15:32.165
  • President trump's actions in venezuela and in latin america.
  • 00:15:32.165 --> 00:15:35.769
  • It's much better to have parts of our supply chain over here
  • 00:15:35.769 --> 00:15:38.972
  • Than it is over there, because, i mean, we saw it with covid
  • 00:15:38.972 --> 00:15:41.674
  • And so many other examples the pharmaceuticals, the tech,
  • 00:15:41.674 --> 00:15:45.745
  • All of it, the chips.
  • 00:15:45.745 --> 00:15:46.880
  • So bringing manufacturing back to the united states
  • 00:15:46.880 --> 00:15:49.516
  • Is the number one way
  • 00:15:49.516 --> 00:15:50.717
  • To kind of release that hand tied behind our back.
  • 00:15:50.717 --> 00:15:53.853
  • You know, i realize that you're not a politician,
  • 00:15:54.888 --> 00:15:57.357
  • But if you were advising
  • 00:15:57.357 --> 00:15:58.491
  • The president prior to his trip to meet with xi jinping,
  • 00:15:58.491 --> 00:16:01.694
  • What would you suggest he ask for when he gets there?
  • 00:16:01.694 --> 00:16:04.898
  • That's a great, great question, pastor.
  • 00:16:05.665 --> 00:16:08.368
  • You know, number one, the fentanyl
  • 00:16:08.368 --> 00:16:10.370
  • Still flowing now, president trump, sealed the border,
  • 00:16:10.370 --> 00:16:13.406
  • But china is still waging war on us using fentanyl.
  • 00:16:13.406 --> 00:16:16.342
  • That needs to stop.
  • 00:16:16.342 --> 00:16:17.944
  • And then as far as their,
  • 00:16:17.944 --> 00:16:19.546
  • Activities in cuba, i mean, cuba is 90 miles away.
  • 00:16:19.546 --> 00:16:22.415
  • I'm in florida. china.
  • 00:16:22.415 --> 00:16:24.417
  • It used to be the soviets
  • 00:16:24.417 --> 00:16:25.618
  • Down in cuba, but now it's china that is bolstering cuba.
  • 00:16:25.618 --> 00:16:29.355
  • And there actually, you know, groups like,
  • 00:16:29.355 --> 00:16:31.858
  • The ones run by devil roy singam, who schweitzer advised,
  • 00:16:31.858 --> 00:16:35.195
  • They are bringing american left wing radical left
  • 00:16:35.195 --> 00:16:37.931
  • Groups down to cuba, and they are getting marxist
  • 00:16:37.931 --> 00:16:40.567
  • Revolutionary training.
  • 00:16:40.567 --> 00:16:42.102
  • This guy neville roy singam, he's based in china.
  • 00:16:42.102 --> 00:16:44.404
  • So this kind of activity of using frontmen
  • 00:16:44.404 --> 00:16:47.240
  • In order to radicalize our country
  • 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:49.242
  • And create this division and chaos and unrest
  • 00:16:49.242 --> 00:16:52.245
  • That needs to stop.
  • 00:16:52.245 --> 00:16:53.379
  • And then the economics, i mean, president trump doesn't
  • 00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:56.783
  • Get enough credit for the, various tariffs he's put on.
  • 00:16:56.783 --> 00:17:00.220
  • We're bringing in, tens,
  • 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:01.488
  • If not hundreds of billions of dollars.
  • 00:17:01.488 --> 00:17:03.423
  • I think he needs to ratchet that up and say,
  • 00:17:03.423 --> 00:17:05.158
  • Look, we'll put,
  • 00:17:05.158 --> 00:17:06.392
  • You know, even higher tariffs if you don't do what we say.
  • 00:17:06.392 --> 00:17:09.562
  • What about the i race, you know, we had a race to the moon back
  • 00:17:09.562 --> 00:17:12.499
  • In the day.
  • 00:17:12.499 --> 00:17:13.333
  • But now it seems like we're
  • 00:17:13.333 --> 00:17:14.434
  • Locked in this race with china for supremacy on ai.
  • 00:17:14.434 --> 00:17:18.438
  • What are they doing to ensure that they win that?
  • 00:17:18.438 --> 00:17:22.075
  • Yeah.
  • 00:17:22.308 --> 00:17:23.109
  • And that's another great question.
  • 00:17:23.109 --> 00:17:23.910
  • A colleague of ours,
  • 00:17:23.910 --> 00:17:25.145
  • Winton hall, just published a great book called code red.
  • 00:17:25.145 --> 00:17:28.181
  • He keeps saying,
  • 00:17:28.181 --> 00:17:29.516
  • We've got to beat china without becoming china.
  • 00:17:29.516 --> 00:17:32.018
  • So it's a delicate balance, this ai arms race.
  • 00:17:32.018 --> 00:17:34.988
  • Where what does the finish line look like?
  • 00:17:34.988 --> 00:17:37.190
  • Do we want to live in a
  • 00:17:37.190 --> 00:17:39.559
  • Totally ai controlled society with social credit scores,
  • 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.729
  • Which we know some of the control?
  • 00:17:42.729 --> 00:17:44.497
  • That's exactly what they want.
  • 00:17:44.497 --> 00:17:46.699
  • But at the same time, if china wins that, i mean, they get
  • 00:17:46.699 --> 00:17:50.036
  • The sky is the limit in terms of,
  • 00:17:50.036 --> 00:17:52.238
  • Devastation that they could do, whether it's, you know,
  • 00:17:52.238 --> 00:17:54.340
  • Shutting down infrastructure, power grids, etc.
  • 00:17:54.340 --> 00:17:58.344
  • If we're not on,
  • 00:17:58.344 --> 00:17:59.445
  • If we're not at the top, they could do real damage,
  • 00:17:59.445 --> 00:18:01.781
  • And it'd be hard to prove that it was them.
  • 00:18:01.781 --> 00:18:03.650
  • Just given how advanced the ai is.
  • 00:18:03.650 --> 00:18:06.753
  • Well,
  • 00:18:06.986 --> 00:18:08.221
  • We're going to have winston on soon to explore his new book,
  • 00:18:08.221 --> 00:18:09.956
  • So we're looking forward to that.
  • 00:18:09.956 --> 00:18:11.891
  • James, thank you for sharing your time
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  • With us today and for your trusted reporting.
  • 00:18:13.493 --> 00:18:17.330
  • Yes, sir.
  • 00:18:17.630 --> 00:18:18.331
  • Thank you pastor. see you soon.
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  • A viewer on youtube noted, my friend told me
  • 00:18:55.638 --> 00:18:58.441
  • That the troops have been told that this is a holy war,
  • 00:18:58.441 --> 00:19:02.311
  • And that jesus has anointed president trump
  • 00:19:02.311 --> 00:19:04.680
  • To start the war to encourage armageddon.
  • 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:08.084
  • To me, that sounds ridiculous.
  • 00:19:08.084 --> 00:19:09.919
  • Have you heard that or do you think that it's nonsense?
  • 00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:13.456
  • I have not heard that.
  • 00:19:13.923 --> 00:19:15.758
  • I do think it's nonsense.
  • 00:19:15.758 --> 00:19:17.526
  • I think you need a new friend, but i'm not really surprised.
  • 00:19:17.526 --> 00:19:21.864
  • It seems to be the israelis have been accused
  • 00:19:21.864 --> 00:19:23.699
  • Of everything lately.
  • 00:19:23.699 --> 00:19:24.834
  • Except trying to capture the easter bunny.
  • 00:19:24.834 --> 00:19:27.637
  • And i'm expecting to hear that rumor just about any day.
  • 00:19:27.637 --> 00:19:30.740
  • Jennifer wrote in i live in massachusetts, where
  • 00:19:31.707 --> 00:19:34.443
  • I'm a teacher of 23 years.
  • 00:19:34.443 --> 00:19:36.178
  • I teach in the city right outside of boston.
  • 00:19:36.178 --> 00:19:38.581
  • We have a huge immigrant
  • 00:19:38.581 --> 00:19:39.615
  • Population, and many, many are here illegally.
  • 00:19:39.615 --> 00:19:42.985
  • Our school system is overcrowded.
  • 00:19:42.985 --> 00:19:44.587
  • We have so much fraud in the state of massachusetts
  • 00:19:44.587 --> 00:19:47.657
  • With how many illegal immigrants
  • 00:19:47.657 --> 00:19:48.991
  • Were housed in hotels by our governor, maura healey.
  • 00:19:48.991 --> 00:19:52.561
  • It's also so frustrating that the teachers union
  • 00:19:52.561 --> 00:19:54.897
  • Is so pro illegal immigrants.
  • 00:19:54.897 --> 00:19:57.366
  • They're actually pushing a walkout where they want
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  • Students and teachers to walk out of school at 130.
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  • Massachusetts is a blue state,
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  • But there are many, many conservatives in the state.
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  • Unfortunately, the big cities overtake the state.
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  • Well, jennifer, it's a good reminder.
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  • We still have an immigration problem.
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  • We have a system for legal immigration.
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  • It allows multiplied people to come into our nation every year.
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  • But our borders have been open
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  • And tens of millions have come in illegally.
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  • They need to go home.
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  • We're paying them to go home, and we need to cooperate
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  • In encouraging the rest.
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  • Nothing that begins with illegal is going to turn out well.
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  • It's not compassion to encourage illegal behavior.
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  • And we need to keep saying it because there's a cascading set
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  • Of voices on the other end of that spectrum.
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  • Alan g. in texas.
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  • And you spell alan right?
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  • Yes. god is moving in the earth and even in d.c.
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  • No more funding for research via fetal tissue.
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  • Donald trump, the self-described most pro-life
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  • President ever, sometimes needs reminding of that fact.
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  • But not this time.
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  • The national institutes of health recently ended
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  • Federal funding for any research
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  • That uses tissue from aborted babies.
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  • This win prevents the sale of aborted babies
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  • To labs for research into areas like stem cells.
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  • But the nih director, jay bhattacharya, stressed
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  • That parents who suffer
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  • Miscarriages can still donate the babies body to science.
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  • Alan, it's a good reminder there's much work
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  • To do in that abortion conversation.
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  • Abortion numbers are going up
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  • Even though roe v wade has been turned back.
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  • We've talked.
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  • We've been taught to be kind.
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  • It's not a good policy to be kind to evil.
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  • Evil has to be confronted.
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  • Maybe we'll find the courage to do that.
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  • Thank you for your time with us.
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  • And i pray you have a blessed evening.
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