carolina i sold south carolina to every one. i will sell to japan, south korea, israel. >> you mentioned taiwan earlier about ukraine and russia, and it's one of the biggest flash points in the u.s./china relationship. president biden repeatedly said u.s. forces would defend taiwan if china invades. would you make that same commitment? >> he's looking at this the wrong way. it's about preventing war. what would prevent china from go into taiwan in the first place. there are two things china and russia never wanted us to have. they never wanted us to have a strong military and never wanted us to be energy independent. we need to do both things. strong militaries don't start wars, they prevent wars. that's the first thing we have to know. the second thing is -- hold on,