military equipment anywhere in the world. so that 85 billion figure is not even close to true . the pentagon has put the value of that equipment left behind at about seven billion. independent experts have told me that makes sense. so where does the 85 billion come from? well, that is a rounded figure. it was actually about 83 billion for the total amount of money that congress appropriated to the afghan security forces over the entire course of the war, not even close to all that jim was for equipment. this things like salaries like infrastructure like training about 19 billion in total. was equipment about seven billion left behind. now i m not saying seven billion left behind is a good thing before i get angry emails from trump supporters, but it s important for public figures to get their facts straight. and you might get those emails anyway. but daniel you know, trump can t seem to get through the rally these days without lying about the border wall. this is one that we ve heard t
to get the trade deficit tobe zeror,. let me give you this number about $6 trillion in tradeyear surpluses to them in last 20 years, $6 trillion. no rational person and not look at the situation and not seesee what is coming.tr maria: former trade rep that under trump lighthizer.es with wall street over on foxbusiness for the numbers show how much more the u.s. buys froc china versus what china buys from the u.s. resulting in three to 83 billion-dollar deficit with communist china last year. that comes as president biden pushes as green energy agenda which sends production to china. for their benefit ccp which controls about 60% of the world s lithium supply. discuss economic for many american families. with crude oil prices upnce
most sensitive military sites. we waited until service the safely over water which would not only protect civilians, but also enable us to recover substantial components for further analysis. analytics. and then we shot it down, sending a clear message, clear message that the violation of our sovereignty is unacceptable. we ll act to protect our country, and we did. maria: meanwhile, on thursday china imposed sanctions against defense contractors lockheed martin and raytheon for supplying weapons to taiwan. the companies are now barred from inputting goods or making new investments in china, and yet china still holds the most favored nation status with the united states on trade amidst a $383 billion deficit with china. for more on all of this, let s bring in republican senator eric schmitt9 who sits on the senate armed services committee. senator, good to have you here. great to be with you again, maria.
we continually put money in front of people. we can talk about the deregulation. we can talk about the trump administration, the biden administration, and the obama administration for this one incident. but i think it s part of a larger systemic issue, which is we have a hard time putting people first. yeah. and by the way, these railroad companies have gotten very wealthy over the same time that these regulations have rolled back. in 2021, the chairman of the rail shippers association at their big annual meeting said since 2010, the railroad owners have taken home more than an astounding $183 billion in buybacks and dividends, for more than the $138 billion spent on railroad infrastructure. well, i mean, i guess that s a proud moment for them. and a larger picture in terms of this moment and what it could mean for the biden administration is the emphasis on the infrastructure. the everyday person might not understand why that matters when president biden will be able to
foreign investment went up to over £2 trillion for the first time. £83 billion alone in the last year. so we can find statistics that make one case or the other, but if you look at the long term prospects, this is an economy with enormously exciting opportunities. can you deliver some tax cuts to help boost the economy in the way you say? well, it s unlikely we ll have the headroom for any significant tax cuts. what i would say is we are the sixth largest economy in the world. we are going through a difficult period. you will always be able to point to things that are going wrong or not going as well as people would like. the government keen to show it has ideas on how to grow the economy long term, but short term challenges still loom large. faisal islam, bbc news. a man has died after being crushed by a street you your vinyl that he was working on in london s west end.