strategy today in washington. it has four goals, protect the american people, advance american prosperity, preserve peace through strength and advance american influence. it is expected to lash out at china and we have new details on how. cnn s matt rivers joining us live in beijing with those details. good morning, matt. reporter: good morning, dave. yeah, this is something that every u.s. president since ronald reagan rolled out in a formal document, this national security strategy. in this document, senior officials say the president will hit china hard, calling them a strategic competitor. they are going to focus a lot on trade, that s not surprising given what we have heard from donald trump mainly as a candidate. you heard him rip into china on a regular basis talking intellectual property theft and restricted access to the chinese
sanctions that would hit china hard, explain. what the administration is doing is trying to build leverage for a negotiation. their new maximum pressure strategy is similar to the strategy that the obama administration pursued with respect to iran. building up leverage with the threat of military action, all of the signaling on the military side is part of it, but my junction is that there is more question do to impose economic and financial pressure. the tool that we used in the obama administration with respect to iran was the secondary sanctions that put financial institutions to a choice. they have access to the u.s. financial system, but they can t
americans or need a warrant first. well, here is an idea, stop bringing in americans like mohammed abdul asa who shot up chattanooga. like the immigrants who bombed boston marathon. like the ones that caused rand paul to filibuster. american anwar al-awlaki. don t make terrorists citizens through immigration, we will have a lot less of a national security problem. and also, let me add this. there are a lot of people saying donald trump doesn t come with specifics. i have heard him talk about isis how he would deal with isis. i heard him say he would put boots on the ground. frankly, i think donald trump resonates with a lot of people. i would disagree with that policy but none the less, it s a policy. he has put it out there. he is also very clear on his trade policy. he says fight china hard. fight mexico hard. these are policy initiatives, yet, no one seems to be hearing those. no, these are statements. they are not policies. and here s the difference. who is behind the curtain o
americans or need a warrant first. well, here is an idea, stop bringing in americans like mohammed abdul asa who shot up chattanooga. like the immigrants who bombed boston marathon. like the ones that caused rand paul to filibuster. american anwar al-awlaki. don t make terrorists citizens through immigration, we will have a lot less of a national security problem. and also, let me add this. there are a lot of people saying donald trump doesn t come with specifics. i have heard him talk about isis how he would deal with isis. i heard him say he would put boots on the ground. frankly, i think donald trump resonates with a lot of people. i would disagree with that policy but none the less, it s a policy. he has put it out there. he is also very clear on his trade policy. he says fight china hard. fight mexico hard. these are policy initiatives, yet, no one seems to be hearing those. no, these are statements. they are not policies. and here s the difference. who is behind the curtain o
kansas where beach craft and all . cessnaare trying to build . we go to brazil. guest: can you imagine kneting tax credits in the united states and buy in brazil. brazil is a gold mine. i ownthe miss universe pageant and they will be in brazil because brazil has lots of mon yeit is great what they are doing. you know, when i knock china hard. i am not knocking their leaders, we should do what they are doing. we should be working the system like they do. we don t have a clue. columbia. the country of columbia will make four billion. tt is small . china will make more than 300 billion on us this year. i started to look at different things. we lose to everybody . so the world looks at us as a whipping post. they look at us as stupid people. mike: you talk to china and