to our correspondent who outlined the fact that china has tried to remain neutral on this issue. has tried to remain neutral on this issue- this issue. there are several different this issue. there are several different facets this issue. there are several different facets to this issue. there are several different facets to the - this issue. there are several different facets to the china | different facets to the china question. on the one hand, china and the president has more ability to influence president clinton than any other world leader. and when the whole international community was so concerned last summer and fall when president putin was kind of rattling the nuclear sabre and making veiled threats, it was very significant that the president of china publicly basically said there is no place for nuclear threats in this conflict. and i m sure he had private counsel to. to influence president putin. the use of nuclear weapons, i think china can play a moderating rol
they want to go against russia and destroy russia. and so he is casting it in existential terms for russians and that forces them to think in those frankly apocalyptic ways. and kim, then you have the china question here. secretary blinken warned about consequences if china were to provide lethal military aid to russia. we know tensions between the u.s. and china are at their highest, the relationship at its lowest after the balloon incident. what do you make of the china factor here and would there be consequences if xi jinping does offer aid to russia and sides with russia with military aid here? well, one complicating factor is that china actually has business dealings with ukraine and has, while not condemned the invasions has said supportive things to ukraine throughout this past year. but it seems that what beijing is trying to do is set
treaty. it s putting the whole treaty at risk. treaty. it s putting the whole trea at risk. ~ ., ., , , ., treaty at risk. what does this mean for other nuclear treaty at risk. what does this mean for other nuclear countries - treaty at risk. what does this mean l for other nuclear countries because? i m thinking about china, for instance, wejust spoke i m thinking about china, for instance, we just spoke to our correspondent there that china has tried to remain neutral on this issue. . , ., , issue. there are several different asset facets issue. there are several different asset facets to issue. there are several different asset facets to the issue. there are several different asset facets to the china - asset facets to the china question. on one hand, the president of china probably has more ability to influence president putin and any other world leader. and when the whole international community was so concerned last summer and fall when president putin was kind
to hear some democrats try to spin this like it was a good thing or coup, if it was a good thing the logic sean follows that if it was a good thing that we were collecting intelligence on china, should we all be hoping that vladimir putin onto the spy balloon that will cross next week? that would be great when it? no, the absurd logic of the joe biden administration keeps applying shows you why this national security team that has around him failed the border, failed in afghanistan, failed you and deterring vladimir putin in ukraine. and now they re trying to sell that they are tough on china question work one is buying that. sean: this is not a major breach which is stunning to me. the fact that they were told as you rightly pointed out that guy that took a photo in montana is pretty staggering to me does not show that there is a vulnerability they can fly something the size of three
again but the china question, i don t know why i felt i had to ask that in february but it was revealing. look, i think, laura after looking at that interview clearly the scientist spoke and anthony fauci is perfect so we have to accept that to deny it would be engaging in dangerous misinformation about the level of service he has offered us as a country. no, dr. fauci of course has denied at every stage any kind of responsibility for decisions that he was repeatedly a critical actor in making and i think that all the hell ballou around him and all the propaganda that we saw from the left propping him up even as so many questions were being lodged by legitimate sources, americans who were just raising, i think, very serious, and what turned out to be significant questions about the level that we could trust what china was saying, the level of competence that we had and the conclusions that in so many ways were affecting our lives.