if she reiterates the one china policy, no support for taiwanese independence, that may calm china. but something else, katie bar the door. bret: a big moment, nancy pelosi arriving in taiwan with the welcome almost like a kpop music band we were talking about earlier, a rock star well come in the public eye. we have not had a high ranking official like this since as you mentioned newt gingrinch in 1997 go to taiwan, and you are right, it matters what she says. it also matters how the white house reacts to what she says or does. and so far the president has received some criticism about not appearing that strong and how he has dealt with this from the beginning. republicans have signed on to this trip, some 26 27 senators with a letter of support. they were invited, but there is
overall, i am hopeful we will get a good read out from the phone call, and it will do something to ds late tensions that have been rising recently. stay make you did mention the trip to speaker nancy pelosi. republicans are chairing her, saying go to taiwan. mike pompeo says i will go with you. you said that could be an inflammatory trip. what would that mean as a practical question? let s say she goes and lands in taiwan, how does china reach bond? china could respond in a number of ways, none of which would be helpful. notably, they could put aircraft up and put a record number of military aircraft into the taiwan strait. the number has been going up as the year has gone on. they could put ships around taiwan. they could use cyber to generate a massive cyber attack. they could take down air traffic control systems around taipei while the speakers plan is trying to land?
repeating, the extent to which our policy towards china has changed over the last 10 15 years. i m not that old, my political memory isn t that old, my political memory isn t that long, but i remember george osborne having points with his 0sborne having points with his chinese counterpart and talking all happily about a golden era of chinese relations. now we re talking about slipping into a nuclear war essentially because channels of communication have broken down. that s terrifying and shows the naivety of those mid 2000 politicians, notjust here but in america, as well, and the rest of the world. aha, america, as well, and the rest of the world- america, as well, and the rest of the world. ~ .,, , ., the world. a call has been made by joe biden the world. a call has been made by joe itiden to the world. a call has been made by joe biden to xi the world. a call has been made by joe biden to xi jinping the world. a call has been made by joe biden to xi jinping in the world.
instance, what is china going to do? go to taiwan if putin is nonstop from going into ukraine? are these conversations you are hearing out there? a lot of them and a lot of people are tied to the defense industry or congressman tied to the administration, real concerns about what russia and china are doing. the link between the two and relationship between the two, you re right. u.s. military faces a lot of things but if russia moves into ukraine, if china moves into taiwan, what does that look like? what is the u.s. response? is a complex answers for this administration and ones opposed to the defense secretary in one way or another. griff: bret, i ve got to believe people are talking and contrasting perhaps the different approach president biden is taking with president ronald reagan last night. a special report, a sound by a