China, ill just say this. This summit was not about china. That was not the purpose of the meeting, but china came up. Not to say we dont share concerns about the economic coercion or heightened tensions caused by china, put this summit was about our relationship with each other and deepening cooperation across an entire range of issues that went beyond the immediately issues we raised. It was about a more peaceful and prosperous indopacific, a region quite frankly would benefit everyone living there and Around The World if we get it right. Its not just here. It has impact. Anyway, i wont get going. Itll take too long. Today is just how committed we are to see this vision take place. And i think this relationship we put together, and i think youre going to see it expand. This is a historic meeting, but were about to lay in place a longterm structure for a relationship that will last and have a phenomenal impact not just in asia but Around The World. Someone once said in a different con
Raised. It was more about a region quite frankly that would benefit everyone living there and Around The World if we get it right. Its not just here. It has a phenomenal impact. I dont want to get going. Ill take too long. Youve seen from initiatives here today is just how committed we are to see this vision take place. I think this relationship that we put together and i think were youll see it expand. Maybe not what we did today, this is a historic meeting but were about to weve laid in plate a longterm structure for a relationship that will last and have a phenomenal impact in asia and Around The World. Someone ones said in a different context about Healthcare Provision in my country awhile ago, this is a big deal. This is a big deal. Thank you. Let me address the questions directed to me. First, as to north Koreas Nuclear and Missile Provocations and the threats that are posed and how we plan to counter those threats together among our three countries, let me address that question.
definitely had an impact on degrading and disrupting the activities of some of these groups. clearly they have decided to keep conducting those attacks. and now it s had lethal consequences for american troops. we will weigh a set of options. the president will respond appropriately. the attacks need to stop. what is the legal basis? the constitution, commander in chief, the self-defense of our troops. the president has authority that take the action he needs to protect our troops and facilities overseas under article 2. the president faces a great deal of political pressure here at home with the republicans, for example, calling for direct strikes on iran. does the president feel that pressure, and how much does that pressure weigh on his decision making? the pressure the president is feeling, if you want to call it that, is to make sure that we can continue to protect and defend our national security interests in the region. first and foremost, his mind is solidly,
for example, during the pandemic what happened was all of a sudden everybody started to learn the phrase supply chain. a year ago no one knew what the hell anybody was talking about when you said supply chain but now they all know, and we lost access to these these semiconductors in which new automobiles in the united states need 30,000 of them just to build a new automobile and we didn t have them. so we started investing here and what happened was when we encouraged the investment through the chips and science act and now we have an enormous investment in the united states, over $200 billion in long-term investment in semiconductors. we are rebuilding the economy of the united states with those semiconductors. it s not designed to hurt china. the only thing i did say with regard to china, there are certain extremely sophisticated semiconductors that we have built that are useful for nuclear and or other weapons systems. those we are not selling. we are not exporting to ch
trump s alleged hush money scheme will soon have an unexpected witness as the manhattan district attorney weighs indicting the former president. and if he is arrested, trump s attorney warns of mayhem to come. on both sides of the atlantic, major moves are being made to try to restore faith in the global banking system. china s president is making his first trip to moscow since the war in ukraine began. we will look at what both sides are hoping to get out of the visit. good to have you with us. donald trump is bracing for what could be an eventful week in one of his legal battles. the former u.s. president has called on supporters to protest his potential arrest on tuesday over a hush money investigation in new york. in the coming hours, we could learn new details about that probe when his former attorney, michael cohen, appears before a grand jury. cohen s former legal adviser, robert costello, is also expected to offer evidence, which a source says would challenge co