matter china needs to be assured that no matter what happens, the south china sea, matter what happens, the south china sea. the matter what happens, the south china sea, the taiwan strait, china will always sea, the taiwan strait, china will always have a peaceful northern border always have a peaceful northern border in always have a peaceful northern border in its place. in china wants to continue border in its place. in china wants to continue expenses about the initiative to continue expenses about the initiative for central asia for that whole initiative for central asia for that whole region, from mongolia to former whole region, from mongolia to former soviet allies, china, as it continues former soviet allies, china, as it continues to extend its influence. today. continues to extend its influence. today, russia does not seem to have that increasing power to counter chinese that increasing power to counter chinese expansion. as that increasing power to coun
they can change the calculus for shipping. make it extraordinaryry for him. but we can t wait wee can t wait until he s got ships that the ships at sea and airplanes in the air and a blockade established to say, oh goodness ,now we re going to gather and gather at some place and decide what we re going tori do. we should be preparing the taiwanese with allre the tools they tell us they need and make sure that xi t jinping understands that we are serious when he when he raises j the specter as he did justch this past week when the chinese talk about the big price that the united states will payi for sending equipment to taiwan, he s talking about the use of nuclear weapons too. we cannot allow tyrants to threaten nuclear weapons, engage in coercive behavior. it didn t happen forpe four yeas in our administration. we shouldn t let it happen now. i hope they re listening to secretary of state mike pompeo . we do need the adults in power that would be reallyhe helpful. thank you for being