A few moments. With the latest global news headlines. On this weeks show coronavirus half of what youve heard is probably wrong and in this half hour 2 experts will inoculate you against a misinformation epidemic but 1st as the world becomes a smaller place how do we look to the rest of the world holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our t. V. America. We got lots of reaction to last weeks show Rush Limbaugh even squat about it if you missed it click u s a optics where youll find all our shows on demand at youtube dot com slash the big picture on. T. This week a quick follow up with the benefit of a globe trotting perspective we always try to tap into whenever he is home here in washington john said leads his principal a Trilogy Advisors here in washington specializing in Government AffairsPolitical Communications and geo Political Risk management his clients include the u. S. State Department John is a popular speaker and you can search you tube for his ted talk american identity on the global stage which lately is complicated john welcome back pretty to be back thanks for having me 2020 Campaign Coverage has been most of whats on most other cable news channels lately and the post super tuesday this all goes up an octave how closely are the u. S. A president ial race and these characters who populate it followed elsewhere by World Leaders and Business People and just plain folks very closely and 1st of all u. S. Allies and adversaries are looking to see whats going to happen with President Trump will he still be president in 2021 for his 2nd inaugural or will he be succeeded by a democrat and if so which of these democrats the United States is still the dominant power in the world even with the new competition with china russia rogue regime issues like iran and north korea people still look to the United States for Global Leadership who dominates the United States government in the u. S. Economy and drives it forward is always going to be a major issue for audiences governments and plain folks around the world add to that the fact that donald trump is the most riveting and entertaining president in modern history a man here and so youve got people just every day citizens around the world who are watching us politics probably like you havent done so in years if not decades do you reckon that world Financial Markets have now priced in this mercurial and often undiplomatic president s shoot from the hip style. I believe so i mean markets tend to be a moral right so whether or not people were democrats or republicans and for that matter one of the surprising facts is most people in new york in the Financial Investment industries are democrats they supported Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Party they supported barack obama they now trump fans but they want more than anything else is profits 2nd drive business and Consumer Confidence and elevate the markets and i think thats what theyve been looking at the last 3 years well see how the coronavirus affects the u. S. Markets as well as whats happening in the International Indices but no i think very much so they priced him in nobody can figure out what hes going to do next but they know its almost always going to be surprising an unorthodox a staunch conservative friend of mine says you should thank him for the number at the bottom of your 401 k. I said no i should think jeff bezos but the president tends to benefit from or get blamed for an up or down economy respectively historically right absolutely and donald trump has been fortunate 1st of all the larger Economic Conditions around the world have been largely good up until this coronavirus and we still uncertain as to what the impacts will be through 2020 but in the u. S. I think donald trump can fairly be credited for the tax cuts and for the deregulation that striving Business Confidence thats driving Consumer Confidence and we have the most booming economy weve had since the mid 1990 s. In the United States and much of that credit where everyone stands in the spectrum goes to donald trump and the policies hes been able to enact well coronavirus when coronavirus sneezes the Financial Markets go down for the count and even just moving around here domestically i am constantly being asked by ben that china in the last couple of weeks even just making appointments here in washington so i can only imagine the gauntlet you run in your more exotic travels talked. About supply chain interruptions and other ways that this corona virus but demick is going to be felt in heartland usa you know i think what weve seen now that the epidemic is moving out of china and were increasingly seeing it in other Asian Countries in europe and in the United States is really what has the markets rattled the last week week and a half or so and well see to what extent the starts to play out more broadly inside the United States id like to think that really one of the major differences we have here in the u. S. In europe and in advanced countries like japan and south korea is we have open governments we share information its not what we had in china where for the 1st 6 weeks sure they kept this thing completely under wraps and it was only in late january that general secretary xi jinping announced to the Chinese People and to the world that this virus had become at the demick inside the country so i think we have more advanced technologies we have better information process hes and we tend to be open governmental systems so that people can respond take preventive measures so i think for the most part were going to be in good hands people will catch this virus but i dont think were going to have the type of crisis proportions are you seen inside of china however the markets tend to be also based on psychology and the more the media is driving the sense of panic and of crisis that is unfounded the more dangerous it will be for the economy so we have to make sure that the information that were exchanging is accurate is cool calm headed and based on facts not on emotion all along the chinese transparency has been suspect because back when they were telling us dozens of people they were quickly building 2 hospitals in 2 weeks so we still dont know what we dont know right thats correct and unfortunately that may have resulted in a pandemic that didnt need to take place if they. Taken the right measures in the 1st days in the 1st weeks when chinese physicians were reporting to local authorities about this virus and instead to protect the communist partys reputation and to prevent it from embarrassment before their own citizens and on the world stage they kept it under wraps now theyre playing catch up but now we have this out of control potentially in europe in pockets of asia and hopefully not in the United States but well see how this plays out we are talking with Government Affairs advisor john sibley to is john the 5 evolution is the u. S. See china trade flash point we are wary of that there while way internet plumbing is a trojan horse its going to spy on us but american tech firms and the european manufacturers we do trust are not as far along as that while away powered 5 g. Stuff where does this standoff go from here other than futuristic robo cars etc and whats at stake for the American Consumer if we do fall behind in the 5 g. Race well unfortunately holland we are already behind in the 5 g. Race and thats to quandary thats posed for us policy makers from the president to the congress to a regulatory agencies and that is that on the one hand we understand the Security Problems of 5 g. Led by huawei z t e and other chinese 5 g. Powerhouses theyre able to offer superior hardware and Software Services and theyre able to undercut the competition mostly ericsson out of sweden nokia out of finland and samsung of course out of north korea south korea but as much as 40 percent of the problem that we have is that a 1st of all were concerned that the Chinese Communist party can compel those companies while ways e. T. E. In others to surrender any personal data or really corporate secrets from any customers that use chinese 5 g. Companies the problem that we have is that we dont have a viable alternative. Like a cisco or a qualcomm or the 5 g. Company that can compete with these Chinese Companies now ericsson and nokia can maybe were looking at partnerships or acquisitions between u. S. Companies and European Companies to be able to compete more effectively with these Chinese Companies in the years to come but the security problem is very real were trying to persuade morales to be cautious about allowing 5 g. Into their networks and potentially compromising their infrastructure the Technology Systems and even government secrets while looking to see whether or not we can provide a realistic alternative to those successful Chinese Companies whats wonderful about the internet is that it is a World Wide Web if you end up with 2 tracks the track thats behind is behind a bricks it is reshuffling the economic deck in europe you get belt and Road Initiative among various eurasian alliances that are and running americas influence there historically much of the World Economy has been priced in usa dollars is the greenbacks status lessening and if so what does that mean at the Kitchen Table here at home i dont see this happening hollande and if anything if you look at whats been going on with the coronavirus pandemic thats now bursting around the world investors are looking for a safe haven theyre very concerned about the shift in Global Supply chains away from china into and this is already happening before the pandemic it is going into Southeast Asia into india and even into africa which could become the worlds next great factory floor replacing china right of the last 20 years but right now people are looking investors are looking for a safe haven theyre a little bit unsettled about whats happening with the Global Economy china may be at 0 percent growth for the 1st quarter its a condom is basically shut down and well see what the ripple effects so in the u. S. And in the e. U. And in the asian markets so investors a seeking a safe haven the ring. The u. S. Dollar the dollar is actually Holding Steady and actually increasing a couple of basis points in the last several weeks so i think the dollar will remain the safe haven for the foreseeable future thats good to know im down to about a minute but i must ask President Trump crows about usa Energy Independence and has one go i dont take a bottle of the state of the union if it is not because venezuela sits atop the Worlds Biggest Oil patch what is the administrations persistent interest in installing our guy as president i dont see him is our guy 1st of all one would look at the venezuelan constitution and most latin american countries of already taken the initiative in recognizing one as to do elected president of venezuela given that there is no legitimacy left in Nicolas Maduro as dictatorial regime but beyond that i dont really think its about oil holland the u. S. Exports twice as much oil around the world as venezuela does and with the Number One Oil producer beyond russia and saudi arabia this is really about chinese debt about 25000000000. 00 and the fear that china will seize venezuelan assets right the Russian Military in venezuela irans hezbollah destabilizing governments and a potential humanitarian crisis of millions of people event is really becomes a failed state streaming throughout latin america Central America and maybe even to the u. S. That is a big picture john said ladies trilogy advisers thanks as always thanks for having me. Coming up seriously are we taking the coronavirus epidemic lightly or youll have us the new james bond movie no time to die will not open as play on the easter weekend with movie theaters closed in several countries now double o. 7 state you has been pushed back to november but dont believe everything youve heard about this virus news you can you. Yes coming up this is the big picture on our t. V. 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Amazon has taken down listings for some 3rd Party Products claiming to help users of void corona virus infection one surgical face mask manufacturer was delisted for making what amazon called unapproved medical marketing claims but hey why all the fuss Rush Limbaugh assures gullible listeners that its nothing more than the common cold and that the corona virus is being weaponized to bring down donald trump and the tweeter in chief couldnt agree more accusing the what he calls the low ratings Fake News Media of overstating the story to panic markets like do nothing democrats all talk no action whom to believe and it is the coronavirus epidemic itself a symptom of our reliance on information gathered from social media lets ask chris to look at the c. E. O. Of Ruby Media Group a Public Relations and social media group in manhattan on her website ruby at media group dot com you can download her free ebook about social Media Presence and twitter and gauge meant chris welcome back. Thank you so much for having me helen got to be here hey as you have followed this coronavirus story how well or misinformed do you reckon someone for whom social media equals the news would be as this vital story unfolds. You know how and i think we have a real problem right now where its not even just about social media its about all of the media and traditional broadcast as well that people are misinformed about coronavirus this is serious this is not going away any time soon we are on the brink of a pandemic here cases continue to pop up because we should have started testing for them close to a month ago and were only now starting to test for them now so i think the real challenge is not just where people are getting their news from but also what sort of information is really being censored you know for the people of the United States and that is really my big concern today well they illustrate i want to show a couple of tweets that kristen has recently called out i was this for timing as airlines are canceling flights and the weary are postponing vacations and as its founder was running for president Bloomberg News wrote go ahead get on the plane for that riviera vacation and as the horrified are hoarding the armchair experts chime in with dubious advice responding to the perhaps well intentioned suggestion that we ask our doctors for a 90 day prescription refills during an Opioid Epidemic chris asks if you are not a doctor stop giving out medical advice kristen what is your advice to your clients and to any of our viewers who are using social media as part of their Marketing Strategy business as usual or does a story like coronavirus the blocks out the sun a dictate changing tactics. Coronavirus is dictating changing all tactics right now across the board in terms of any traditional Marketing Campaigns or Public Relations campaigns and even a brand social media strategy so this is not the time for cheap marketing ploys or to try and profit off of coronavirus or to price gouge or do any of the other tactics were seeing companies try and do you really want to. Change what youre doing to account for whats going on in the world and again thi