Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace

Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 20190623

Joins us for a sunday sitdown about where his Campaign Goes from here. Plus, democratic frontrunner joe biden under fire for touting his past work with segregationist senators. You going to apologize apologize for what . Chris well ask our sunday panel whether biden is in for more heat at this weeks debate. And our power player of the week, always heard but never seen. The old guards elite cannon team on the split Second Timing of a 21gun salute. All right now on Fox News Sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. President trump says nothing is off the table when it comes to how the u. S. Will respond to irans shootdown of an american surveillance drone. The president is at camp david recalibrating his iran policy after calling off airstrikes thursday night. But National Security adviser john bolton says iran should not, quote, mistake u. S. Prudence and discretion for weakness. In a moment well talk with republican senator tom cotton. But first, lets bring in david spunt with the latest from the white house. Reporter President Trump returns to white house from camp david later this afternoon. He spent the night there before leaving for the camp yesterday on the south lawn he said that dialogue is his number one priority with iran. Then a few hours after getting to camp david he tweeted that major sanctions would take place tomorrow. President trump making it clear he wants to avoid war with iran. Everybody was saying im a warmonger, and now they say im a dove. And i think im neither. Reporter the president says thats why he aborted airstrikes. I dont want to kill 150 of anything or anybody unless its absolutely necessary. If the leadership of iran behaves badly, then its going to be a very, very bad day for them. Reporter with few specifics, the president tweeted major additional sanctions will be imposed on the country. The president says he hopes iran becomes a productive and prosperous nation again. The president also holding off on arresting thousands of Illegal Immigrants sunday morning. Fox news has confirmed House Speaker nancy pelosi called President Trump to ask him to delay the planned i. C. E. Raids, a hint of bipartisanship and the president obliged. Now, President Trump basically said that hes giving congress only a couple of weeks. Congress, on this hand, has only a few more working days, chris, before their july 4th recess. Then President Trump said those deportations would begin. Now, on another note, we can tell you that President Trump apparently sent a letter to kim jong un in north korea, this is being reported from the white house. Reportedly chairman kim, from a north korean news agency, said the letter was excellent. A senior National Security adviser said that President Trump and kim jong un would not be meeting for another summit anytime soon. Chris, back to you from the white house. Chris david, thanks for that. Were joined now by senator tom cotton, a member of both the intelligence and Armed Services committees and author of of the new book sacred duty a soldiers tour at Arlington National cemetery. Senator, welcome back to Fox News Sunday. Thanks for having me on. Chris last sunday you called for a military strike against iran after it had attacked two foreign ships near the strait of hormuz. Here you are. Unprovoked attacks on commercial shipping warrant a retaliatory military strike against the Islamic Republic of iran. Chris well, this week, as we all know, iran went after and shot down a u. S. Navy drone, and President Trump first ordered and then called off a retaliatory strike. What do you think of the president s move . Chris, obviously, i think retaliatory strikes were warranted when were talking about foreign vessels on the high seas, i think theyre warranted against an american unmanned aircraft. What i see is iran steadily marching up the escalation chain. It started out with threats, went to attacks at sea and to an unmanned american aircraft. I fear were going to see an attack on a u. S. Ship or u. S. Manned aircraft. This is exactly what we saw in the 1980s when iran, for four years, was allowed to attack ships on the high seas. Over 190 attacks in the iran iraq war. Ronald reagan finally lost his patience after one of those mines hit a u. S. Navy frigate, and he launched one of the Largest Naval engagements since world war ii. I hope thats not the case. I hope the president s statement on friday and yesterday that we will not tolerate any kind of attack on an American Service member anywhere in the region gets through to the leaders in tehran. I worry though that they have a long history of marching up this escalation ladder anytime they face the kind of strategic challenge they face right now thanks to administrations maximum Pressure Campaign. Chris you were very critical of president obamas failure to enforce his red line against syria after a chemical attack, saying that it raised questions about how Strong Security commitments and statements by the president were. President trump has repeatedly gone after mr. Obama on the same thing. Take a look. When he didnt cross that line after making the threat, i think that set us back a long ways not only in syria, but in many other parts of the world because it was a blank threat. Chris does this run the risk of being President Trumps red line moment . No, chris, i see some differences between the two situations. First, president obamas syria policy was a mess. Second he himself in his own words drew that red line and failed to enforce it. Here President Trumps iran policy is working. Its probably the first time in 40 years where weve had the initiative against iran. One reason theyre lashing out is because of the maximum Pressure Campaign that has driven their economy to near depression levels of activity. Second, he had not drawn any such red line in his own language. He didnt take military strikes last week in an overt or conventional fashion, but he has said very clearly what we will noting tolerate, iran or its proxies making any kind of attack on American Service members or citizens in the region. And hes also said major sanctions are going to be added tomorrow which is only going to increase the sanctions that they already face which is one very positive result so far of the maximum Pressure Campaign. Chris iran now says i mean, i think its fair to say attacks on ships and drones, serious as they are, are kind of the side show. The big deal is the iran nuclear deal, and iran now says that it is going to violate that, this week, that it is going to exceed the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium and that perhaps it is going to violate the limit on uranium, go from 3. 5 enriched up to 20 , putting it closer to a Nuclear Weapon if it does that and gets closer to a Nuclear Weapon, what should the u. S. Response be, and are you at all concerned that the president s back and forth this week where he ordered an attack and then called it back may, perhaps unrealistically, encourage the mullahs to think they can get away with it . First, id say that irans threats to enrich uranium to levels beyond permitted, this is a question for the europeans whether they want to continue the charade of pretending that iran may continue to obey those limits and they can engage in some kind of trade with iran that bypasses american sanctions. I would say to those european leaders given the fact that the president exercised restraint in this past week, they should view that as an opening to double down with the United States on those sanctions if iran bypasses those enrichment limits. But just like an attack on an American Ship or any harm to an American Service member or citizen in the region, the president has also been very clear he will not allow iran to approach a Nuclear Weapon. Chris President Trump, as you point out, says that hes going to impose major new sanctions on iran starting tomorrow, but he also says that if iran were to change its way of doing things, that it could turn into an economic powerhouse. Take a look at what the president said. If iran wants to become a wealthy nation again, become a prosperous nation, well call it lets make iran great again, does that make sense . Make iran great again. Its okay with me. Chris now, thats the same offer he made to north korea, that if they gave up their Nuclear Weapons, that he would turn them into an economic or help them become an economic powerhouse. Do you really think that repressive regimes like north korea and iran are going to give up their Nuclear Ambitions in return for the blessings of western capitalism . Chris, id probably hear hear to what Ronald Reagan once said about the soviet union, trust but verify. The president s policy as outlined by secretary tom poi yea pompeo last year, theyre not going to renegotiate the obama era nuclear deal. Theyre not going to put a few new provisions on it. They want iran to change its campaign of terror throughout the region and drop its ambitions. That means things like stopping support for hezbollah and that a maas and rebel groups in places like yemen that are trying to overthrow legitimate governments, supporting proxy forces in iraq. If they will adhere to those 12 points that secretary pompeo laid out on behalf of donald trump and negotiate a genuine and verifiable end to their Nuclear Program, then we could have a different kind of relationship with iran, and that would be much to benefit of the iranian people as the president laid out yesterday. Chris but it would seem to me in any case that the prospects that iran youre basically talking about the islamic regime completely changing its colors, completely changing the way it acts. Youve got the Iranian Revolutionary guard, youve got hardline, hardliners in tehran, do you think that the prospect of american capitalism is going to get them to change that . Thats why i say a healthy dose of skepticism is warranted when youre dealing with regimes like the ayatollahs. Secretary pompeo didnt ask them to turn into a western europeanstyle parliamentary democracy. Heed is ask them to stop committing acts of terrorism, stop trying to overthrow governments in the region, stop attacking shipping on the high seas. Those are very reasonable requests that we would expect of any civilized and normal nation. Chris speaking of north korea, the regime there says that President Trump sent a letter to chairman kim that he has received over the weekend and that kim, quote, will contemplate the interesting content of the letter. Really the same question, how optimistic are you that iran will ever agree to denuclearize through diplomacy . Again, chris, i think healthy skepticism is warranted here. What we should do with iran is exactly what the president has done with north korea since kim jong un made unreasonable demands in february and the president rightly walked away from that summit. We should give them no corner, give them the opportunity to begin to act like a normal nation and try to seek relief of in return for tangible and verifiable commitments. Chris President Trump has also delayed a roundup that was supposed to begin today of migrant families that have already been given their deportation orders. He says hes giving congress two weeks to work out, to reform the asylum system and otherwise hell impose the roundup. I dont have to tell you you have a little bit of a look on your face. [laughter] you talk about healthy skepticism, congress isnt going to reform the asylum system in two weeks. I was going to say healthy skepticism is warranted when talking about the democrats. These are people who have claimed asylum in our country, theyve had their day in court, theyve had their claims rejected, and now they face a valid and final order of removal. If we cant deport people like that, who can we deport . Thats why the democrats position ultimately comes back to, in essence, open borders. Chris what do you think of the president s decision to hold off on the roundup . Two weeks for a couple thousand families is not going to make a big difference. And if we could get a genuine, a genuine law passed through congress that would address the asylum reforms that we need to stop the crisis at the border, that would be a good thing. But again, i go back to this point, if you cant deport an illegal alien that has a valid and final order of removal, how can you deport . Chris finally, you have written, as we mentioned at the beginning, a new book called sacred duty a soldiers tour at Arlington National cemetery. What did you learn about your tour of duty at arlington guarding the tomb of the unknowns, dealing with section 60 which, of course, is the area where the people who died in the global war on terrorism are buried, what did you learn from that experience in. Well, it was a true honor to serve when i did and to be back at the cemetery last year with the young soldiers, some of whom youll profile later today who are honoring our Fallen Heroes. But given this fact that were on a political show here, ill just say one thing that i see when im in arlington is the reverence, the respect, the gratitude, even the love that everyone has no matter their political views or affiliation for the Fallen Heroes and young soldiers. Arlington was born in the ashes of the civil war, the most divisive time in our country, and i think its a good reminder no matter how divided our times seem to be today, that theres still many things that we hold in common and hold dear as a country that unites us as americans. Chris senator cotton, thank you. As you point out, we have a terrific story about, a power player story about a unit of the old guard, and youre exactly are right. The reverence they have for the fallen there at arlington is quite extraordinary and quite inspiring. As you say, a good message for all of us. Thank you, sir. Thanks, chris. 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