Andrew Heaton
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So, for example, there was a big kerfuffle a few years ago where a Saudi company wanted to buy, I think, the port of Los Angeles.
What that basically meant was they were just going to be the company in charge of logistics for it.
They weren't in charge of securityβ
Sifius looked at it and went, this does not pose a threat to American security because American security is still handed by America.
No, because that would be the easiest thing to seize.
If we ever got into a conflict, like let's say we go to war over Taiwan, we could immediately appropriate that.
Now, if they started like poisoning the land or something, sure, absolutely ban them from doing that.
How would you know?
Well, what about... Hold on.
To a foreign country or a large portion of it.
What percentage are we talking about here?
Because I'm guessing it's less than 1% of American funding.
It's owned by China.
Let's pull up the numbers so we can.
We're talking about 20% we can talk.
But if we're talking about like 1%, that's probably just like investment diversity for the Chinese.
In which case, they're spending money over here and we're getting more money.
What is that money?
What do you mean by we get more money?