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Erik Prince

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

So that has completely changed.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

alienated the average African because the Chinese treat them terribly as workers, very abusive.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

And that's the one thing about Western capital.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

And there's more accountability through Western capital markets, et cetera, and governments that expect Western companies that are operating there to behave.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

And there's a court system back in the West to hold them accountable, non-existent in the China-Africa nexus.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

What about in Europe?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

exceedingly popular yet.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Popular.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Not with the elites.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Look, Europe's been having a free ride for decades on their defense spending.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

That's a whole other topic we can dig into.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

But you have – when Trump 45 took over, there was I think five of 28 countries that were paying 2% of their defense budgets, 2% of their GDPs in defense.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

That's a not serious alliance.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

We want alliances, not protectorates.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

And that's I think the point that President Trump is making.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Yeah.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

And that's the one inaccuracy.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

As Eric was explaining-

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Formosa was never part of mainland China, ever.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

But it is such an irritant because you have, what, 1.4 billion mainland Chinese and you have 24 million...