Mark Halperin

There was a period after, there's a famous photo of Brent Scowcroft, President Bush 41's National Security Advisor, toasting with the Chinese in Beijing, you know, with champagne.

And that photo showed up in a lot of Democratic ads, this, you know, early 90s saying, you know, you shouldn't be, you know, celebrating with the Chi-Com.

Then we went through this period where the Democrats in particular were really reluctant to be seen talking kindly to the Chinese.

And every time Joe Biden said, oh, I'm friends with Xi, we used to go to Iowa together, a lot of Democrats cringed.

Donald Trump talks about Xi all the time as his friend.

He's planning very warm summits with him this year.

Natalie, what is the, again, just talk about MAGA for a minute.

Why is MAGA not saying, Mr. President, if you want to be true to America first, stop palling around with the CHICOM?

Joe, there's a contrast between President Trump's warm rhetoric about Xi and the Chinese to one of the very few bipartisan things on Capitol Hill today.

There's a bipartisan anti-China group of Democrat and Republican co-chairs.

Ro Khanna just took over for the Democrats.

Their press releases read like something from the Cold War.

They're extremely hostile to China.

They're extremely concerned about the existential threat from China.

How do those two coexist?

You've got this bipartisan.

I mean, I hope I would hope with President Trump would be something along the old adage of, you know, keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

Yeah.

You know, the is a law.

It's been a long run sentiment that China is is the largest threat to the United States of America long term.