Mark Halperin

They've been building up, building up their Navy, building up their forces nationally.

their army i mean that is is the long-term threat and so keep an eye on that ball i think is is very prudent and it just seems that you know more politicians may have a different way of dealing with it whether it be you know uh out in the open or in the back rooms but um acknowledging the threat that they pose long terms the safety and security united states i think is paramount

Yeah, I don't want to overstate President Trump's posture.

He certainly is wary of the Chinese.

They certainly are not giving away the store.

But just the prospect of a friendly summit not that long ago would have been unthinkable.

Joe Biden wouldn't have done that and let cameras in the room because he would have taken.

from people in his own party on the right.

I want to sneak in one topic because we're talking a lot about AI this episode.

The AI outfits are in the politics business now, and they're giving, they're starting to give tens of millions of dollars.

Meta is giving, they just announced millions of dollars to candidates who will be favorable towards looser regulation of AI.

And I suspect between now and November,

They'll just keep putting money in because for them, it's a tiny bit of money to try to get candidates who are for what they're for.

I'm not a big believer in restricting money in politics.

I just think it's both unconstitutional and impossible.

But Congressman, if you're a citizen, should you be wary of these these massive companies spending massive amounts of money in this campaign?

Is that something the public should be concerned about?

Yeah, a thousand percent.

I think the public should be very concerned with the threats of AI, but particularly social media has against our most vulnerable in society, our children.

So I've been following the cases out in California.