Rahm Emanuel

I've adjusted.

Just kick me underneath if I start the dose.

In about six weeks from now, the president's going to sit down with Xi, president of China.

The second is he's going to go in in a weakened position.

which is what everybody knows that because of Iran and a series of things.

If you just take kind of a, let's take a landscape, you have irritated a 30 year project for the United States, which is bringing India closer to our bosom, both of what you've done with Pakistan, what you did degrading Modi.

Second, you removed our THAAD and our aircraft carrier from both THAAD from South Korea and our aircraft carrier out of Okinawa and other assets that have come out of the region that are a deterrent and add credibility to our deterrent.

While you have been focused all on Iran, China, after five years of not building another island in the South China Sea off the Philippines coast, they finally built another one, which is dangerous because they're claiming that as their water is not an international waterway.

40% of the GDP, maritime GDP, goes through that water.

Lastly, the biggest economic crush on China was deflation.

People were talking about entering a possible lost Japanese-like generation.

And now they finally, for the first time, you gave them inflation, which is what they wanted, which is higher energy prices and prices are up now for their products.

So I can go on and on.

And I think our allies, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, India, are holding their breath because they don't believe the president knows how to stand up to Xi and is desperate for Xi's affirmation and therefore will give away the store to the region.

Remember, our goal is to communicate.

We are a permanent Pacific power and presence.

You can bet long on America.

And the one thing you know about our president is he punches down, kisses up.

He is always seeking Xi and Putin's affirmation.

And I think he's going in weakened.