Ro Khanna
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Well, economic patriotism is my platform.
That's why Bannon says, you know, watch out for this kind of guy.
I've been talking about and writing about economic patriotism for years.
I would say, let me talk about why it's different from where Trump is, and it gets to partly your point.
I think, fine, he listens, but he's not listening enough to people saying, well, the tariff policy is not going to get us to economic development.
He's not listening enough, in my view, to people who are saying that you can't just take a sledgehammer to universities and research, that that's not going to help build the economy of this country.
He's not listening enough to people who are saying, don't just have all this vetting for international students and don't insult immigrants coming to the United States.
We do need immigrants.
Now, I agree that he gave some of those answers and all in, but overall, there hasn't been the same
understanding a case for the role of immigrants in the community.
What I believe is we need a Marshall Plan for America.
And I wish that we had a White House economic council.
I did this bill with Marco Rubio that actually looks at Johnstown, that looks at Warren, Ohio, that looks at Milwaukee.
And it says not only advanced manufacturing, we should put tech jobs, their AI academies, their health care.
And let's have an economic renaissance in this country and bring the country together.
And that, to me, we should be arguing in the parties of how we do that.
And I have a different view on some of the policies I articulated, but that should be the goal.
Well, that's a big question.
First, we start by saying, I believe AI is going to do more good than bad in the world.
I mean, I know that's a simple statement, but