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00:00:00CHANGED AMERICA. >> JOHN A JENKINS HAS BEEN A JOURNALIST MOST OF HIS LIFE. IN
00:00:04THE CITY OF HIS BIRTH, WASHINGTON, D.C. HE SAYS HE'S
00:00:08NEVER KNOWN ANOTHER SUMMER LIKE
00:00:10THE 155 YEARS AGO. HIS BOOK, WITH THE TITLE OF SUMMER OF 715
00:00:14MONTHS, THAT CHANGED AMERICA. IN
00:00:15ORDER TO TELL THE STORY, FOCUSES
00:00:20ON WELL-KNOWN NAMES FROM THAT ERA, NOTABLY DANIEL ELLSBERG,
00:00:22NEIL SHEEHAN, HENRY KISSINGER,
00:00:26SARAH WEDDINGTON, AND ANGELA DAVIS. JOHN JENKINS WRITES THAT
00:00:30EACH MAIN CHARACTER HAS AN IMPORTANT BACKSTORY THAT SETS
00:00:32THEM UP FOR THE SUMMER OF 71 TO
00:00:36COME. HE ALSO WRITES, QUOTE, MY PURPOSE HERE IS TO SHOW THE
00:00:38DRAMA, THE PAIN, AND THE HOPE OF
00:00:43A SUMMER WHEN AMERICA FACED SOME
00:00:46OF ITS GREATEST CHALLENGES AT HOME AND ABROAD. >> PART ONE OF A NEW INTERVIEW
00:00:49WITH AUTHOR JOHN A JENKINS ABOUT
00:00:53HIS BOOK, SUMMER OF 715 MONTHS THAT CHANGED AMERICA, BOOKNOTES. PLUS, WITH OUR HOST, BRIAN LAMB,
00:00:57IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS AND ON THE C-SPAN
00:01:00NOW APP. AND NOW, FORMER BRITISH
00:01:06PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON SPEAKS AT THE 48th ANNUAL
00:01:09NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE STUDENT
00:01:14CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C..
00:01:14HERE'S A LOOK AT HIS REMARKS
00:01:31>> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:46>> EVERYONE, HAVE A GOOD DINNER HERE. I SURE HOPE SO.
00:01:50>> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:50>> WE HYPE THANK YOU ALL, AND
00:01:55GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MAX WHALEN. I'M A DEVELOPMENT
00:01:58OFFICER HERE AT YOUNG AMERICA'S FOUNDATION, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU ALL.
00:02:02WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE LAST
00:02:07SESSION OF TODAY'S PROGRAMING NOT TOO LONG AGO. BELIEVE IT OR
00:02:08NOT. I SAT IN THE VERY SEATS THAT YOU'RE SITTING IN NOW. AND
00:02:12IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING YAF MADE POSSIBLE FOR
00:02:16STUDENTS LIKE ME THAT I WAS ABLE
00:02:20TO BRING MR. JOHNSON TO MY OWN
00:02:23CAMPUS OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY. >> [APPLAUSE] >> GO BIG RED, A SPEAKER WHO
00:02:27SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE PROMISE AND OPPORTUNITY THAT AMERICA
00:02:30STILL HAS TO OFFER. AND TO BE
00:02:33FRANK. IT'S AN EXPERIENCE I'LL NEVER FORGET. AND TONIGHT, I'M
00:02:37SO VERY LUCKY AND BLESSED TO GET
00:02:39TO PAY THAT FORWARD IN A SMALL WAY. AND I COULDN'T BE MORE
00:02:43EXCITED TO SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH ALL OF YOU. A COUPLE
00:02:46POINTS, JUST HOUSEKEEPING. MR.
00:02:49JOHNSON WILL SPEAK AFTER I
00:02:51INTRODUCE HIM, AND THERE WILL BE A MODERATED DISCUSSION BETWEEN
00:02:55YAF PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER, AND MR. JOHNSON
00:02:59FOLLOWING. AND YOU'RE FREE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO THE QR CODE
00:03:01WHEN THE TIME PRESENTS. BUT AGAIN, TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE
00:03:05ONE OF THESE MOMENTS. THIS WEEK. YOU'RE GOING TO REMEMBER FOR A
00:03:07VERY LONG TIME, A CHANCE TO HEAR
00:03:10DIRECTLY FROM ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL AND IMPACTFUL
00:03:13LEADERS ON THE WORLD STAGE. AND
00:03:16WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM. SO NOW IT'S MY
00:03:19DISTINCT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
00:03:22OUR GUEST FOR THIS EVENING, THE
00:03:24RIGHT HONORABLE BORIS JOHNSON,
00:03:27THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF THE
00:03:28UNITED KINGDOM AND LEADER OF THE
00:03:33CONSERVATIVE PARTY. >> VERY MUCH. USA, HOW ARE YOU?
00:03:37GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. >> [APPLAUSE] >> WOW. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:03:41>> I WANT, HOW ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:03:44>> OKAY. HOW? HEY. THANK YOU. MAX. THANK YOU, MAX, FOR THAT
00:03:48WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION. GREAT. GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. SEE YOU
00:03:52AGAIN, MAX. AND, AND, AND, AND WE'RE COMING TO THE JUDDERING
00:03:56CLIMAX NOW OF THIS, UH, OF
00:03:59TODAY'S DELIBERATIONS HERE AT YAF. AND I, YOU, ROB, SEE, IN
00:04:02TOP FORM, ALL OF YOU. AND I JUST
00:04:04WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. YESTERDAY. I
00:04:08SOME OF YOU HERE YESTERDAY. YES.
00:04:12>> [APPLAUSE] >> MY GOD, I SPOKE TO YOU. YES, I SPOKE TO SOME OF YOU. AT LEAST SOME OF YOU YESTERDAY HAD A
00:04:15FANTASTIC TIME AND TODAY'S BEEN
00:04:17A GREAT DAY FOR, FOR, FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S A GREAT DAY TO
00:04:21BE HERE IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE,
00:04:23YOU KNOW, THIS HAS JUST WATCHING
00:04:25THE POLITICS, THIS HAS BEEN A
00:04:27GREAT DAY BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, AMERICA HAS PROVED. UNITED
00:04:31STATES OF AMERICA HAS PROVED TO BE THE WORLD'S GREATEST
00:04:34GUARANTOR OF FREEDOM. AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE HAVE SPOTTED
00:04:37WHAT'S HAPPENED IN, IN
00:04:38CONGRESS, IN SPITE OF ALL THE
00:04:42THE NEGATIVITY THAT YOU GET ABOUT THE US ADMINISTRATION,
00:04:45ABOUT DONALD TRUMP, THE TRUMP DERANGEMENT, ALL THE ALL THE
00:04:48GLOOM ON POPPING IN EUROPEAN
00:04:52CAPITALS, ABOUT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TRUMP ATTITUDE TO TO
00:04:54UKRAINE. THE US SAID HAS JUST
00:04:58OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED. AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THEY'VE JUST
00:05:02PASSED, I THINK, BY 86 VOTES TO
00:05:0311. WAS IT SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
00:05:07THEY'VE JUST PASSED A BILL BY
00:05:09THE LATE, GREAT SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, AND I KNEW HIM VERY
00:05:12WELL. >> [APPLAUSE] >> HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND
00:05:15HE WAS A HE WAS LINDSEY. LINDSEY, I JUST WANT TO SAY, HE
00:05:18WAS A PALADIN. HE WAS A PALADIN
00:05:21OF FREEDOM. AND HE AND I ACTUALLY DISCUSSED THIS BILL
00:05:25MANY TIMES. AND, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD, HE, I DIDN'T HE WAS VERY
00:05:28OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MY ABILITIES TO INFLUENCE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
00:05:30UNITED STATES, WHICH ARE NEGLIGIBLE. I GOT TO TELL YOU. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD RING ME
00:05:34AND HE WOULD. LINDSEY WOULD SAY, YOU'VE GOT TO RING, UH, PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND YOU'VE GOT
00:05:38TO GET HIM TO SUPPORT MY BILL. AND I SAID, WELL, LINDSEY, I KNOW HE'S A VERY BUSY GUY.
00:05:41HE'S NOT GOING TO PICK UP, PICK UP THE PHONE. WHEN I ANSWER. BUT
00:05:44I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD DO IT BECAUSE I LOVE LINDSEY AND I WOULD DO MY BEST. I STARTED
00:05:47RINGING, I'D RING. AND HE
00:05:49WOULD, HE WOULD ANSWER, I WON. I WAS FAST ASLEEP IN A IN A HOTEL
00:05:53IN MIAMI. HE RANG ME BACK. AND, YOU KNOW, I SAID, MY FRIEND,
00:05:56REMEMBER WHAT I SAID. YOU'VE GOT TO BACK LINDSEY'S BILL. AND.
00:05:59AND EVENTUALLY, EVENTUALLY,
00:06:01IT'S COME TO PASS. AND I AM
00:06:04ABSOLUTELY THRILLED BECAUSE
00:06:09THIS, THIS BILL ALLOWS THE
00:06:12UNITED STATES TO GO FURTHER THAN
00:06:14ANY OTHER WESTERN COUNTRY AND I HOPE PEOPLE IN EUROPE REALLY
00:06:17LISTEN TO THIS. IT ALLOWS THE US TO GO FURTHER THAN ANY OTHER
00:06:21COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. IN PUNISHING RUSSIA AND PUNISHING
00:06:24PUTIN, MORE PARTICULARLY FOR HIS
00:06:27CRUEL, ILLEGAL AND TOTALLY
00:06:30UNNECESSARY INVASION OF UKRAINE,
00:06:32WHICH HAS BEEN SUCH A DISASTER
00:06:35FOR HIM AND FOR THE WORLD. AND
00:06:38UNDER THIS TERM THE UNDER THE
00:06:43TERMS OF THE LINDSEY GRAHAM
00:06:45BILL, ANY COUNTRY BUYING
00:06:47PUTIN'S OIL WILL FACE SECONDARY
00:06:51SANCTIONS IN THE FORM OF TARIFFS
00:06:53AT 100% ON ALL THEIR GOODS. SO
00:06:56THEY'VE GOT A CHOICE >> [APPLAUSE] >> YOU EITHER YOU EITHER HAVE
00:07:00ACCESS TO THE GREAT, BEAUTIFUL,
00:07:06GLORIOUS AMERICAN MARKET. YEAH
00:07:09OR YOU CONTINUE TO FUND PUTIN'S
00:07:12DISGUSTING WAR EFFORT. THAT'S THE CHOICE THAT THIS BILL GIVES.
00:07:14THE WORLD GIVES, AND THAT THAT'S THE CHOICE IT OFFERS TO,
00:07:18TO CHINA, TO INDIA, TO TURKEY,
00:07:20ACTUALLY, TO SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. AND IT'S A FANTASTIC THING. AND IT GIVES THE
00:07:24PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
00:07:26THE POWER TO HIT PUTIN WHERE IT
00:07:28HURTS. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK
00:07:31YOU VERY MUCH TO SENATOR LINDSEY
00:07:34GRAHAM, AND GOD BLESS YOUR
00:07:36MEMORY, LINDSEY, AND THANK YOU
00:07:40TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND THANK
00:07:42YOU. ALL REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WHO HAVE HELPED US DO THIS THING
00:07:46THROUGH. AND THANK YOU, ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO GOT THIS
00:07:49THING THROUGH. AND, LOOK, I GOT TO TELL YOU, FOLKS, I HOPE THAT
00:07:52TRUMP WON'T JUST LEAVE THIS THING IN THE GARAGE, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT A WEAPON TO BE KEPT ON
00:07:55THE MANTELPIECE. THIS IS A THING TO BE USED, BECAUSE I TRULY
00:07:58BELIEVE THAT WE'RE COMING TO THE
00:08:00TIME WHEN THIS WAR CAN BE
00:08:03BROUGHT TO AN END, BECAUSE PUTIN
00:08:05IS MANIFESTLY FAILING TO ACHIEVE HIS OBJECTIVES IN UKRAINE, AND
00:08:09HE'S NEVER GOING TO. I WAS THERE, I WAS THERE IN UKRAINE QUITE RECENTLY. AND, UM, I WAS
00:08:13IN A PLACE IN THE, IN THE SOUTH CALLED ZAPORIZHZHIA, WHERE HE'S
00:08:16TRYING TO, HE'S PUSHING VERY, VERY HARD. AND THEY TOOK ME TO
00:08:20THE SEA, THE TROOPS REALLY QUITE NEAR THE FRONT LINE. AND THEY'RE HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME, YOU
00:08:24KNOW, THESE, THESE, THESE, THESE UKRAINIAN GUYS ARE REALLY,
00:08:27REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIVING
00:08:31LIVES OF DAILY, DAILY TERROR AND
00:08:34APPREHENSION FROM THE THREAT OF THESE OF THESE RUSSIAN DRONES. AND WHEN YOU DRIVE THE STREETS
00:08:38AROUND THERE, THEY HAVE THESE WEIRD KIND OF HAVE YOU SEEN THE
00:08:41PICTURES, THE NETTING, THE, THE
00:08:44ROADS ARE COVERED WITH CUCUMBER NETTING. WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT,
00:08:47TO KEEP OUT THE. AND IT DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL. IT DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL WITH
00:08:51CUCUMBERS EITHER. BUT IT DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL AGAINST, AGAINST THE
00:08:55DRONES. AND SO IT'S A IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR THESE GUYS. THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. SOME OF THEM
00:08:59HAVE BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. BUT I'LL
00:09:03TELL YOU SOMETHING, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE IN. THEY ARE NOT.
00:09:07I MEAN, THEY'RE FIGHTING LIKE HELL. THOSE UKRAINIANS, AND THEY
00:09:10HAVE FOUGHT LIKE HELL FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. THEY'RE NOT
00:09:13GOING TO GIVE IN, AND THEY'RE GOING TO WIN. DO YOU KNOW WHY
00:09:16THE UKRAINIANS ARE GOING TO WIN? THEY'RE GOING TO WIN BECAUSE THEY'RE FIGHTING A WAR FOR THE
00:09:20INDEPENDENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY.
00:09:23AND THERE ARE VERY FEW HUMAN
00:09:27EMOTIONS, STRONGER THAN THE DESIRE TO PROTECT THE
00:09:30INDEPENDENCE OF YOUR COUNTRY, OR TO ESTABLISH THE INDEPENDENCE OF YOUR COUNTRY. AS YOU GUYS KNOW
00:09:33VERY WELL, WE DISCOVERED 250
00:09:37YEARS AGO. IT'S A IT'S A
00:09:40FIERCE, FIERCE EMOTION. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:09:43>> AND PUTIN, HE'S LOSING 3000
00:09:46PEOPLE A MONTH, 30,000 MEN A MONTH. AND THE UKRAINIAN DRONES,
00:09:50THE UKRAINIAN DRONES THEMSELVES DOING TERRIFIC DAMAGE TO TO
00:09:53RUSSIA, CAUSING, UH,
00:09:56CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO, UH, THEIR, THEIR OIL INDUSTRY. I
00:09:59MEAN, THE UKRAINIANS HAVE NOW GOT A DEFENSE INDUSTRY WORTH $55
00:10:02BILLION. THEY'RE MAKING 80
00:10:04MILLION DRONES A YEAR. AND, YOU
00:10:07KNOW, THEY'VE TAKEN OUT THE RUSSIAN EQUIVALENT OF AMAZON. I DIDN'T KNOW THE RUSSIANS HAD
00:10:11ONE. IT'S CALLED WILDBERRIES. IT'S BEEN BLOWN UP ALL OVER THE
00:10:14PLACE. THE RUSSIANS PEOPLE, THE RUSSIAN CITIZENS ARE GETTING USED TO THEIR HAVING TO QUEUE
00:10:17FOR PETROL AND TO SEEING
00:10:23LANDMARKS IN THEIR CITIES GET BLOWN UP BY UKRAINIAN DRONES. SO
00:10:26THE SITUATION IS GETTING VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR PUTIN. BUT
00:10:29WE'VE GOT TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT GUY'S
00:10:33IN THAT GUY'S MIND, BECAUSE
00:10:37IT'S ALL ABOUT HIS PSYCHOLOGY, RIGHT? IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT PUTIN'S THINKING. HE DOESN'T AT
00:10:41THE MOMENT, SEE WHAT'S IN IT FOR
00:10:43HIM, FOR PUTIN TO MAKE PEACE.
00:10:46BECAUSE AS SOON AS HE STOPS THAT
00:10:50WAR. AS SOON AS HE FREEZES THE CONFLICT, WHICH IS ALL WE'RE
00:10:53ASKING HIM TO DO, FREEZE THE CONFLICT ON THE ON THE LINE OF
00:10:56CONTACT, PEOPLE WILL COME TO HIM
00:11:00AND THEY'LL SAY, WELL, WHAT WAS
00:11:01ALL THAT ABOUT? VLADIMIR
00:11:05VLADIMIROVICH, YOU'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OR
00:11:09INJURY OF BETWEEN 1.2 AND 1.6 MILLION RUSSIANS. THAT'S BY FAR
00:11:13AND AWAY THE BIGGEST LOSS OF RUSSIAN LIFE IN ANY CONFLICT
00:11:16SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AND
00:11:19THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, LOOK, I'M SORRY, MR. PUTIN, MR. PRESIDENT, BUT LAST TIME I
00:11:23LOOKED, UKRAINE IS STILL THERE,
00:11:24AND IT'S NOT PART OF RUSSIA.
00:11:28AND THEY STILL WANT TO JOIN THE EU AND MAYBE EVEN NATO, WHICH,
00:11:32BY THE WAY, THEY SHOULD. AND SO
00:11:35I'M AFRAID THAT AS SOON AS HE STOPS THE WAR, I'M GOING TO BE
00:11:38VERY I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF TONIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I TALKED A LOT LAST NIGHT. BUT
00:11:42AS SOON AS HE STOPS THE WAR, PUTIN'S PERSONAL FUTURE DOES
00:11:46NOT LOOK VERY GOOD, DOES IT? IF
00:11:48WE LOOK AT RUSSIAN HISTORY. AND
00:11:51SO HE'S GOT A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT DILEMMA. AND WE'VE GOT
00:11:55TO HELP HIM TO DO THE RIGHT
00:11:57THING. AND HE HAS TO BE MADE TO
00:11:59FACE THE REALITY THAT THIS THING HAS BEEN A DISASTER. AND HE'S
00:12:03GOT TO WE'VE GOT TO FLIP THAT SWITCH IN HIS MIND AND JUST MAKE
00:12:07IT BETTER FOR HIM TO STOP IT.
00:12:11AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO USE ALL HIS POWERS OF PERSUASION TO
00:12:15GET THE RUSSIANS TO BELIEVE THAT THE SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION
00:12:19HAS INDEED BEEN A SUCCESS,
00:12:21RIGHT? I MEAN, HE, HE CONTROLS THE MEDIA RIGHT NOW. HE CAN DO
00:12:25THAT. HE JUST NEEDS TO TELL THEM ALL THE NAZIS HAVE BEEN
00:12:28VAPORIZED. YOU KNOW, LIKE AT THE END OF RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
00:12:31OR WHATEVER, THE PROBLEMS OVER,
00:12:37THERE WEREN'T ANY NAZIS ANYWAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE CAN DO IT. AND, UH, THE WAY TO THE WAY TO
00:12:40GET PERSUADE HIM TO, TO DO THAT. HOW LONG HAVE I GOT? I'M GOING TO WIND UP VERY, VERY, VERY,
00:12:44VERY QUICKLY. UH, THE WAY TO DO THAT, A FEW VERY SIMPLE THINGS
00:12:48ABOUT 4 OR 5 VERY SIMPLE THINGS
00:12:49WE NEED TO DO. NUMBER ONE, GIVE
00:12:53THE UKRAINIANS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE PATRIOT MISSILES THAT
00:12:56THEY NEED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES,
00:12:58PROTECT THEIR, THEIR FAMILIES
00:13:01AGAINST PUTIN'S EVIL BOMBARDMENTS OF THEIR CITIES.
00:13:05HE'S BOMBING KYIV THE WHOLE TIME, AND THEY NEED MORE PATRIOTS. AND AS EVERYBODY
00:13:08KNOWS, THE US STOCK OF PATRIOTS HAS BEEN USED UP RECENTLY. IT'S
00:13:11BEEN GRAVELY DEPLETED. GIVE THEM YOU KNOW, WITHOUT GIVING AWAY TOO MANY SECRETS, THERE'S GOT TO
00:13:15BE A WAY OF ALLOWING THE UKRAINIANS TO MAKE PATRIOTS OR
00:13:19PATRIOT EQUIVALENTS IN IN UKRAINE. DO THAT. PROTECT THE
00:13:22PEOPLE OF UKRAINE, UNFREEZE THAT
00:13:26140 BILLION OF MONEY FROZEN IN
00:13:29BELGIAN BANK ACCOUNTS. AND
00:13:32PUTIN'S MONEY. AND LET THE
00:13:35UKRAINIANS USE IT TO FUND THEIR WAR EFFORT PROPERLY. CRACK DOWN
00:13:39ON THE SHADOW FLEET THAT IS BREAKING SANCTIONS, AND ALSO
00:13:43FUNDING PUTIN'S WAR. THAT'S
00:13:45CARRYING PUTIN'S OIL AROUND THE
00:13:47WORLD. AND USE LINDSEY GRAHAM'S
00:13:51BILL AS THE STICK. THE CLUB, THE
00:13:55KNOBKERRIE, TO HIT PUTIN ON THE
00:13:57HEAD WITH AND COMBINE. IT IS NOT
00:14:01JUST THE SANCTIONS. SANCTIONS ARE GREAT. WE'RE ALL CONSERVATIVES, RIGHT? WE KNOW
00:14:05THAT IN THE END, SANCTIONS DIMINISH IN THEIR EFFECT OVER
00:14:09TIME, AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH TO WIN A
00:14:13CONFLICT. BUT THEY CAN BE
00:14:14IMPORTANT AS A SIGNAL, A SIGNAL
00:14:20OF AMERICAN INTENT. BECAUSE WHAT THE WHAT THE LINDSEY GRAHAM BILL
00:14:24SAYS TO PUTIN IS, LOOK, IT'S
00:14:26OVER. THE AMBIGUITY ABOUT THE
00:14:30POSITION OF DONALD TRUMP AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT WANTS THIS WAR OVER,
00:14:34AND HE WANTS A FREE, SOVEREIGN,
00:14:38AND INDEPENDENT UKRAINE. AND YOU CAN SPIN IT ANY WAY YOU LIKE,
00:14:40PUTIN. BUT THIS WAR IS DONE.
00:14:43IT'S OVER. AND SO IT'S THE
00:14:45COMBINATION OF THE SANCTIONS AND
00:14:47A DECLARATION FROM AMERICA FROM FROM THE PRESIDENT, THAT THAT
00:14:50HAS GOT TO BE THE OUTCOME. THAT
00:14:52WILL BE A FANTASTIC MOMENT, MY
00:14:57FRIENDS. JAFFA'S. UH, IF I CAN
00:15:00CALL YOU THAT, IT WOULD BE AN
00:15:04INCREDIBLE MOMENT. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:15:05>> AND IT'S BEEN, AND I IN DONALD TRUMP TO DELIVER THAT
00:15:09MOMENT. I REALLY DO IMAGINE, IMAGINE THIS BY THE END OF THE
00:15:11YEAR, RIGHT? ALL THOSE, THIS, ALL THE THINGS THAT AND, YOU
00:15:14KNOW, PEOPLE, I THINK, TOTALLY WRONGLY DEPRECATE THE
00:15:18ACHIEVEMENTS OF THIS PRESIDENT ON THE FOREIGN POLICY SIDE,
00:15:21HAMAS, HE'S DONE A DEAL TO GET
00:15:24THE HOSTAGES OUT OF GAZA. NOBODY THOUGHT HE COULD DO THAT. HE DID IT. IT'S A FANTASTIC
00:15:27ACHIEVEMENT. AND AND HE'S GOING TO DO HE'S HE'S DONE A DEAL
00:15:31WITH HAMAS, VENEZUELA. HE
00:15:35WRINKLED OLD MADURO OUT OF VENEZUELA IS THE MOST
00:15:38EXTRAORDINARY >> [APPLAUSE]
00:15:42>> KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS MAD. I THOUGHT I THOUGHT WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT, I
00:15:45THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO COMPLETELY. CARACAS, AS THEY SAY. I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T, I
00:15:49COULDN'T BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WORKED. IT WAS VERY, VERY
00:15:52GUTSY. AND IT WORKED. AND HE CAN
00:15:53GET A DEAL, I THINK, IN IRAN. I
00:15:57THINK HE CAN GET A GOOD DEAL FOR
00:16:00THE WORLD AND FOR AMERICA. IN IRAN, THEY ABANDON THEIR NUKES. THEY OPEN THE. THE STRAITS. THEY
00:16:04AGREE TO STOP BULLYING AND TERRORIZING THEIR NEIGHBORS, GET
00:16:07A DEAL WITH, UH, WITH IRAN. AND
00:16:08HE CAN GET A DEAL WITH, WITH
00:16:15UKRAINE THAT ENDS THE SLAUGHTER ON BOTH SIDES, BUT PROTECTS
00:16:18UKRAINE AS A FREE, SOVEREIGN, AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY. AND YOU DO THAT. YOU COULD DO THAT ALL
00:16:21BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
00:16:24SERIOUSLY. AND YOU THEN HAVE
00:16:26EUROPE STABILIZE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
00:16:30STABILIZED AGAIN, YOU REDUCE THE PROSPECT OF PUTIN'S AGGRESSION
00:16:33AGAINST THE BALTIC STATES. YOU GREATLY REDUCE THE PROSPECT OF
00:16:37AGGRESSION BY THE CHINESE IN IN
00:16:40TAIWAN, AGAINST TAIWAN AND ELSEWHERE. IT'S A FANTASTIC.
00:16:43IT'S A FANTASTIC MOVE. AND HE DOES ALL THAT. I BELIEVE THAT
00:16:46DONALD TRUMP, WHO I THINK HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED A HUGE AMOUNT,
00:16:49WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREAT
00:16:52PEACEMAKING PRESIDENTS IN IN
00:16:54HISTORY, AND HE CAN DO IT HE'S
00:17:02SHOWN, WILLING TO BE STRONG. AND
00:17:06I BELIEVE HE'S WILLING TO BE STRONG. AGAIN, LISTEN, ALL THANK
00:17:10YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
00:17:12ALONG. I'M NOW GOING TO I'M NOW GOING TO SIT DOWN THERE, AND
00:17:15I'M GOING TO BE INTERROGATED BY BY GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER. UH, SO
00:17:19THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION. AND DEAR, DEAR
00:17:22YAPPERS, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT
00:17:24THE WORLD IS BETTER WITH A STRONG AMERICA. AND I LOOK TO
00:17:28YOU, IT REALLY IS. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:17:31>> AND WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK TO
00:17:33YOU, WHEN I LOOK TO YOU, I HAVE
00:17:38ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT. NO, I HAVE,
00:17:39I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT
00:17:42THAT THAT IS WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO DELIVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH. UH, AMERICA
00:17:46CAN MAKE PEACE IN IRAN, PEACE IN UKRAINE, PEACE AROUND THE WORLD.
00:17:50THANK YOU. WHERE'S GOVERNOR SCOTT? WHERE IS HE? >> [APPLAUSE]
00:17:52>> HE'S
00:18:02>> WELL, JUST A REMINDER. THERE'S A QR CODE UP, I'M TOLD. SO IF YOU GOT A QUESTION, THIS
00:18:06IS A LITTLE NEW TECHNOLOGY WE'RE TRYING OUT HERE. IF YOU'VE GOT
00:18:10A QUESTION, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IT LOADED UP, QUEUED UP FOR ME. SO GET TYPING AWAY. UH, PUT
00:18:14YOUR QUESTION AND WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH AS MANY AS WE CAN.
00:18:17UH, BEFORE WE WRAP UP TONIGHT WITH OUR SPECIAL AWARD FOR THE CHAPTER OF THE YEAR. I KNOW
00:18:21THERE'S SO MANY GREAT CHAPTERS OUT THERE AS WELL, BUT, UH, BUT
00:18:24AS YOU'RE, YOU'RE PUTTING IN
00:18:26YOUR QUESTIONS, I, UM, PRIME
00:18:29MINISTER JOHNSON, I THANK YOU FIRST FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR
00:18:32COMING LAST NIGHT. PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
00:18:34TONIGHT. UH, NOT ONLY BEING
00:18:36HERE, BUT BEING WITH US AT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S HOME. UM,
00:18:40YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, OKAY, IT'S FREEDOM. AT 250, THE
00:18:44250th. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? BEING
00:18:46A BRITISH PRIME MINISTER? UH, BUT I'VE HEARD YOU ON CAMPUS. I
00:18:50KNOW MAX, WHO INTRODUCED YOU, BROUGHT YOU TO HIS CAMPUS. UM, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
00:18:54I MEAN, IT JUST AS YOU ALLUDED TO AT THE TAIL END, UM, FOR, FOR
00:18:57THE WORLD, NOT JUST FOR AMERICA,
00:19:01FOR THE WORLD SAKE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A STRONG AMERICA IF WE'RE
00:19:03GOING TO SAVE WESTERN CIVILIZATION, NOT JUST ON ONE
00:19:07ISSUE LIKE UKRAINE OR OTHERS, BUT OVERALL. SO MAYBE EXPOUND ON
00:19:10IT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT. >> YEAH. LOOK.
00:19:13>> ALL THIS COUNTRY AND WHERE IT
00:19:15PLAYS IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
00:19:17>> I AM. AND. WELL, FIRST,
00:19:19GOVERNOR WALKER, CAN I SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR. HE'S BEEN VERY.
00:19:22YOU VERY KINDLY INVITED ME. UH, I WAS, I WAS WITH YOU UP IN, UH,
00:19:26IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN,
00:19:28MADISON. AND, AND THE GOVERNOR
00:19:31GAVE ME A CHEESE. UH, HE GAVE ME A HUGE CHEESE TO WEAR ON MY
00:19:35HEAD. I'M. I'M PROUD TO SAY SO. THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY,
00:19:38VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND LOOK,
00:19:41FOR THE WORLD NEEDS AMERICA. IT
00:19:43IS THE LAST, BEST HOPE OF EARTH. YOU'RE FORTUNATE IN HAVING BEEN
00:19:47BORN, IN MY VIEW, IN THE
00:19:51GREATEST DEMOCRACY THE WORLD HAS
00:19:53EVER SEEN. AND YOU'RE LUCKY I
00:19:56WAS BORN, BY THE WAY, IN THE GREATEST WARNOCK. I WAS BORN IN AMERICA IN A VERY EXPENSIVE
00:19:59DECISION. IT TURNED OUT TO BE BECAUSE YOU THEN PURSUED ME, AS
00:20:02I MAY HAVE MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE TAX
00:20:05ON THE SALE OF MY PRIMARY RESIDENCE IN LONDON, EVEN THOUGH
00:20:08I HADN'T LIVED IN AMERICA FOR
00:20:1145 YEARS. UH, BUT, BUT ANYWAY, I
00:20:13PAID UP. YOU'LL BE, YOU'LL BE
00:20:15PLEASED TO KNOW. BUT YOU'RE
00:20:18LUCKY. AMERICA IS THE GUARANTOR
00:20:20OF EUROPEAN SECURITY, RIGHT. UH,
00:20:24WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. UM,
00:20:29EUROPEAN POWERS STILL RELY ON
00:20:31THE US NUCLEAR UMBRELLA. OKAY.
00:20:34UH, UNDER UNDER NATO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR VIEW IS ABOUT THE
00:20:36FRENCH FORCE DE FRAPPE, BUT, YOU
00:20:40KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WORKS, BUT WE DON'T RELY ON IT. WE
00:20:44RELY WE RELY ON AMERICA IN THE UK, RELIES ON AMERICA, AND
00:20:47AMERICA IS IMMEASURABLY THE THE
00:20:50GREATEST MILITARY POWER. YOU
00:20:52KNOW, I THINK I SAID LAST NIGHT,
00:20:55100, MORE THAN 100 BASES AROUND
00:20:57THE WORLD, 5000 NUCLEAR WARHEADS
00:21:01YOU KNOW, IT'S $1 TRILLION A
00:21:03YEAR ON, ON DEFENSE. UM. AND I
00:21:09THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE US. I
00:21:10MEAN, THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO
00:21:13MAKE AT THE END, OF COURSE, IT'S GOOD FOR THE WORLD TO HAVE A STRONG AMERICA, BUT IT'S GOOD.
00:21:16IT'S GOOD FOR THE US. BECAUSE
00:21:21WHEN THE THINGS GO WRONG, WHEN
00:21:22THINGS GO PEAR SHAPED, WHEN
00:21:25EUROPE SCREWS UP, IF I CAN SPEAK IN COLLOQUIAL TERMS, AS WE DO
00:21:29FROM TIME TO TIME, AMERICA HAS
00:21:32TO PULL OUR CHESTNUTS OUT OF THE FIRE. RIGHT? AND YOU'VE HAD TO
00:21:35DO IT TWICE, AT LEAST IN THE
00:21:39LAST 150 YEARS. A HUGE COST. AND
00:21:46IT'S MUCH, MUCH CHEAPER AND MORE EFFECTIVE TO KEEP EUROPE
00:21:50STABLE AND FREE, AND NOT TO ALLOW THE THE RUSSIANS, FOR
00:21:53INSTANCE, TO ATTACK ON THE THE EASTERN BORDERS OF NATO AGAIN.
00:21:56AND THEY'RE THREATENING TO DO
00:21:58THAT IF PUTIN, IF PUTIN WINS IN
00:22:01UKRAINE, OR IF PUTIN GETS HIS
00:22:02WAY IN UKRAINE, HE WON'T STOP
00:22:08THERE. HE'S ALREADY PUSHING IN THE BALTICS. THE POLES ARE VERY, VERY ANXIOUS. HE WILL PUSH. HE
00:22:12WANTS TO. HE FEELS THAT THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION WAS THE
00:22:14BIGGEST DISASTER OF THE 20th
00:22:16CENTURY. HE WANTS TO TAKE
00:22:18REVENGE FOR THAT DISASTER. AND
00:22:24OF COURSE, THAT'S PRIMARILY EUROPE'S PROBLEM. AND TRUMP IS
00:22:27RIGHT THAT EUROPE SHOULD PAY THE
00:22:30LION'S SHARE. WE SHOULD PAY FAR
00:22:31MORE. THAT'S BEEN ANOTHER OF HIS
00:22:37SUCCESSES, GETTING EUROPEANS TO PAY MORE. BUT IT SAVES YOU GUYS
00:22:40MONEY IN THE LONG RUN. AND IT
00:22:42MEANS, YOU KNOW, NEITHER YOU NOR
00:22:45YOUR CHILDREN WILL EVER BE ASKED
00:22:49TO DO WHAT OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS GENERATION, OR MY
00:22:52GRANDPARENTS GENERATION WERE ASKED TO DO, AND THAT'S TO FIGHT
00:22:56IN, IN A, IN A, IN A WAR. WE
00:22:58DON'T WANT THAT. WE REALLY
00:23:01DON'T. SO I THINK, I THINK THE
00:23:03OPTION OF THE STRONG AMERICA IS
00:23:06THE, THE CHEAPEST AND BEST THING
00:23:10FOR AMERICA, AND BY FAR THE BEST THING FOR THE WORLD.
00:23:14>> SO THIS IS POPULATED. AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING. IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A
00:23:17FEW OF THESE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SOME INTERESTING
00:23:20QUESTIONS. UH, FIRST ONE UP IS JONATHAN FROM VALPARAISO
00:23:24UNIVERSITY, WHO SAID, WHO IS THE
00:23:26MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL
00:23:28THINKER, THINKER IN, IN ANGLO-AMERICAN HISTORY AND WHY?
00:23:32>> VALPO. VALPARAISO.
00:23:34>> YES.
00:23:40>> VALPARAISO. >> NO. HERE. IN HERE IN THE STATES. >> OKAY. SORRY. >> FORGIVE ME. THAT'S RIGHT.
00:23:44>> UM. WHERE IS WHERE IS VALPARAISO? >> ALTHOUGH DEPENDING ON THE
00:23:47WEATHER, SOMETIMES IT IS CHILE AT. >> VALPARAISO, CHILE. >> LOOK. SO I THINK THE MOST,
00:23:51THE MOST, MOST IMPORTANT THINKER
00:23:53IN ANGLO-AMERICAN HISTORY. I
00:24:00THINK THAT, UM. IT'S THE PEOPLE.
00:24:08IT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE. IT'S
00:24:10THE PEOPLE IN THE 18th CENTURY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE,
00:24:14THEY WERE MY HEROES. THEY WERE
00:24:15THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO LOOKED AT
00:24:20POLITICS AND, AND PEOPLE LIKE
00:24:22JOHN WILKES. MHM. I LOVE THAT
00:24:26GUY. YOU KNOW, JOHN WILKES, HE WAS A BIG BACKER OF AMERICA, BY
00:24:30THE WAY, BUT HE, HE STUCK UP FOR
00:24:33THE PRINCIPLE THAT IT SHOULD BE THE PEOPLE AND NOT THE POLITICIANS WHO DECIDE WHO GETS
00:24:36GETS INTO PARLIAMENT. AND I
00:24:39THINK HE WAS A, I THINK HE WAS AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC,
00:24:43FANTASTIC GUY. AND I, I THOROUGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU
00:24:46STUDY THE LIFE OF JOHN WILKES
00:24:48AND READ HIS. READ HIS STUFF. I
00:24:50THINK THAT. YOU HAVE TO GO
00:24:55ALONG. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M,
00:24:57I'M A I'M AN ARISTOTELIAN
00:25:00REALLY, RATHER THAN A PLATO GUY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU. I
00:25:03DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU COUNT
00:25:05ARISTOTLE AS ANGLO-AMERICAN. I
00:25:07THINK WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE
00:25:13MOST IMPORTANT ANGLO-AMERICAN? I MEAN, WILKES, WILKES IS
00:25:16DEFINITELY HIS ANGLO PLUS. ISN'T THERE A PLACE CALLED WILKES BAR?
00:25:20>> OH, I'M SURE THERE ARE PLENTY OF BARS. THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT. >> YEAH. NO, NO. >> JOHN LOCKE. I MEAN, THERE'S ALL.
00:25:23>> SORTS OF. >> LOCKE I QUITE LIKE. I LIKE
00:25:26LOCKE.
00:25:30>> YEAH, YEAH. >> THOSE GUYS EMPIRICISM, EMPIRICAL, SKEPTICAL, DUBIOUS,
00:25:33STICKING UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY. >> YEAH.
00:25:37>> PLENTY OF GOOD EXAMPLES. >> DEMOCRACY. >> YEAH. ADAM SMITH I MEAN.
00:25:40>> ADAM. ADAM SMITH. RIGHT. >> WE HAVEN'T HEARD IT ENOUGH
00:25:44FOR HIM FOR A WHILE. >> RIGHT.
00:25:46>> ADAM SMITH WAS FANTASTIC.
00:25:49AND, WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU. AND IS IT NOT GREAT, BY THE
00:25:52WAY, IS IT NOT CRAZY. LET'S LET'S HEAR IT FOR ADAM SMITH
00:25:55AND THE IDEA OF THE FREE EXCHANGE OF GOODS. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:25:59>> ADAM SMITH RIGHT? >> ISN'T HE. ISN'T HE. ISN'T IT
00:26:03CRAZY? ISN'T IT CRAZY THAT WE HAVE THESE THESE BARRIERS ON
00:26:07GOODS THAT ARE TRADED BETWEEN OUR COUNTRIES? IS IT NOT INSANE,
00:26:10YOU KNOW, THAT WE SHOULD BE APPLYING ARBITRARY. >> RIGHT? IF YOU JUST HAD A LEVEL PLAYING. >> FIELD, A LEVEL PLAYING.
00:26:14>> FIELD, AND THEN. >> COMPETE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, AND THEN COMPETE, WHY DO WE NEED
00:26:18GOVERNMENTS TO STEP IN AND
00:26:19INCREASE THE PRICE FOR, FOR, FOR CONSUMERS IN THIS ARBITRARY WAY,
00:26:23WITH, WITH TARIFFS? I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S, IT'S CRAZY. I MEAN, WE SHOULD,
00:26:27WE SHOULD. AND I THINK SOME OF
00:26:29THE PROHIBITIONS WE HAVE ON, ON
00:26:33AMERICAN STUFF ARE INSANE IN AMERICAN BEEF IS OBVIOUSLY DELICIOUS. LOOK AT ALL YOU GUYS
00:26:36LOOKING VERY, VERY. >> HEALTHY. >> [APPLAUSE] >> YOU KNOW
00:26:40>> [APPLAUSE] >> YEAH. >> [APPLAUSE] >> BUT WELL, I COULD. >> SAY THAT, I COULD SAY THAT I COULD SAY THAT TO AN AUDIENCE
00:26:44IN, IN I COULD SAY DELICIOUS CHLORINATED CHICKEN FROM THE
00:26:47UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. YUM. AND THEY WOULD THINK I WAS
00:26:49INSANE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. CHEESE FROM FROM
00:26:53WISCONSIN-MADISON. >> UH. >> WITH THE LOVELY ORANGE, UH,
00:26:57CHEESE. UH, THEY, THEY, THEY
00:27:01WOULD THE FRENCH, THE FRENCH WOULD BE, THEY WOULD NOT BE
00:27:04OBEYING THE PRINCIPLES OF ADAM SMITH. >> RIGHT. >> THEY WOULD SAY THAT THE
00:27:07FRENCH, THEY WOULD SAY THAT THE FRENCH POPULATION HAD TO BE
00:27:11PROTECTED FROM THE TEMPTATION TO EAT CHEESE FROM WISCONSIN. AND
00:27:15THAT. AND THEY WOULD SAY THAT THEY WOULD. AND THEY WOULD APPLY BARRIERS JUST. AND THERE ARE
00:27:18BARRIERS, BY THE WAY, IT'S A FACT THAT BRITISH CAULIFLOWERS. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I
00:27:22MENTIONED THIS TO YOU BEFORE, BUT BRITISH CAULIFLOWERS MAY NOT BE UNLOADED IN ANY OTHER PORT IN
00:27:26THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT MIAMI. >> INTERESTING.
00:27:29>> YEAH, BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE TERRIFIED OF BRITISH CAULIFLOWERS, APPARENTLY. I
00:27:33MEAN, WHY, WHY ON EARTH THERE
00:27:35SHOULD BE THIS CAULIFLOWER, YOU
00:27:38KNOW, THE CRAZY, CRAZY BARRIERS
00:27:40TO TRADE. AND I THINK, AND I
00:27:43THINK IF, IF THE YAF COULD GET BEHIND ADAM SMITH.
00:27:47>> RIGHT. >> AND, AND THE FREE CIRCULATION. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD DO IF WE'RE REALLY
00:27:50WORRIED ABOUT CHINA, WHY DON'T
00:27:53WE, WHY DON'T WE. HAVE YOU GOT
00:27:55450 MILLION PEOPLE IN EUROPE, YOU'VE GOT 340 MILLION PEOPLE
00:27:58IN, IN THE UNITED STATES, WHAT'S. CHINA'S POPULATION IS
00:28:02GOING DOWN. BY THE WAY, DID I MENTION THAT LAST NIGHT? I DID,
00:28:05YEAH. I CAN'T REMEMBER MY SPEECH. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:28:09>> I BASICALLY MY SPEECH LAST NIGHT WAS VERY LONG AND IT HAD EVERYTHING IN IT. BUT SO, SO
00:28:12THAT'S, THAT'S THE
00:28:14ENCYCLOPEDIA. UM, BUT, BUT YOU COULD CREATE A TRANSATLANTIC
00:28:18FREE TRADE ZONE, RIGHT? SO
00:28:21THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT
00:28:22ON THE MARKET FOR SALE IN
00:28:26WISCONSIN. COULD BE BOUGHT FREELY IN, IN BRITAIN, WHATEVER. >> IT WAS.
00:28:30>> VICE VERSA. >> YEAH, YEAH. >> WHY NOT? >> IF WE COMPETE? WELL, I
00:28:33ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT LAST YEAR'S SCOTT BESSENT, THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY, WAS
00:28:37TALKING ABOUT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND I THINK IN THE END, HE'S A GLOBALIST BUSINESSMAN. IF HE HAD
00:28:40A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, NOT DISADVANTAGED IN ONE WAY OR THE
00:28:43OTHER, HE'D SAY, LET'S, LET'S DO THAT AS WELL. >> WELL. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY A LEVEL
00:28:47PLAYING FIELD? >> WELL, WHAT YOU SAID, JUST OPEN IT UP. IF ANYBODY CAN.
00:28:50>> COMPETE, GOOD. >> BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. >> BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO INSIST THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK
00:28:54THE SAME HOURS OF. NO, NONE OF
00:28:56THAT RUBBISH. NO, NO. GOOD. YOU
00:28:59MEAN THIS IS A THIS IS TO BE DECIDED AT A POINT OF SALE BY
00:29:02THE CONSUMER. >> RIGHT AFTER AFTER THE WORLD CUP. IT WOULD BE, THERE'D BE A
00:29:06LOT OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT WANTED TO BUY RANCH DRESSING FROM THE UNITED STATES
00:29:10OF AMERICA. >> YES, RANCH.
00:29:13>> [APPLAUSE]
00:29:16>> WELL. SO WHAT RANCH? WHAT IS RANCH? WHAT IS RANCH DRESSING?
00:29:18>> IT'S KIND OF A CREAMY, TASTY DRESSING. OKAY. AND THERE'S ALL
00:29:22THESE GREAT, THERE'S ALL THESE, ALL THESE GREAT MEMES OF PEOPLE
00:29:26COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, FROM THE UK, FROM ALL OVER, AND
00:29:30JUST NOT GETTING. I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST FOR SALAD DRESSING,
00:29:32IT'S FOR DIPPING IN CHICKEN AND ALL SORTS OF GOOD STUFF. OKAY. I
00:29:36COULD GET OFF ON THAT. I WON'T,
00:29:38UH, UM, BUT. YASHA ASKED FROM
00:29:40TULANE, UH, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE
00:29:43IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO WESTERN
00:29:45CIVILIZATION? AND WHY? >> THE BIGGEST THREAT TO WESTERN
00:29:48CIVILIZATION IS LACK OF SELF
00:29:51CONFIDENCE AND LACK OF BELIEF IN
00:29:54OUR VALUES, AND FAILURE TO STAND
00:29:57UP FOR THEM. AND THAT'S WHY UKRAINE IS SO IMPORTANT. THAT'S
00:30:01WHY TAIWAN IS SO IMPORTANT. AND,
00:30:03YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT MY THE LABOR GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW IN
00:30:07THE UK, I MEAN, IF ANYBODY HERE FROM THE UK, I MUSTN'T SLAG THEM
00:30:10OFF, BUT THEY'RE WEAK. I'M SORRY. I MUST BE VERY CAREFUL
00:30:12WHAT I SAY. NO, NO, NO, BUT AWAY
00:30:17THE CHAGOS ISLANDS TO, TO WHEREVER, TO MAURITIUS. IT'S
00:30:21PATHETIC. >> [APPLAUSE] >> YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT TO BE STRONG. YOU'VE GOT TO
00:30:24STAND UP FOR YOUR VALUES. YOU'VE GOT TO STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY. YOU'VE GOT TO STAND UP FOR
00:30:27FREEDOM. AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THREAT. AND THERE IS, I
00:30:31THINK, BY THE WAY, THAT SOME OF
00:30:34THE CRITICISM THAT'S MADE ABOUT, UH, THE EROSIONS OF FREEDOM IN THE UK, EH, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT,
00:30:38I'VE GOT TO SAY. SO I WAS
00:30:41WAITING TO GO ON LAST NIGHT AND SOME GUY SAID THERE WERE 12,000
00:30:45PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR TWEETS OR SOMETHING IN THE UK. AND I THOUGHT, THAT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE
00:30:48RIGHT. AND I LOOKED AT, I LOOKED IT UP, AND BY GOD, IT WAS RIGHT.
00:30:51I MEAN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT
00:30:54WAS ONLINE. UM, LOOKING AT EXTREME CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OR
00:30:58WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, SO IT WAS, IT WAS A, THERE WERE
00:31:00DIFFERENT THINGS BOUND IN WITH THOSE, UM, IN THOSE FIGURES. AND
00:31:04THERE WAS SOME OF IT WAS TERRORIST STUFF, BUT, YOU KNOW,
00:31:08STILL 12000. AND HERE IN AMERICA, YOU HAVE A COMPLETE
00:31:12FREEDOM OF SPEECH, RIGHT? YES
00:31:19AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SCARRING
00:31:22AND SANITIZING THING. YES. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SUNLIGHT IS THE BEST DISINFECTANT. LET
00:31:26EVERYBODY SAY WHAT THEY THINK AND JUDGE IT IN THE COLD LIGHT
00:31:29OF DAY. AND I THINK IT'S A I. SO
00:31:33LOOK, I MEAN, LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR, IN OUR VALUES. THAT'S
00:31:36THE, THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. I THINK.
00:31:39>> MAKES SENSE. WELL, A LOT OF THESE STUDENTS HERE, MAYBE ALL
00:31:41OF THEM, BUT AT LEAST A GOOD CHUNK OF, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE IS FREE SPEECH. YOU
00:31:45KNOW, OUR FOUNDERS INTENDED FOR. IT FELT SO STRONGLY THEY AFFIRMED IT. AND THEN THE BILL
00:31:49OF RIGHTS, THE BEGINNING OF THE
00:31:52CONSTITUTION, IT IS CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED. WE'VE GONE TO COURT MANY TIMES FOR THIS.
00:31:56>> WHAT'S THE THING YOU'VE SAID THAT GOT YOU INTO THE BIGGEST TROUBLE? >> WELL, YOU HEARD BEN SHAPIRO
00:31:59LAST NIGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, JUST
00:32:02BRINGING HIM TO CAMPUS, GOT THE UNIVERSITY TO TRY AND BLOCK HIM FROM DOING IT.
00:32:06>> WHO BRING. >> WHO BRING BEN SHAPIRO. BEN
00:32:09SHAPIRO, LAST NIGHT THAT SPOKE, UH, AND WE WENT TO COURT. WE
00:32:13PREVAILED. IN FACT, HARMEET DHILLON, WHO'S NOW AN ASSISTANT
00:32:16ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE UNITED STATES, HELPED US WIN THAT CASE.
00:32:19BUT OUR ARGUMENT HAS BEEN, UM,
00:32:24NOT ONLY IS FREE SPEECH GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, IT
00:32:27SHOULD BE ADMIRED MOST OF ALL ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS, ANYWHERE IN
00:32:30THE WORLD. THE FREE SPEECH DIALOG, HAVING DISCUSSION. UH,
00:32:34HOPEFULLY ONE OF THE THINGS, NOT JUST TONIGHT, BUT, BUT ALL
00:32:37THROUGHOUT THIS CONFERENCE, WE REINFORCE IS NOT ONLY TO FIGHT FOR THE ABILITY TO SPEAK OUT AND
00:32:40SHARE YOUR VALUES, BUT TO BE RESPECTFUL. BECAUSE ONE OF THE
00:32:44THINGS I THINK THAT ALLOWS US TO COUNTER EFFECTIVELY THOSE ON THE
00:32:47LEFT IS TO MAKE OUR CASE, BUT
00:32:49ALSO TO LISTEN TO OUR OPPOSITION. YES. AND THEN
00:32:53RESPOND, BECAUSE FAR TOO MANY ON THE RADICAL LEFT DON'T LISTEN TO
00:32:56ANYTHING. AND SO WE APPRECIATE
00:32:58THE COURAGE THAT SO MANY IN THIS AUDIENCE HAVE, UM, ACTUALLY ON,
00:33:02ON THAT, UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WESTERN CIVILIZATION, WE ALLUDED
00:33:06TO THIS BEFORE, BUT LATELY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK IN
00:33:08THIS COUNTRY ABOUT DEMOCRATIC
00:33:10SOCIALISM. YOU ALLUDED A LITTLE BIT TO AFGHANISTAN OR TO
00:33:14VENEZUELA. WE KNOW THAT HUGO CHAVEZ WAS ELECTED THERE AS A
00:33:18DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST. WHAT KIND OF A THREAT DO YOU SEE TO THAT?
00:33:22AROUND THE WORLD? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK? NOT JUST THE UNITED
00:33:24STATES, BUT BUT ANYONE WHO CARES FOR FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY
00:33:27SHOULD BE DOING IN RESPONSE TO DEMOCRATIC. >> I THINK IT'S A GENUINE
00:33:31MENACE. AND I THINK THE PROBLEM WE'VE GOT. I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD
00:33:34THING IN SOME WAYS, BECAUSE, UH,
00:33:37YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENS IS MOST SENSIBLE VOTERS LOOK AT
00:33:39THIS STUFF AND THEY THINK THESE
00:33:42MARXISTS ARE TAKING OVER THE,
00:33:44THE DEMOCRAT PARTY OR THE LABOR
00:33:46PARTY, CRAZY ANTI-SEMITIC GUYS
00:33:49IN, IN, IN ENGLAND. UH, THE
00:33:52CORBYNISTAS, UH, TOOK OVER THE LABOR PARTY FOR A WHILE, AND IT
00:33:55MAKES THEM UNELECTABLE. GREAT. KEEP THEM OUT. AND, YOU KNOW, I
00:33:59MEAN, I'M JUST BEING ENTIRELY REALISTIC ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW,
00:34:02IT'S. I THRASHED THE GUY OUT OF
00:34:04SIGHT WHEN I STOOD AGAINST HIM IN, IN 2019. IT'S HELPFUL TO
00:34:07HAVE AN OPPONENT WHO'S, WHO'S A
00:34:09LUNATIC. OKAY. UH, I'M JUST
00:34:11SAYING, YOU KNOW, STRATEGICALLY, JUST A PIECE OF ADVICE. IF YOU'RE GOING INTO POLITICS,
00:34:15PICK YOUR OPPONENTS CAREFULLY. AND LEFT WING LOONIES ARE VERY
00:34:18GOOD OPPONENTS. UM, BUT THE
00:34:23PROBLEM IS THAT LOTS OF YOUNG
00:34:25PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER SOCIALISM. YOU'RE SO YOUNG.
00:34:28NOW, WHO WHO REMEMBERS THE COLD
00:34:32WAR? WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO REMEMBERS THE SOVIET UNION? OH, RIGHT. DO YOU REMEMBER THE
00:34:36SOVIET UNION? YOU DON'T. IT'S
00:34:40UNBELIEVABLE. RIGHT? HERE WE ARE WITH THESE BRILLIANT YOUNG THRUSTERS. AND THEY DON'T
00:34:44REMEMBER THE SOVIET UNION. UH,
00:34:46BUT. SO WE RELY ON YOU AND YOUR POWERS OF IMAGINATION AND LOGIC
00:34:50AND REASON TO PROTECT YOUR GENERATION AND FUTURE
00:34:53GENERATIONS FROM THE SAME APPALLING MISTAKES. AND SO I DO
00:34:58WORRY ABOUT IT. I DO, I DO THINK THERE'S, I DO THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BEING MISLED AND
00:35:01GOING MORE AND MORE LEFT WING.
00:35:04AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO.
00:35:07AND THAT'S WHY THIS ORGANIZATION IS SO VITAL. YOU'VE GOT TO BE VIGILANT. YOU'VE GOT TO BE
00:35:10STRONG. COMMUNISM LEADS TO DISASTER. SOCIALISM LEADS TO
00:35:14DISASTER. THERE'S NEVER BEEN A
00:35:16LABOR GOVERNMENT IN THE UK THAT
00:35:20HAS LEFT OFFICE WITH UNEMPLOYMENT LOWER THAN IT WHEN IT CAME IN. IT ALWAYS GOES UP
00:35:22AND THEY ALWAYS BANKRUPT THE COUNTRY. >> WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THIS AT
00:35:25THIS POINT TO TAKE YOU LIVE NOW TO THE US CAPITOL, WHERE THE SENATE IS ABOUT TO GAVEL IN FOR
00:35:28WHAT WE EXPECT TO BE. A BRIEF SESSION THIS MORNING. THIS IS
00:35:32LIVE COVERAGE OF THE US SENATE
00:35:34ON C-SPAN, TWO.
00:35:38>> COME TO ORDER. THE CLERK WILL
00:35:41READ A COMMUNICATION TO THE SENATE.
00:35:45>> WASHINGTON, DC, AUGUST 10th,
00:35:482026, TO THE SENATE. UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF RULE ONE,
00:35:51PARAGRAPH THREE OF THE STANDING
00:35:53RULES OF THE SENATE, I HEREBY APPOINT THE HONORABLE JOHN
00:35:57BOOZMAN, A SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF ARKANSAS,