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Because the chinese know the russian economy is a tiny fraction of the american economy of the european economy, the eu, chinas biggest trading partner. we have a lot of leverage on china. they depend on our technology, on our financing, on their ability to conduct business using the u.s. dollar. china has a lot to lose here if the eu and the united states joined together and really put the screws that theyve got to make a decision, they use their leverage to get putin to back off. remember, thi...

Week 232 barrels from russia. million from iran. over 600 million from opec. how big of a factor do his policies in russia affect us here in the u.s. >> biden is helping putin. biden reduced the supply of energy coming into america. no more fracking, you know what happened, the pipeline was closed down. dont build any more pipelines. six pipeline projects out of michigan on hold at the moment. so he has reduced energy supplies in america. at the same time that that gives putin a great deal of le...

Vladimir putin and xi jinping and everyone else does whatever they want. it makes no geopolitical sense at all. donald trump understood it when you are energy independent. you have a lot of leverage and you dont have to be. why are we in the middle east because we are dependent on foreign oil. bipartisan agreement if we can relinquish that we would be in a better position. right back there, and for what? will, help me. i dont know. will: throughout the morning. lets do this. i think its importan...

Wants at the negotiation table. testing president biden nerve and strength. is he up for this? >> biden has tried to under mine the leverage. let the air out of the balloon. or maybe the better analogy is have the release valve for the pressure cooker. constantly revealing information about what russia is doing. its really been extraordinary to watch. in realtime. the u.s. administration has released information saying they are setting up this provocation. and given the order to invade. he has g...

Split take place between president zelensky at munich and the western european nations with zelensky agreeing basically with congressional republicans that sanctions should be imposed now saying, look, the u.s. has been warning in these alarmist tones for weeks now that were on the brink of war. if so, why wait on these sanctions? but then we heard from german chancellor olaf schultz and other nato members who said they do not want to do that now. they are making the same argument about the whit...

Group they have been talking and they have been trying to come up with a place and a time to meet and discuss. now, of course, the putins to gain as much leverage as he can and thats why we are seeing increase in military activity around kyiv tonight. he wants to increase his leverage with a big break through around kyiv, surround president zelenskyy and really force negotiated settlement on him. i think thats putins plan. and i think tonight we will see the will of the ukrainian people. they wi...

Overnight. its going to require astute political leadership, determination, and consumer sacrifice on our part. this will include d linking our manufacturing on key technology, raising tariffs where necessary to preserve made in america, and canceling student visas. about 340,000 chinese students studying here right now. why are we training chinas next generation, all of whom are approved to be here by the ccp? why are we training them in stem fields? at some point down the road, we know they ar...

If putin you can seeds in what hes doing in ukraine, is he wont stop there. the person who was on the panel just before me talked about this reuniting kaliningrad with mother russia by taking the quarter between the two that would take territory from poland and lithuania, both nato members. the putin tries to do that, it will be a different situation in ukraine. it will be war. >> you think the european allies will be able to hold up in the face of this energy sanctions or not? >> so far so good...

Hes sewing a certain amount of uncertainty. generally speaking i think the biden administration is doing everything it can do. the problem is that putin has all the leverage in this scenario. no one wants world war iii. >> do you sense that thats true that putin kind of at least for a moment caused the administration to get a little hesitant or wrong-footed slightly? michael mcfaul was quick yesterday to say the invasion has started. its easier to do that when youre on tv versus in the white hou...

Pauses. referencing the key natural gas pipeline from russian to have any affect on putin this needs to be locked with u.s. sanctions on north stream two companies. thats an interesting point. because some like general have suggested north stream two does not offer is a much leverage as one might think. the gas not currently flowing to germany. germany certainly wants that gas. and it puts them in much better economic situation but to or who forceful do you agree with that point they have got to...