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Unrestrictive warfare effectively a principle that greater powers because they dont want directly military confrontation and we may come to direct military confrontation but again white house right now once called strategic competition. what china is dong is using every aspect of leverage economic, a virus through denial, ports around the world. alliances that theyre using, debt indebted third world countries then leverage and then they look at america and say donald trump and joe biden ignoring...

Really? mitch mcconnell, youre going to lecture us about management? lets not forget that that the obama years, the gop led by mcconnell used the debt limit repeatedly as leverage and ten years ago, it set off turmoil in the markets and caused the u.s. credit rating to be downgraded. yes, mitch, that same tea party. playing politics with the debt has real world consequences as janet yellen made clear this week. >> we would likely experience a recession. millions of jobs would be lost and the pai...

Unrestrictive warfare effectively a principle that greater powers because they dont want directly military confrontation and we may come to direct military confrontation but again white house right now once called strategic competition. what china is dong is using every aspect of leverage economic, a virus through denial, ports around the world. alliances that theyre using, debt indebted third world countries then leverage and then they look at america and say donald trump and joe biden ignoring...

Popular element in the reconciliation package. why would she be hesitant to back proposals to lower prices, which she says she generally supports? is the political pressure from her democratic colleagues working at all? is there any evidence of that? >> i think were going to have to see what happens with the negotiation. i think from what im hearing, she -- you are right, shes generally a fan and wants to lower prescription drug prices. its interesting -- we dont know where she is on that. shes ...

He may say one thing, but i think hes communicating clearly. its not just us. remember, hes communicating across the region and the world and people we need as allies are we a reliable capable ally or do they have to make a different decision and give more of their control to china. >> its complicated to say the least. i promise were going to gets to the book but i want to ask you about afghanistan, a place you know well. taliban leaders are meeting this weekend with u.s. officials for the first...

Leader mitch mcconnell tried to pass the blame. really? mitch mcconnell, youre going to lecture us about management? lets not forget that that the obama years, the gop led by mcconnell used the debt limit repeatedly as leverage and ten years ago, it set off turmoil in the markets and caused the u.s. credit rating to be downgraded. yes, mitch, that same tea party. that was born out of your republican party playing politics with the debt has real-world consequences as treasury secretary janet yell...

I think youll have to look at his problems in three dimensions, starting closest in. yes, there are problems among his own caucus. this is inevitable because they are divided, but theyre still talking, and i think they are ideologically not compatible. but the bigger threat is with the republicans and congress is divided 50—50. it takes only a few senators to say they wont do it. it gives them huge leverage. some are not interested in bidens agenda and are willing to stop it. and the third lev...

Jef, walk us through some of these problems hes facing, particularly in congress. i think youll have to look at his problems in three dimensions, starting closest in. yes, there are problems among his own caucus. this is inevitable because they are divided, but theyre still talking, and i think they are ideologically not compatible. but the bigger threat is with the republicans and congress is divided 50—50. it takes only a few senators to say they wont do it. it gives them huge leverage. some...

Well, you know, at the moment of course, thats the situation. but we knowjoe biden has succeeded in one area, which has not been mentioned. its the tax on corporation multinationals. the prodigal son of ireland has forced the irish to accept 15% of tax instead of 12.5 where others failed. i think it shows that joe biden has some leverage, at least in ireland, and its welcome to because we do not need to have all these tax havens all over the place. the only caveat is that joe biden represents th...

Why waste time trying to engage with republicans? it didnt work for obama. it isnt going to work for you. well, you know, at the moment of course, thats the situation. but we knowjoe biden has succeeded in one area, which has not been mentioned. its the tax on corporation multinationals. the prodigal son of ireland has forced the irish to accept 15% of tax instead of 12.5 where others failed. i think it shows that joe biden has some leverage, at least in ireland, and its welcome to because we do...