involvement and escalation, but they did have a pretty rosy readout of the call between biden and xi and agreed to a face-to-face meeting after their two hour and 17 minute conversation yesterday. john: general keith kellogg, former national security advisor to president trump president trump and mike pence, and fox news contributor. china s reaction to the potential pelosi trip, an official statement, a visit to taiwan by speaker pelosi would challenge china s red line and any challenge will be met with resolute counter measures. how do you expect china will respond? now we are in dumb and dumber. if anything, right now that means pelosi needs to go, she needs to go, needs to be bipartisan commission and she needs just say this is how, you don t dictate to the united
house speaker is going to taiwan on this trip. the chinese spokesperson tweets a couple of them visit to taiwan by speaker pelosi would challenge china s red line and any challenge to our red line will no doubt be met with resolute counter measures. he wasn t done tweeting if u.s. fire jets escort nancy pelosi s plane into taiwan it is an invasion. pla dispose of pelosi s plane and the u.s. fighter jets and including firing warning shots and in ineffective then shoot them down. the chinese, you don t think they are going to shoot them down? it s tense. let s bring in our panel matthew continetti fellow at the american enterprise institute. morgan ortagus and tom bevan real clear politics co-founder and president. morgan, you know, this is standard fare for the chinese to saber rattle but it s a little more intense than usual. it is. i think they are only going to get more aggressive in their rhetoric. and in action.
the visit and challenges china s red line it will be met with resolute counter measures. john ratcliffe, former director national intelligence under president trump. welcome back. michael waltz told us yesterday she has to go. if she don t it shows weakness right now. in brazil defense secretary lloyd austin, however, countered with this. listen carefully. here it is. i m concerned and you heard me say this before, about the aggressiveness of the prc and the kinds of things that we ve been seeing in the region lately. and so i think we have to be vigilant. bill: i get it. is that a statement of weakness or is he being rightfully careful, sir? well, i don t think you can dismiss china s threats as idle threats at this point. there is at lot at stake for president xi. he is on the verge of an unprecedented third term later this fall.
american official should be able to visit taiwan if they would like. to say china has warned though, we have repeatedly made clear our firm opposition to speaker pelosi s potential visit to taiwan if u.s. insists on making the visit and challenges china s red line it will be met with resolute counter measures. the u.s. must assume full responsibility for any serious consequence arising thereof. strongly worded statement from the foreign minister there. now, this trip, which would be the first by a u.s. speaker in 25 years, has created a tense back drop against the other focus of the president s call, potentially lifting tariffs on china to ease inflationary pressures, the pandemic, of course, and supply chain concerns. and russia s war on ukraine. some officials worry though that the pelosi trip might loom large with the best outcome being hopes to avoid a confrontation. the white house is not detailing what s on the agenda. south china seas issues. i was wondering if we could also
jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. no mention of speaker pelosi or tariffs in the readouts. not a lot of readouts, waiting more information out of the white house briefing but it was the longest call between the two leaders since biden took office, two hours and 17 minutes. we just got a photo from the white house showing it backdrop of speaker pelosi s planned visit to taiwan, u.s. military has made ready overlapping rings of protection on the air and the ground if pelosi chooses to go. china says if she challenges china s red line on taiwan, it would be met with resolute counter measures. neither readout mentions pelosi, but those who play with fire will perish by it, it is hoped the u.s. would be clear eyed