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"You know, last year at the G-20, they basically said there is a path forward for Ukraine to join NATO after security agreements after the war is over. This year, they're saying there is no Russian aggression, a major departure from last year and a real slap in the face to Zelensky as they're conducting the counteroffensive. So the timing can't be worse."
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"The whole point of him going to the region, in my view, was to get our friends and allies and partners together in the event of an invasion of Taiwan and a greater invasion into the South Pacific Sea. And the only way we can stop that is through deterrence. Deterrence in diplomacy and deterrence in weapon systems that we have yet to put in the country that I signed off on. So if you have a lack of military deterrence, a lack of diplomatic deterrence, and you're economically saying, we want to work with you, what deterrence is Chairman Xi have in his mind that would prevent him from making that bold move to take and invade Taiwan, put a blockade in, cut the sea cable and then take over TSMC."
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"The whole point of him going to the region, in my view, was to get our friends and allies and partners together in the event of an invasion of Taiwan and a greater invasion into the South Pacific Sea. And the only way we can stop that is through deterrence. Deterrence in diplomacy and deterrence in weapon systems that we have yet to put in the country that I signed off on. So if you have a lack of military deterrence, a lack of diplomatic deterrence, and you're economically saying, we want to work with you, what deterrence is Chairman Xi have in his mind that would prevent him from making that bold move to take and invade Taiwan, put a blockade in, cut the sea cable and then take over TSMC."
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