WTH Is Going On With Pelosi's Taiwan Trip? Rep. Mike Gallagher on Why Pelosi Was Right To Go and How Biden Created Another Needless Crisis

We break our hiatus briefly today, because this is important.
News leaked that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi planned to
travel to Taiwan this month, and it caused an uproar as the
public battled online about whether her trip would provoke China.
Leadership hasn’t handled this well: Xi Jinping threatened
military action and instead of condemning the threat, Biden hid
behind the Pentagon. We know today that Pelosi plans to follow
through with the visit, but this incident leaves us alarmed at
the Biden administration’s lack of preparedness. By 2027, when
China’s military is predicted to be capable of taking Taiwan,
America’s is set to be at its weakest. We know that “integrated
deterrence” was unsuccessful in Ukraine, yet there are few real
plans to focus on hard power in Taiwan. America has promised to
arm Taiwan, but $14 billion of delayed defense equipment
requested by Taiwan sits idle. Why doesn’t the White
House have a coherent war plan by now? Are we letting
China deter us on the cheap?


These questions and more today with Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Member
of Congress representing Wisconsin’s 8th district. Gallagher
sits on the House Intelligence and Armed Services
Committees. He served seven years in the US Marine Corps,
with two tours in Iraq.


Download the transcript here.