Breaking China: Congressman Mike Gallagher on Asian Geopolitics and Beyond | Uncommon Knowledge

Recorded on November 14, 2023.
Not yet 40 years old, Republican congressman Mike Gallagher has been elected four times to the House of Representatives from Wisconsin’s eighth district, which includes Green Bay and, more importantly, Lambeau Field, home of the Packers. He’s currently serving as the chair of the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. He joins in a wide-ranging conversation to discuss the Chinese threat to Taiwan, TikTok’s dangers to American youth, who actually is the fastest man in Congress, his advice for Pope Francis, and how to be a Packers fan in troubled times.
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[@DannyChean]

Nice to see they finally bring that android gigalo guy from the A.I. movie into real life. What a magnificant progress of technology.

[@kevinjenner9502]

China’s recent history of illegal wars, occupations, regime change, and proxy wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria are indeed a cause for concern.

[@cly5570]

WHY on earth is this man not running for POTUS?

[@serriajohn]

lol. US did it. This future American leader is educated to have hegemony mindset, the core value of this talk is based on how to dominate the earth by USA, nothing valueable for common prosperity for the entire mankind . USA, as a nation, might get doomed by this education, which is anti-human system.

[@jackchen5516]

You probably made an error while you were typing. Replace it with US made totally more sense.

[@bartsolari5035]

best comment in the lot

[@Truthstelling]

Love your humour.

[@michaeljiang960]

when your focus only on breaking your competitor but not bettering yourself, you already lose. sad for .america

[@brocklanders6969]

You're soo wong. That's what China's is trying to do viua stealing all our IP, etc.

[@mva6044]

As a Wisconsin resident, I am proud to have @ Mike Gallagher to represent our state. Semper Fi!

[@erikm7608]

This man is destined for greatness. Good job Wisconsin!

[@PapaOscarNovember]

A rare politician who puts the country before the party.

[@cly5570]

WHY on earth is this man not running for POTUS?

[@paulheydarian1281]

As a Wisconsinite, is Mike a big cheese head? 🤔🧀

[@ashvandal5697]

The problem with entitlements is there’s no political will to take them away from the people currently collecting them, only political will to take it from the people currently paying for them.

[@ernesthood2647]

Our country is bankrupt and all these people still talk about spending billions upon billions. Where is the sanity in all this?

[@mowsefmow8177]

lol the "davidson window", hilarious.

[@ogrejiang1444]

talking point switch from a major nuclear exchange to freedom of speech, is this guy nuts. what a politician

[@simpetcla12]

Much more media coverage needs to be done about this

[@careyfreeman5056]

Doesn't translate well to TicToc

[@cly5570]

WHY on earth is this man not running for POTUS?

[@sword7872]

We already know that Americans love war. Especially American politicians.

[@Liboch]

This guy is a religious and ideology fanatic. Or is he just a glorified bullshitter?

[@talkinghand4839]

Totally agree. The host asks what affects people in Wisconsin if Xi to meet all his goals? To answer that big question, you have to ask another question. How is it affect people around if the US leads the world as it is now? Now, you see that answer. Do you think the CCP runs the world any difference than it runs China now?

[@jdc3636]

The hot air he is blowing is mind boggling

[@gaoxiaen1]

Whatever, wumao.

[@magnusbrzenk447]

Everyone else in this comment section is sadly mesmerized by him. Can’t believe the interviewer didn’t ask him if he - of anyone else on the committee - had investment interests in the military industrial complex.

[@999reader]

The congressman‘s remarks about the Pentagon’s Extravagant spending on nonmilitary assets, especially personnel, reminds me of my retired Air Force intelligence officer friend. He lives in a 5000 square-foot home full of art and treasure. Sure, he did important work in his career as I did as a retired federal bureaucrat, but his compensation was way, way beyond what I earned at the equivalent rank.

[@kevinjenner9502]

Reuters. Nov 15, 2023…”Pentagon fails audit for sixth year in a row”

[@thestephenglynnshow1814]

I love how Peter pretends he doesn’t know all of the stuff he is telling him.

[@ClaudioQuintinoCrow]

So rare and so satisfying to watch a politician - and a very young onevat that - with such a clear and objective view of the reality around us. He's going places, no doubt.

[@_cipriangg_]

Thank you!

[@simonking3949]

How is China reunification with Taiwan affect America?

[@gaoxiaen1]

You already know the answer, wumao! And it's not reunification. Taiwan has never been a part of Red China!

[@lvl5969]

No more 2nd hand arm sales at inflated prices!

[@mikely7354]

Mike has a good view of the nation's policies for the future but he's not visionary, not the high quality presidential type, despite all of those degrees. He did not manage to take himself beyond what the propaganda media talks about in their daily updates to the American people. He said essentially the same exact things as the news media had said. In order to be far seeing, of a visionary type, one must understand how the world actually works. Let's just say he's not the Kennedy type.

[@ashvandal5697]

I’m super biased because I’m also a former Marine, but as a liberal leaning/moderate independent, I’d vote for this man in a heart beat if he was on the Presidential ballot.

[@Pincer88]

As a Dutch citizen I have no beef in US politics as such, but listening to Mike Gallagher I cannot escape the notion that if I were an American, I would want him to be the next POTUS. Can't remember who said it (Mark Twain possibly?), but the best leaders are the reluctant ones. OK, appearances may be false, but congressman Gallagher looks like the kind of leader that would fit the description. Listening to him, I also think he'd be a great leader of the free world, one that could unite the US and reinvigorate old alliances. I've only got one point of contention. He mentioned bringing talented expats to the US to rebuild America's resilience and innovative potential. My best bet would be to do the opposite and invest massively in re-establishing opportunities for talents in unsuspected corners of the US itself, reanimating the regions left behind by globalism.

[@thinkingcitizen]

You’re a Dutchman? Can you ask your leaders to proportionally and reasonably contribute to NATO? We are wasting our money protecting EU instead of using that for reviving American greatness

[@Indraveer1357]

@@thinkingcitizenThey just elected a right wing politician. Let’s wait & see what happens there.

[@dirgsuite5546]

The reality is that the US leadership understands that economically, China will take over from the US in medium long term. So, the US stance is, if we can't beat them economically, we will do it by sanctions, isolating, villainizing and of course, military means. Hence, all the nonsense about the Taiwan invasion. The insanity of this approach is, that if they would just trade in a normal constructive way, both would be far better off economically, regardless of who is the top dog.

[@user-lr8zd6yl8m]

I bet this dude never been to China or had a conservation with a Chinese dude ever,so detached from reality.

[@user-sr9kx1em5k]

My understanding is that this guy's knowledge of China comes from Falun Gong.🤣🤣🤣

[@oleglaska7197]

Дякую Романам за ін'єкцію оптимізму і за якісний інформаційний випуск

[@marclawson2536]

Didn't corporate America create this crisis by exporting the middle class to China in exchange for the Pearl S. Buck desperation working Americans are experiencing? Do you now propose that the children of this deplorable situation risk their lives in combat to preserve the very same policy?

[@agoodchow]

Americans had been fear of communism taking over so badly in 1960/70's and h-ell bent fighting against communist "North Vietnam", America is selling same kind of fear against China uprising 60 years later and wanted to fight at all cost, including nuke battle.

[@JMKeynes8491]

In the last 25 years, China has not bombed or invaded any countries. How many countries has the US bombed or invaded? Just to give you a start, Serbia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria...

[@gee8883]

Serbia, Iraq, Syrians till got have their sovereign country. Millions of Tibettans, Uyghurs, InnerMongolians have been disappeared from the face of earth in the past 25 years and China still occupies Tibet, Uyghur, InnerMongolian autonomous regions. UN/ outside journalist cannot even enter these places to report what happenes there unlike Iraq, Serbia, libya.

[@shbehmalbeh3160]

​@@gee8883 get off the tin hat that you are wearing. It will be good if you could go personally to all these region you mentioned and see for yourself the actual situation in real-time. China has vastly improved the living standard of all these region. Go check up the per capita GDP of Mongolia and Inner Mongolia for example.

[@jensschirner6137]

Beautiful talk. I remember Robinson taking off his motorcycle helmet, a short while ago ...

[@weilan4615]

This is afterall all about the American supremacy.😂😂😂😂

[@nicko2428]

Why is it always US against Chinese aggression or US against Russian aggression and comparing numbers of US ships and warfighting capability to theirs? The US has to tap into the capabilities of its democratic allies and put their feet to the fire to step up and be more present on the world stage. On the Israel-Palestine war from my vantage point and from what I see on the news, why do we not see warships from more of the G20 countries?

[@brocklanders6969]

Well, that's what Trump tried to do with NATO members...

[@martinisreb9502]

Spectacular coverage as usual. Thank you for intentional and timely interview.

[@chenren6977]

Besides most said were false. American against American Lol, the gun law is the single most dangerous act put American against American. What US did in the world ( Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Venezuela, Cuba, Ukraine, Taiwan, Lybia, Syria, Egypt and Palestine ect) is to make sure brothers are against brothers. When in history a foreign country made American against American? Only themeselves did in civil war, then the gun law US politicans are the most untruthful

[@vinodbajaj3708]

So compete economically.....not war. How many lives will be lost!

[@feirnd1]

Bringing the world back into a zero-sum cold war that ended long ago and will benefit nobody in a 2nd round sounds very depressing and short-sighted. Can everyone redirect their combative energy to establishing lead in new frontiers like AI, space colonization, clean energy, etc. while profiting from global economy?

[@ewangent]

Gallagher's got real potential as the VP pick in 28, especially if he were to run for Governor in 26.

[@surfingonmars8979]

If Trump somehow avoids jail AND wins in 2024, then he will never leave the WH, obviating the need for elections in 2028.

[@darshuetube]

Considering most congress members are pretty old, being the fastest is kinda funny.

[@simonking3949]

All he said so far were all assumptions, none of it has any proof.

[@DesiVILLARUZ]

As always, Rep Gallagher has expounded these issues in great depth and detail.

[@cly5570]

WHY on earth is this man not running for POTUS?

[@marclawson2536]

Gallagher fails to recall that Thomas Jefferson also rewrote the bible and insinuated that it contains only instuctional fables.

[@gaoxiaen1]

That's not his job, fake-account wumao!

[@huanghermann5207]

This is an American dream! Please go for it!

[@ericmetts2289]

Too bad he can't stand up to authoritarians right here in our country.

[@mikelixx]

Crazy. In America's mind, everything is a threat. Well, It served them in the past, i guess it may serve them well in the future as well.

[@weixia1191]

This guy has no clue what China is

[@vijaymujumdar5617]

Happy to see new generation of clear thinking, forthright young leader with praiseworthy track record.

[@liu3gz]

USA military budget is 3.5% of its GDP while China’s military budget is only 1.5%. Let that number sinks in a bit. China’s civilian ship building capacity is 200x more than that of the USA, it’s not only about shipyards, it’s also skilled workers in these shipyards. How fast can you double your shipyards hardware is a different question compared to how fast you can double your skilled ship building work forces.

[@brocklanders6969]

False. China's military buget is $700 billion and the USA is $800 billion.

[@surfingonmars8979]

USMC - ‘nuff said. I’m a life-long liberal democrat, but he’s got my vote. WHY on earth is this man not running for POTUS?

[@rickhughesprints]

I agree. I think both parties could field MUCH more qualified candidates for president.

[@turingcs2001]

Last time I checked there is an age limit, which I believe is placed at the wrong end of the spectrum.

[@yinghongtan]

Honestly, any Republican who wants to have a serious shot at presidency should wait out Trump.

[@schnauzerloversmom]

Too young

[@audience2]

Your party left you.

[@orangutan4696]

I will not sought for Xi Jinping's wisdom if our politicians simply have the will to solve our horrendous homeless and drug epidemic. So quit the big empty talk.

[@yiping7193]

An great example of intelligent American have little or no understanding of China

[@shaopingwu5345]

Suggest Mike Gallagher to have talks in CNN, CBC, New York times, than just Fox, so more Americans can learn the threat CCP to America.

[@eternalobi]

You can learn about the threat of CCP, but what are you gonna do about it? your country is run by corporate elites that would gladly take Chinese money.

[@roberhow2441]

Very clear minded man here, speaking with moderation yet setting objectives. Fair is what guides. Gallagher for VP or President

[@typicalKAMBlover21]

As someone whose grandmother was killed by the CCP in the cultural revolution, the most alarming thing I have heard is when Mike Gallagher saying the threat of China is “mostly from ideological reason”. The last time I heard the same attitude, it was from the red guard from Mao’s era. As a Christian I’m deeply disturbed by the concept of ideological wars because it is inherently based on false idols the Bible explicitly forbids. In the end there are 1.4 billion Chinese and you can’t control them to be always paid less than 1/4 of the Americans. The strength of US is not about how to invade or control another country’s government. It just hasn’t worked over the years. The strength of America is how it can attract talents from all over the world, which China can never attain. We need to focus on American strength instead of following the failed playbook of Mao.

[@CBridgman5]

Strongly disagree with his sentiments on Chinese infrastructure and technology companies facilitating the ability to harm Americans in a potential future conflict. That is not their goal.

[@richardburton5706]

Peter's throat cold intruded on his usual speech quality yet he still manages to pull off a thorough and probing interview. Well done!

[@cly5570]

WHY on earth is this man not running for POTUS?

[@Thomas...191]

Has there ever been a non-hawk on this show? I'm not even asking for a dove. Talk about dangerous echo chambers and group think; it doesn't come more dangerous than WW3.

[@mowsefmow8177]

this guy has clearly never heard the term, "wanna waste some money, buy a boat"

[@user-mk7pf2pn3x]

One of the few people in congress that understands the threat from CCP

[@cly5570]

WHY on earth is this man not running for POTUS?

[@user-uo2up1xj6q]

At different time in history the Chinese dynasties have ruled all the way down the Indochina peninsula al the way to Singapore and they wish to do so again

[@chosk80]

Most retarded comment ever. China have never in history ruled Singapore. Maybe Vietnam at one point , but even then,Vietnam was controlling the entire Guangzhou region at one point. I saying this as a Singaporean. Please don't embarrass yourself if you don't know anything.

[@magnuslord]

There is a severe lack of intellectual honesty anywhere. Please be an advocate for such.

[@shingnosis]

Wow, impressive individual. Can we get someone like him into the White House please? I'm tired of the USA being run by people that would be better off in a retirement home or playing golf.

[@ni-31]

He is so right about tik tok, I’m baffled how it’s still allied to operate here..

[@rickyoneil6376]

Being a democrat I would vote for him to be president

[@cmiksee1932]

As an American who has spent years working in the APAC region within a US investment management firm, I 100% agree that “Wall Street”, as you call it, must be reigned in. Feeding capital to our arch rival is ultimately deadly. And don’t take the artfully crafted capital markets arguments at face value. Agency bias points to the truth.

[@Erik-rp1hi]

Mike is refreshing to hear. Someone from Congress who is not mental. He should run for US President.

[@cly5570]

WHY on earth is this man not running for POTUS?

[@marclawson2536]

When I heard Gallagher describe how he would like to deny skilled workers' healthcare as they build ships and missles to defend that very same policy, I thought he was a lunatic. But at the end of the interview it became obvious that he is just another religious fanatic. It is no wonder that he was captivated by the study of Middle Eastern philosophy.

[@gaoxiaen1]

The Chinese troll farms are really preoccupied with this guy!

[@MichaelLi-ms1on]

How we successfully compete with... When there is the word "successfully" in this sentence, normally it means that you are losing.

[@gaoxiaen1]

Then China lost long ago.

[@ashvandal5697]

46:00 I’d argue we have already allowed the pentagon to make some pretty big and massively expensive bets that turned out to be catastrophic failures. The army and navy have both had multiple major system failures, and revolutions have turned into mere evolutions to prevent falling further behind. The air force made a bad call in not continuing the f22 while it had time and only the f35 turned out to be a great program, despite the massive price tag that came with the initial startup. Hell even the marine corps has sunk a lot of money on failed projects. I’d agree that those failures only make Congress and the general American population extremely tight with the wallet, especially when there’s other financial problems and priorities.

[@bluedevilfan]

Has this China “expert” even been to that country?

[@blankspace1126]

Gallagher sounds so delusional I can not even believe it 😂😂😂😂

[@dianefeinstein8951]

Hi Peter: No disrespect to Congressman Gallagher; his academic credentials are impeccable. But whenever a Western politician (Canadian, in my case)tells me once again that we should GO ALL IN and risk nuclear armageddon to prevent the CHINESE from the mainland from joining up with the CHINESE from Taiwan, an island 100 miles (160 km) off China’s coast and 7,602 miles (12,261 km)from America’s shores, I realize that this politician cannot figure out or does not want to figure out how to deal with healthcare, employment, education, infrastructure, the environment, veterans care, taxes, law enforcement, and retirement pensions. I doubt the ordinary Joe or Jane farmer in Iowa, satisfactorily surveying a good yield of corn and soybeans(half of which is exported to China earning the U.S. $16.4 billion. Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Jan. 06, 2023)and dreaming of a bright future even realize that far away in Washington, D.C. there are politicians dreaming of endangering American lives in another overseas civil war that had been going on for 74 years now on the other side of the Earth. I cannot even imagine a better example of losing sight of America’s priorities. Is the Communist Party of China the true cause to the loss of American jobs to overseas workers. One of my classmates asked just that to one of our professors last year. The prof said “no.” “Then what?” Asked the student. “Union wages.” The professor answered back. And the lecture hall fell silent. Peter, for a more balanced view, I’d like to see you bring your excellent program on location to one of the universities, say in Shanghai, because it is such an “international city” with over 60,000 students from all over the world in Shanghai alone. There are American professors teaching there…I’d like to hear their take on Congressman Gallagher’s fears. ❤Diane, Vancouver, Canada. FrNO17/23. 01:51 pm

[@hiliahili]

Same here. Why these politicians are so eager to build more weapons because somewhere someone has more power in That Area than us? Why is it so important to dominate globally? Take care of the people here in this country!

[@djtan3313]

Brave comment.

[@benz9063]

The CCP's ambition goes far beyond Taiwan. Taiwan is just the initial step. If you and your kids want to live under communist rule, you can simply move to China or North Korea and stay there, but I know most Americans don't, even the ordinary Joe or Jane farmer in Iowa. I grew up in Shanghai, Shanghai is most definitely not what the majority of China is like. China was able to develop to where it is today because it decided to side with the West against the soviet unions, which led to the engagement policy that brought its access to Western capital, technology, and markets. Shanghai is Shanghai because of its unique advantageous geography, and that it was heavily influenced by Western cultures, who do you think designed all these buildings in the bund? However, underneath the window-display city of concrete jungle built by state-directed hyperfinancing to create an illusion of development, Chinese people still live under CCP oppression. The party reaps most of the wealth created by the society while maintaining an iron fist rule. Nuclear Armageddon: do some Google searches while you are not in China will ya? The only country in the world right now is knees-deep in a massive nuclear build-up is China. Your naivety is simply astonishing for someone who studies international politics.

[@gaoxiaen1]

It's to contain the Chicoms, wumao! But you already know that!

[@dianefeinstein8951]

@@benz9063 Hi Benz: I can feel your hate for the Communist Party of China dripping out of your words and I can feel the dark resentment you have for me as someone who does not share your hate nor your narrow view of the world. You offer me only comic book arguments espoused by adolescents under the influence of bigoted parents. You are right…I am naive…but not to geopolitics. I show great naïveté to your stereotypical, simplistic, world view. Let’s go through your claims briefly one at a time….Having grown up in Shanghai, you must realize that those western style buildings along the Bund waterfront were not built by benevolent foreigners, but rather parasitic and malevolent western banks and trading houses that arrived in China after Britain defeated China in the First Opium War (1839-1842) and China was again defeated by a combined British and French invasion during the Second Opium War (1856-1860). These were called the Opium Wars because China was basically trying to resist the opium drug trade that Britain was exporting to China. These historic buildings of the Bund were preserved as a reminder to the Chinese of the “true oppression” that they suffered under the conquering British and French armies. As for Taiwan…it represents a piece of unfinished civil war business…and not an ambition for world domination as you so erroneously suppose. When the Manchurian monarchy that ruled China was overthrown in 1912, the founder of the modern Republic of China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, had two young followers. One, Chiang Kai-shek, a military commander, and a librarian named Mao Tse-Tung. They were friends who studied under the same mentor, had an ideological falling out, each gravitated to opposite ends of the political spectrum. Chiang headed the Nazi-inspired (no kidding) Kuomintang or “Nationalist Party” with first German; then, American support, and Mao, headed the Russian Soviet backed Communist Party of China. A civil started in 1946, between these two parties,culminating in the defeat of the American backed forces in the Battle of Huaihai. Each side entered the field with over one million troops each in a three day and night fight compared by modern military analysts to Napoleon’s greatest campaigns. It was fought with planes, artillery, tanks, and when both sides were out of ammo, bayonets and teeth. An American backed Chinese commander even committed suicide when surrounded. The remaining Kuomintang troops then blew up all rail lines as they retreated across the Taiwan Strait to the island of Taiwan where they vowed to someday retake China from the communist “rebels.” The situation is sort of like what if the American Civil War was never resolved and the Confederates instead of reintegrating into a united America decided to hole up in Virginia, vowing in their constitution to someday retake “Yankee” America. As for your fear of Chinese communism coming to North America…well…it’s not going to happen, because people wouldn’t vote for them…I know I won’t. But just because I don’t think communism is suitable for North America does not mean I will vehemently hate fellow citizens who do not think like me. I was in Shanghai, just recently with three of my female Chinese classmates and I was in Shenzhen and Hong Kong with two of my female Indian classmates pre-pandemic. These cities are not “concrete jungles.” A lot of thought has been invested in their environment. Are you aware that China is running the world’s largest reforestation program that is turning the Gobi Desert back into forests and arable land with 66 billion trees planted so far and covering an area six times the size of Belgium and whose progress can now be observed by the International Space Station (ISS). China…nuclear buildup, you claim? More like nuclear “catch up.” As of 2022, Russia has 5,977 nuclear warheads and the U.S. has 5,244 nuclear warheads. China has 410 (source: Wikipedia) In ten years the Chinese will have less than one fifth of what the Americans have now. No…it’s actually the U.S. and Russia who are “knee-deep” (to use your description) in nuclear warheads…the Chinese…”ankle-deep.” And finally, Benz…you must read more carefully before lashing out. If you reread my comments, I am not a communist advocate…but I am a stop sticking our noses in other countries’ affairs and fix up our own house first advocate. Someday, Benz, when you get really old you can either enjoy a happy retirement or one where you must struggle to get by on an insufficient and meager pension. This will depend on how our governments conduct themselves today. You can discuss this further with me Benz, but for now, my feet are getting cold and I am going back to bed because I have some classes in the late morning. ❤️Diane, WdNO29/23. 03:18 am

[@huntingtonjimmy2999]

This guy has the potential to be the President of USA!

[@ivanp9222]

Smart, healthy and articulate, what a specimen!

[@Mr.barba97]

What about maybe some concession to use European navies in the pacific? If not you need to invest quickly in dockyards…

[@careyfreeman5056]

More like Japan, who are in the process of massively building up theirs.

[@jakenovak2556]

Concessions for using European navies? Laughable. How about the USN only protects US trade on the high seas. Unless the Europeans start helping

[@JamesFitzgerald]

@Mr.barba97 What's a European navy?

[@joanhyde1745]

The #entitlements” are an insurance program we have been paying into for as long as we worked. which can be made solvent by not capping the income paying into it. Why cannot that b done?

[@STRAGGLER36]

Does the state of American conflict politics remind you at all of France in 1939? You know, and how they were crushed by the Germans the very next year question mark

[@stephenlin7225]

Thank you. Very nice talk. One more thing: U.S. Dollar hegemony is also the one that can be impacted if US give away Taiwan and Indo Pacific.

[@burtonlee22]

Gallagher is one of the few sane and forward-looking people in Washington DC today. The level of cluelessness, ignorance and naivety from the Hoover Institution here, however, is astounding. Where has Hoover been on China these past 15 years?? Peter, you seem trapped in the 1980s?

[@jensschirner6137]

Gallagher, like Mike Johnson and so many others, proves to the world that America still is the country that produces real men, kind and modest and powerful, whichever is required. My respect. All comments are also wonderful, which is uncommon. God bless from Germany. America is the only Western country that will prevail. And sometime, during the next generations, it may have to decide if it wants to save Europe for a third time ...

[@thinkingcitizen]

No we don’t 😂 …. Contribute to NATO or allow us to leave, we don’t need your poetic commentary. Give us back our money instead. We wanted to go to the Moon again, fight cancer, find new energy sources, end American homelessness and use that to inspire and help the world. Instead you European and Asian people still crying about whose territory is whose, holding the whole world back. Europe’s problems are not America’s problems

[@user-rs1ui4sv2w]

Unbelievable common sense. Elect this man 🎯👍

[@tomsewell2462]

Right! C'mon Gallagher run now. Or be Trumps VP. I like him and he's not ancient. F*Xi, F* the CCP!

[@richardtsang7243]

I am disappointed that he only focused the threat in the far east which is thousands of miles away from us but not those near us, such as the border in the south, where we are seeing more and more countries turning away from us and closer to China. Chinese cars are being made in Mexico and will sooner or later be imported into America because they use cheap labor there.

[@georgesand6958]

Why didn't the SEC check the credentials of DIDI, better, before DIDI IPO'd? Business professors in China say DIDI was not ready to go on the NYSE, as some of their vehicles were not registered, & some of their drivers did not even have licenses, much less insurance. What is being done to prevent Chinese ( or other) companies from IPO-ing, that aren't ready, in the future? Many, many more companies have gone on the NYSE in the last 5 years, & investors are paying dearly for the ones that aren't ready. Regarding Taiwan--- you don't feel any tug of conscience that they looted China of all kinds of material wealth, national treasures ( I was told), & most importantly, well-educated human resources? You don't think Taiwan reuniting with mainland China is just a final closure to their costly civil war?

[@jonnieinbangkok]

Didn't mention what all the degrees are in...anti-Chinese paranoia 🤔

[@frederickleung8811]

Love to hear the representative to address our US leaky/broken K-12 education so that we do not have to reply so many oversea UG and Grad students.

[@longlifelha1422]

Thank you for the great podcast. Congressman is a great American and very knowledgeable. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@kevinmccroan5743]

Even if he’s a Marine and has a PhD, Gallagher should run for President. Really smart guy.

[@alvinseah5423]

He is too smart to go up against Trump

[@gee8883]

Too smart to be president. U know Americans won't elect "too smart" presidents.

[@benji523]

F**k this guy is on point

[@bradfordjhart]

I don't want a bigger navy. I want a smarter navy. You know quality over quantity

[@gaoxiaen1]

I want a bigger AND smarter Navy.

[@vtitu6557]

I appreciate the honesty. It’s all about the domination of the World. The bigger and stronger prevails. Unfortunately America is not bigger and is becoming weaker. So the prospect is gloomy. The future belongs to Asia. The World is looking towards Asia. Everyone is fed up with the American domination . Unfortunately the common Joe is the victim of this imperial struggle.

[@tau3457]

US geopolitics is so distasteful. You guys broke relations with ROC (TW) in 1978, spent decades building up mainland China economically. And now you want to undo all of that because you fear them despite them never having moved offensively against anyone. And yet, still want to play it both ways by not recognising Taiwan. It is delusional to think you can prop up a house of cards like that forever. And from a somewhat neutral pov (Australian) why shouldn't China, Taiwan or any other actor pursue their own interests.

[@TheRedc0met]

Because it stems instinctively from not wanting the Chinese to do well in Western society.

[@djtan3313]

EXCEPTIONAL nation!

[@brocklanders6969]

Lol. How is the weather in Beijing? You made your 50 cents, no run along and enjoy your cold rice and rat meat.

[@gee8883]

​@@brocklanders6969rat meat 😂

[@gfscfinance8866]

Cut the defense spending waste we can save at least $25 B every year. If you add the black budget, go figure

[@russelltimmerman3771]

22:34 seriously? are you guys paid by Lockheed? Israel is handling its business quite well on it's own. There is no need at all for direct US intervention in Ukraine and there is no military crisis in Taiwan. and even if all 3 blew up tomorrow there is no direct threat to US land in any of them, meaning the US could have months or even a year to gear up to respond. Why does the country with the largest military might proportional to all other militaries or combination of militaries in the history of the world have to be so Fing Paranoid?

[@Pdotta1]

I lost him at the end with his ridiculous Christian baloney.

[@wrhite]

In the first 5 minutes there was no answer to the question "what effect will CCP success have on Appleton (...your district)?". It was clear that Robinson realised Gallagher had waffled but didn't challenge him, just let him run on with a new question. A pity.

[@andrewwickham4642]

This excellent and profound interview has introduced me to Mike Gallagher for the first time…. Mike’s unquestioned knowledge and belief in the possibilities for America and world at large gives me hope that somewhere in those hopeless US governing chambers, that there is in fact elected men and women with the necessary conviction and character to give hope for our planet’s future…. We all should insist and encourage those to stand up and take control of the GOP and infuse those beliefs and actions into action not words… Love or dispose the Americans, but we must have a strong and accountable USA for world peace and prosperity… Thank you for another excellent and insightful interview Cheers Andrew Wickham

[@999reader]

Post-finally. Mr. Robinson is a polite, well-prepared interviewer. But his petty, snide comments about liberal California suggest that he needs to open the window and let some air in. Concretely, he should invite some Democrats to his program and hear a little bit from people he doesn’t agree with. Of course, the liberal shows need to do the same thing and invite Republicans and conservatives.

[@danstenis660]

If you blindly follow this Congressman, he will lead you to walk right over the cliff to meet your maker. The level of intelligence is unfathomable.

[@chitrungkim]

Looks like a young Sean Connery

[@edmundlively8137]

Sure, this is his target. He wants to make America stronger so we can maintain our hegemony. But what are his mechanisms? What are his policies? Will he use liberal policies or conservative policies to pursue his target? Will they work? What are they?😮

[@joyflips]

Thank you. Great interview and it makes it clear to me that Mick Gallagher should run for senator, and eventually President. We need new to replace the very old and calcified political leadership in this country.

[@user-sk6dh1kf2x]

Where's Thomas? Please new episodes with Thomas!!

[@BorgShen]

Mike Gallagher one of the fine examples of American leadership, Hope for this country.

[@cly5570]

WHY on earth is this man not running for POTUS?

[@paulstringer4099]

Great interview!!

[@locketttanner96]

China has such a vicious sounding bark for the being the oldest dog on the block.

[@WWLooi-js8rl]

Well, always believe in the old adage, there are always two sides of the same coin. I follow news in multiple languages and multiple sources, so don't jump into any conclusions until you understand the worldview of both countries. The Western worldview is so different from the Eastern one, history is a good testament.

[@jamesbarry1673]

The Trump-GOP tax law enacted in December 2017 creates clear incentives for American-based corporations to move operations and jobs abroad, including a zero percent tax rate on many profits generated offshore. Under the 2017 law, offshore profits exceeding 10 percent of a corporation’s offshore tangible assets are considered “global intangible low-taxed income,” or GILTI, and subject to U.S. taxes. Profits exceeding that threshold are assumed to be artificially high due to accounting gimmicks using intangible assets like patents and copyrights to shift profits offshore

[@brocklanders6969]

The damage started when Clinton signed off on NAFTA. The nail in the coffin was admitting China into WTO, but let's blame it on Trump/GOP...lol. Trump was the one implementing tarrifs on Chinese made goods, remember?

[@darshuetube]

Hey, Ca designs all those on and off switches......