Marshall and Saga here welcome back to the realignment.

This week Saga and I went back to Capitol Hill where we interviewed Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton.

We actually recorded the episode in his Senate office, which was really nicely upholstered.

So if you want to see a change of scenery from our infamous couch, you can check out Hudson's YouTube page to see what we're doing.

We cover a lot of ground on this episode.

We start off with the coronavirus outbreak and the controversy over the viruses origins.

We go on to the broader debate about how the United States should engage the Chinese Communist Party,

everything from the trade war to negotiations to actual military engagement.

And finally, we really dive into the case for American global leadership with Senator Cotton.

At a time when people in both parties are skeptical of the wars and the conflicts the United States engaged in,

all that, let's dive in.

Senator Cotton, thanks so much for joining the realignment.

I really appreciate it.

Yeah, my pleasure. It's going to be on.

Thanks for coming.

So Senator, as we're speaking right now, there's this virus that's plaguing China.

We have remaining questions as to how much we can trust the CCP and their information.

But the way I want to talk about this with you is about how it's revealed some major deficiencies in the US supply chain.

What do you think it is about this incident in particular that has showed shortages just in the medical industry

and how that applies across the US economy writ large?

Well, a short answer to your first question.

You cannot trust the Chinese Communist Party.

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