deliverance on its commitments to the U.S. Peter Navarro, senior trade and manufacturer advisor

to President Trump. And Peter, you contend, and maybe not surprisingly, but you contend that

the big picture for what the president accomplished didn't make its way over the transom or

into the mainstream media dialogue. What do you mean? In what way?

Joe, first of all, great to see you. And I think that's pretty clear. Look, we went over there

basically for one reason to maintain what really is a very favorable strategic position now.

Let me run through some of the checklist. I mean, think about this. We have effectively

thrown both the Chinese and the Russians under the Donro doctrine out of Venezuela, which is a big deal,

and out of Cuba, which is a big deal, and out of Cuba, which is a big deal.

And the American Navy essentially controls the Strait of Hormuz,

where oil flows not just to China, but to Asia.

So let's start with that.

We extracted a promise from Xi Jinping not to give any more weapons to Iran.

Now, I think your viewers know because they're a sophisticated audience, but let me just run through the check thrust.

Every ballistic missile that Iran fires on Israel, on the UAE, on Saudi, wherever in the Middle

East is fueled by Chinese rocket fuel. Every drone that launches attacks on American bases

or on Israel or wherever in the Middle East is run by Chinese electronic components. And if you know your history, Joe, the way we got the Soviets out of Afghanistan

was to sneak these Stinger missiles into the Mujahjadine.

And basically those are shoulder-to-air missile launchers

that knocked helicopters out of the sky and sent the Soviets out and actually

brought down the Soviet Union. The Chinese understand that history, Joe, and we do not want

them supplying man pads. That's the version of the Stinger there, and they promise not to do so.

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