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The man who has spent his entire adult life in service of his country, three decades in the U.S. Army as a green beret, rising to the rank of Colonel, a winner of a bronze star, and then he went to Congress,

served the great constituents of Florida, and today he serves President Trump as his National

Security Advisor. We're very lucky to be joined by Mike Waltz. Mike, good to have you on, sir.

Hey, thanks, John. Always good to be with you, and thanks for fighting for the truth and for America.

Yeah, we're very lucky to do so and very lucky to have you on.

You're on the front lines of all these important security issues.

Let me start with the announcement that came out of the White House earlier today that the stage is set for a deal with China.

Give us some sense of what might that look like.

How's the engagement been with Beijing?

And is this limited to

trade or could it also involve issues like Taiwan? Yeah, John, you know, the president,

President Trump is the dealmaker in chief. I mean, he truly defines the art of the deal. And for

too long, I saw this in Congress. We see this in Middle

America. Our manufacturing has been gutted. Our jobs go abroad. We have critical, critical

supply chains that need to come home to the United States. And that's know, that's what the president is determined to make

happen. He is using tariffs effectively. Those generate revenue for the American people,

those drive the supply chains back home. And it gives him a platform and leverage, frankly,

that only President Trump knows how to do

in terms of reestablishing fair trade. And we've seen administration after administration in the

past let the United States and let the American worker not get the better end of these deals.

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