To strike narco-boats or not to strike?
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Salem Podcast Network
4.4 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Hugh discusses President Trump's authority to order the targeting of foreign narco boats, and talks with Sebastien Lai, Sen. John Cornyn, Bret Baier, Byron York, Noah Rothman, Jim Talent, Josh Kraushaar, Salena Zito, and Phil Balboni.
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| 0:51.3 | I'm Hugh Hewlett back inside the Beltway |
| 0:53.5 | after an early morning departure from Dallas. |
| 0:56.5 | Beginning today's Thursday program with Sebastian Lai, son of Jimmy Lai, political prisoner in Hong Kong. |
| 1:02.8 | He's a British citizen. Something I didn't really realize until last week when April Pannooner told me that he was British citizen. |
| 1:09.4 | I always thought he was a Chinese citizen. |
| 1:11.7 | Sebastian, welcome. |
| 1:13.4 | Sebastian Lai is Jimmy Lai's son. |
| 1:15.8 | What is the status of your father? |
| 1:18.1 | The Guardian article this week made it sound pretty dire. |
| 1:23.0 | Yeah. |
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