Malcom Nance: Foreign Policy Analyst and Former US Navy Senior Chief on Trump's meeting with President Xi Jinping

There's a belief China has the upper hand in the highly anticipated talks with the United States. 

Trump's in Beijing, meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the Iran war, trade, and US arms sales to Taiwan.

Foreign Policy Analyst and Former US Navy Senior Chief Malcom Nance told Ryan Bridge the United States is behind the eight ball with China having the opportunity to eat America's economic lunch. 

He says China is the adult in the room as Trump shows he can't maintain a policy platform that would allow the States to take leverage in the Iran war. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's go to Malcolm Nance, intelligence foreign policy analyst, former
United States Navy senior chief with us this morning. Malcolm,
good morning, this is the big meeting is under is
almost underway. I should say, we have the president arriving
in Beijing. Who has the upper hand here? Do you
think of these talks?

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Well, unfortunately, China is playing the adominent room now. Donald
Trump has shown that he cannot maintain a stable foreign
policy or a policy platform that would allow the United
States to take advantage of whatever little leverage that they've
gotten out of the Iran War. And Trump is confronted
with having to do one of two things today or

(00:42):
during his visit. One beg China for assistance in using
maybe even their naval forces to come and help work
with the Iranians to open the Straight of Hornless. And
there are other things that the United States needs that
China is now protectionist in you rein nitrate. China will
not allow any fertilizers to be shipped out of their

(01:05):
country right now, and their national oil reserves are almost
you know, invoking jealousy within the United States. So we
are sort of the United States are behind the eight
ball on being able to leverage this trip. That Chinese,
on the other hand, will likely view it as an
opportunity to eat America's economic lunch.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
Malcolm, what do you think he's going to say about
Taiwan if anything?

Speaker 2 (01:30):
Hmm, I really fear about that because Donald Trump is
a transactional person. He does not believe in consistency of history, policy,
or continuity of what one president thinks, you know, is
right in terms of defunding democracies or our allies. Trump

(01:51):
views it as what he can get out of it.
Personally is a man that admires you for being a
life president. He admires Kim Jong un for being able
to do what he wants and have people, you know,
jump up and clap like a group of trained seals.
So with regards to Taiwan, he'll probably view it as

(02:12):
a financial transaction. Taiwan creates microchips for the United States
and also buys US defensive weapons. It really is up in.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
The sounds like we've lost Malcolm there. That was Malcolm Nance,
intelligence foreign policy analyst and former United States Navy senior
chief With.

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