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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Seven fifty two ist a time here in Houston's boring News.
All Right, national security obviously a big topic. Election is
now over. I think we know from the previous four
years of a Donald Trump administration he's very good at
preventing war. He's very, very tough on our adversaries. He
certainly made things difficult for Iran. Iran is an entirely
different position now after almost four years of a Biden
(00:22):
administration than they were under Trump. Harry Cassianis joins US
National Security Experts Senior Director for National Security Affairs at
the Center for the National Interest. I think already the
world is taking note. President Trump has heard from China,
and I'm sure he's heard from a lot of other
world leaders too, and I'm sure they're probably trying to
tell him, we're not going to cause any trouble, sir.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Absolutely, good morning. Yeah, No, I think that's right. I
think one of the advantages that Donald Trump has is
that he doesn't abide by any of these you know,
ideological prisms. You know, he doesn't you know, he doesn't
have a PhD from Princeton International Affairs. He goes by
his gut and he looks at very clearly what things
that are going to make the United States safer and
executes on those strategies. So, for example, he rebuilt the
(01:06):
US military and gave the military the arms, equipment, and
bonds they need to fight the wars that they may
have to fight, but in a deterrence model, making sure
that we're not going into these forever wars, you know,
putting pressure on allies to spend more on defense. This way,
if a contingency like a Ukraine invasion comes up, you
know they're able to do more. Putting pressure on China
(01:27):
when it comes to trade to make sure that you know,
we're not losing thousands of jobs, you know, every single
month when it comes to you know, bringing all these imports.
So he hit on all these key points that were
very hard to do. And look that the I think
the results are already starting to come in and he
hasn't even become president yet. So it's great to say.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
He put in place the Abraham Accords, and that was
an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Never in the
history of mankind, I mean, has this happened. And it's held.
It's held for the four years that he's been out
of office. So we don't talk a lot about Saudi
ira I but is that part of the steadying factor
moving forward?
Speaker 2 (02:05):
I think I think it has to be. I think
one of the things that needs to occur is the
Trump administration really needs to put in the time and
effort to try to bring Israel and Saudi Arabia together. Now, look,
it's not going to be easy. It's this is something
that that countless administrations have failed on. But I think
bringing these two, these two nations together in some way
(02:26):
just to have some sort of agreement where Saudi Arabia
recognizes the state of Israel. And look, maybe they don't
entirely agree about what happens with with the Palestinians. You know,
there can be room for disagreements and and talk on
about that going forward. But I think it's very clear
that Israel and Saudi Arabia are very, very scared of
what a nuclear Iran looks like, or in Iran that
(02:46):
has so many ballistic missiles that get more accurate because
of their alliance with North Korea. That that that both
of these countries, even though they have some big differences,
can come together on the larger threat. And that's what
changes history. So I think it's a I've got to watch,
and I think it's something Trump's going to focus on.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
We have less of them. Miniso quick thought, if you would, sir,
about China and about Putin in Ukraine, and what do
you think Trump's solution to those issues are going to be?
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Well, I think, Look, I think when it comes to Ukraine,
it's very simple. It's a stalemate war. There's no amount
of American arms, guns, finance that is going to allow
Ukraine to win that war take back crimea. So I
think Trump is going to push a compromise. It's going
to look something like the Korean War, where there's probably
an armiscist where there's probably both sides don't agree on
the borders, but they agree to stop fighting and you know,
(03:33):
hopefully back and hold and Ukraine becomes a bigger part
of Europe, not part of NATO, but a bigger part
of Europe. China, I think it's very simple. The United
States is going to continue to put pressure on China,
make sure they don't try to invade Taiwan. We're going
to get more arms to Taiwan so they can defend themselves.
And it's not so the United States tends to do,
and we're going to put a lot more pressure on
them when it comes to trade. We're not going to
keep losing American jobs to China anymore, and I think
(03:54):
Trump's going to push it.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Well done, sir, Thank you. Harry kazianis national security expert.
Seven fifty two ist a time here in Houston's boring News.
All Right, national security obviously a big topic. Election is
now over. I think we know from the previous four
years of a Donald Trump administration he's very good at
preventing war. He's very, very tough on our adversaries. He
certainly made things difficult for Iran. Iran is an entirely
different position now after almost four years of a Biden
(00:22):
administration than they were under Trump. Harry Cassianis joins US
National Security Experts Senior Director for National Security Affairs at
the Center for the National Interest. I think already the
world is taking note. President Trump has heard from China,
and I'm sure he's heard from a lot of other
world leaders too, and I'm sure they're probably trying to
tell him, we're not going to cause any trouble, sir.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Absolutely, good morning. Yeah, No, I think that's right. I
think one of the advantages that Donald Trump has is
that he doesn't abide by any of these you know,
ideological prisms. You know, he doesn't you know, he doesn't
have a PhD from Princeton International Affairs. He goes by
his gut and he looks at very clearly what things
that are going to make the United States safer and
executes on those strategies. So, for example, he rebuilt the
(01:06):
US military and gave the military the arms, equipment, and
bonds they need to fight the wars that they may
have to fight, but in a deterrence model, making sure
that we're not going into these forever wars, you know,
putting pressure on allies to spend more on defense. This way,
if a contingency like a Ukraine invasion comes up, you
know they're able to do more. Putting pressure on China
(01:27):
when it comes to trade to make sure that you know,
we're not losing thousands of jobs, you know, every single
month when it comes to you know, bringing all these imports.
So he hit on all these key points that were
very hard to do. And look that the I think
the results are already starting to come in and he
hasn't even become president yet. So it's great to say.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
He put in place the Abraham Accords, and that was
an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Never in the
history of mankind, I mean, has this happened. And it's held.
It's held for the four years that he's been out
of office. So we don't talk a lot about Saudi
ira I but is that part of the steadying factor
moving forward?
Speaker 2 (02:05):
I think I think it has to be. I think
one of the things that needs to occur is the
Trump administration really needs to put in the time and
effort to try to bring Israel and Saudi Arabia together. Now, look,
it's not going to be easy. It's this is something
that that countless administrations have failed on. But I think
bringing these two, these two nations together in some way
(02:26):
just to have some sort of agreement where Saudi Arabia
recognizes the state of Israel. And look, maybe they don't
entirely agree about what happens with with the Palestinians. You know,
there can be room for disagreements and and talk on
about that going forward. But I think it's very clear
that Israel and Saudi Arabia are very, very scared of
what a nuclear Iran looks like, or in Iran that
(02:46):
has so many ballistic missiles that get more accurate because
of their alliance with North Korea. That that that both
of these countries, even though they have some big differences,
can come together on the larger threat. And that's what
changes history. So I think it's a I've got to watch,
and I think it's something Trump's going to focus on.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
We have less of them. Miniso quick thought, if you would, sir,
about China and about Putin in Ukraine, and what do
you think Trump's solution to those issues are going to be?
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Well, I think, Look, I think when it comes to Ukraine,
it's very simple. It's a stalemate war. There's no amount
of American arms, guns, finance that is going to allow
Ukraine to win that war take back crimea. So I
think Trump is going to push a compromise. It's going
to look something like the Korean War, where there's probably
an armiscist where there's probably both sides don't agree on
the borders, but they agree to stop fighting and you know,
(03:33):
hopefully back and hold and Ukraine becomes a bigger part
of Europe, not part of NATO, but a bigger part
of Europe. China, I think it's very simple. The United
States is going to continue to put pressure on China,
make sure they don't try to invade Taiwan. We're going
to get more arms to Taiwan so they can defend themselves.
And it's not so the United States tends to do,
and we're going to put a lot more pressure on
them when it comes to trade. We're not going to
keep losing American jobs to China anymore, and I think
(03:54):
Trump's going to push it.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Well done, sir, Thank you. Harry kazianis national security expert.
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