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Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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ELON Sets His Sights On The PENTAGON | Ep 392

Published | Video Starts at 38:27

I mean, it's like, I think they finally are realizing, hey, if we actually want to talk the game on protecting each other, maybe we should live up to our obligations and look at our own national defense budgets. Yes. And you know what? 10 of them got together, sat around that round table, had apparently a very luxurious dinner and said, we're going to take a, a more active involvement in our own collective defense. I applaud that. I do, too. But you mentioned you, Sean, Ronald Reagan, trust but verify. Right. So now these cats are like, hey, we're going to get together and we're going to participate in our collected defense more. (38:27–38:41)

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