This even as other countries have invested in the most rapid military buildup in all of human History and have not hesitated to use hard power to pursue their own interests. To appease a climate cult, we have imposed energy policies on ourselves that are impoverishing our people. even as our competitors exploit oil and coal and natural gas and anything else, not just to power their economies, but to use as leverage against our own. (03:40–03:46)
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Asserts that energy policies imposed to appease climate concerns are impoverishing people.
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