It's more than unsustainable, it's dangerous. It's geopolitically dangerous. And it needed to be confronted and we can't wait any longer to do it. We've allowed this to go on for 25 years and it cannot continue or we're going to wind up living in a world in which we depend on China for everything critical to our security and to our prosperity. And that's not a world that we intend to leave for our children and grandchildren. Is China the number one defense priority that America faces? (27:18–27:29)
CLAIM
Asserts that the U.S. has allowed trade imbalances with China for 25 years, risking dependency.
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