… looking for ways to build our own defense, our own defenses, to deter the Chinese from thinking that they might be able to act aggressively against the United States. So Seven and a half years ago, 85% of the drones that federal government bought were Chinese. Wow, I'm dumb. So it took us years to get that done. But now you can't even get a new Chinese drone license in this country, which is good. (33:03–33:08)
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Asserts that 85% of drones purchased by the U.S. federal government were Chinese seven and a half years ago.
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