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Rick Scott: “Trump will sign it [the sanctions act].”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott

Published July 27, 2026 | Video Starts at 26:37

We're going to get it signed. Do you think this thing is going to pass? The. Yeah, yeah, I think it'll finish today at 11:30 and so. And so. And Trump will sign it [the sanctions act]. So the. So it, I mean, it's the right thing to do. I mean, and it's not just in honor of Lindsey. Lindsey. (26:37–26:39)

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“Look at Cuba, you know, less than 100 miles off the coast of Florida. The Chinese are there. The Russians have been there. Hezbollah's been…”
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“Code Pink... they're paid for by Chinese and Russian money here.”
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“Seven and a half years ago, 85% of the drones that federal government bought were Chinese.”
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“90% of the ingredients [for generic drugs] come from China.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 33:31-33:32
“25% of the companies [Chinese and Indian] have FDA violations with almost no inspections.”
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“When I was over there, what, a year or so ago, I think they said in one week, 20% of their population can be ready to fight.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 43:56-44:04
“Budget does nothing. Just so you know, that's why we're running 2 trillion dollar deficits.”
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“Putin doesn't care about his own citizens, and he indiscriminately kills people in Ukraine.”
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“Ayatollah just, what, last week, two people were hung for, for protecting protesters.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 07:53-08:00
“The Castro brothers... took over Cuba, and all they've done is suppress the people and killed people and killed Americans.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 08:13-08:26
“Cuba... they put kids in prison because they go protest because their parents don't have electricity.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 08:19-12:37
“North Korea has a nuclear capability now.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 08:45-08:49
“If the Ayatollah gets a nuclear weapon, he can drop it in Washington, D.C. or Tampa, Florida, pretty easily.”
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“China's building... they're clearly building the military to defeat us.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 09:11-09:16
“Venezuela, not that far from the States... Hezbollah's been there.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 10:10-10:10
“In Iran, they're just murdering their own citizens over just peaceful protests.”
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“They've been killing us for 47 years.”
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“We are forever going to have to continue to make sure [Iran doesn't] have a nuclear weapon or they're going to have a regime change.”
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“The best way to defend yourself is deterrence.”
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“I believe in the NATO alliance, but they got to show up and do their job.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 16:51-16:55
“If they don't want to do their part, then why are we there? Let's get out of that.”
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“Now what they have to have is they have to have an America, and they have to have us that will sell them the weapons they need.”
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“We are at war. So we have a lot of catching up to do. It's not the next war is drone war. This war is a drone war.”
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“We're doing the reconciliation, hopefully next week, to provide more funding for our military.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 24:18-24:24
“The Biden years, the Obama years, they really decimated our military.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 24:24-24:28
“We keep buying stuff from China, we keep giving them the resources to be able to build a military.”
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“I'm doing everything I can to stop any purchasing [from China].”
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“I think it'll finish today at 11:30.”
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“If we don't build up our defense, we're fools.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 27:52-27:55
“China has put unblue resources into space and we haven't. They have significant space capability. And we are behind.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 29:19-29:31
“They're way ahead of us as far as the amount of drones.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 30:15-30:21
“We shouldn't have Chinese stocks on our stock exchange.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 31:29-31:32
“We shouldn't allow Chinese students to come to America.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 31:42-31:46
“We still buy most of our generic drugs from India or China, which is most of our drugs.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 33:16-33:22
“North Korea is building missiles to be able to get to America.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 37:54-37:59
“We have to be on a war footing. The other countries are on a war footing.”
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“Xi [Jinping] kills his own citizens, steals organs from his own citizens, treats Uyghurs horrible.”
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“XI is on a war footing. Russia is clearly on a war footing. Iran's always been on a war footing.”
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“We're running two, almost $2 trillion deficits.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 42:34-42:37
“Inflation cannot, cannot go away when you run $2 trillion deficits.”
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“The risk is not in Germany. It's probably the risk is in the Baltic states.”
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“If Germany's not going to do its part, and so it's stepping up now.”
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“Finland has been at risk. They've known they've been at risk. They never stopped spending money on their defense.”
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“Poland has stepped up with their military.”
Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott | Uploaded July 27, 2026 | 45:01-45:04
“They were a big addition to NATO.”
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“If you look at what I think Zelenskyy did wrong and what Bibi did right...they put out the videos and they kept doing it.”
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