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Steve Bannon: “We're underwriting the security of Western Europe, of the…”

Featuring: Steve Bannon, Former White House Chief Strategist | National

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And for the American people, it's been an eye opener because remember, one of the reasons for $37 trillion in debt is we have a trillion dollar defense bill. Why do we have a trillion dollar defense bill? Well, We're underwriting the security of Western Europe, of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf Emirates of, around the South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca and then up to Northwest Asia with, with Japan and Korea. That has to stop. We're upside down. We have trade deficits basically with every part of the. You go around the, the horn, around the rim of the Eurasian land mass. (10:00–10:14)

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Asserts that the U.S. is financially supporting the security of several global regions.

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