Tucker Carlson: “Rich countries are powerful. Rich countries get to build…”

“And it revolves around the question of resources. It revolves around what President Trump, to his credit, understands, which is ultimately power derived from prosperity. Rich countries are powerful. Rich countries get to build powerful militaries. to express and in rare occasions exert their power. But wealth comes from resources. And what are resources? Resources are food, water and energy, the three things necessary for life, for growth, for civilization.” (32:43–32:49)

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