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Wesley Hunt: “But the point of us having an embassy there and the point of…”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

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Congressmen Wesley Hunt & Byron Donalds The Sage Steele Show

Published | Video Starts at 44:49

And so now we're being feast upon by other countries. When our embassies are there because the Americans aren't going to do anything about it and they don't want us there anyway. But the point of us having an embassy there and the point of us having sovereign American soul is to be able to keep an eye on the world to a certain extent, to have that presence. But you can't have that presence when you have feckless leadership. That story I can picture all topic. Of course it happened. And on the other side, I interviewed President Biden a month after he took office. (44:49–44:59)

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Asserts that U.S. embassies serve to maintain a global presence and oversight.

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