Rep Brad Wenstrup on the New Cold War with Communist China and Deep State Corruption

05/26/20 • 38 min

Rep. Brad Wenstrup (@RepBradWenstrup) (R-OH) is a doctor, Army Reserve officer, and Iraq War veteran who sits on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

I had Rep. Wenstrup on the podcast to discuss his views on what he describes as an emerging new cold war with Communist China, and the weaponization and hyper-politicization of our national security and intelligence apparatus.

What We Discussed

The CCP’s tightening of the noose on Hong Kong
Whether America should ditch the One-China Policy and recognize Taiwan
Long-term fiscal dangers as a consequence of the coronavirus
The railroading of General Flynn and Russiagate/Spygate
Weaponization and hyper-politicization of the national security and intelligence apparatus, and whether it should be reformed
The state of the FISA court and FBI

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Rep. Brad Wenstrup (@RepBradWenstrup) (R-OH) is a doctor, Army Reserve officer, and Iraq War veteran who sits on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

What We Discussed

The CCP’s tightening of the noose on Hong Kong
Whether America should ditch the One-China Policy and recognize Taiwan
Long-term fiscal dangers as a consequence of the coronavirus
The railroading of General Flynn and Russiagate/Spygate
Weaponization and hyper-politicization of the national security and intelligence apparatus, and whether it should be reformed
The state of the FISA court and FBI

Thanks for Listening!

Check out other episodes, show notes and transcripts at benweingarten.com/bigideas.

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Previous Episode

Hedge-Fund Manager Kyle Bass on Winning the Economic and Ideological Battle with Communist China

Kyle Bass (@Jkylebass) is the Chief Investment Officer of Hayman Capital Management, and arguably the most outspoken China hawk on Wall Street.

I had Bass on the podcast to discuss his views on the U.S.-China economic competition, what a U.S. grand strategy with respect to China might look like, and much more.

What We Discussed

Why Bass believes China is a paper tiger
China's ignored Achilles' heel
The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) effort to set up a competing global reserve currency
How the CCP has ensured a predominant pro-Beijing narrative in the U.S., through developing relationships with our political class, titans of financial services and other powerful sectors of the economy, and Hollywood--to our great detriment
How America can use capital market reforms to end the CCP's unfair trade practices
What Bass would do if he was advising the Trump administration on trade vis-à-vis China
Whether America can decouple from China, and what the consequences would be
The economic viability of China's Belt and Road Initiative
The stakes of the competition with Huawei in 5G telecommunications technology
Making China pay for its culpability in the coronavirus crisis
China's biggest Achilles heel
Bass's three major recommendations for a U.S. grand strategy with respect to China

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Rep. Mike Gallagher on the Challenge of Communist China

Rep. Mike Gallagher (@RepGallagher) (R-WI) is a leading China hawk in Congress, where he serves on the Armed Services Committee, with a background in U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence and as a staffer on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

I had Rep. Gallagher on the podcast to discuss his views on what China really wants, to the parallels between the CCP and the Soviet Union, and the relevance of the Cold War paradigm, to ideological warfare and the challenges America faces in waging it, countering Chinese influence across all sectors of American life, Huawei and whether America needs a national industrial policy, Taiwan, and much more.

What We Discussed

The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) ultimate goals, and the relevance of its Communist ideology to them
Why China poses a greater threat to the U.S. than the Soviet Union during the Cold War
The imperative to wage ideological warfare against the CCP, and the challenge America faces in its arguable lack of moral clarity about its mission
Countering CHina's influence over U.S. corporations, academic institutions, our media, etc.
How to triumph in 5G, and more broadly in strategically significant technological areas against the CCP, and whether we need a national industrial policy
Rep. Gallagher's assessment of China's military might
Whether America should recognize Taiwan
The aims of the new congressional China Task Force

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