Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on peace deal between United Arab Emirates and Israel.
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Welcome back to this
welcome back to this
special edition of Hannity.
Yesterday, President Trump
announced a historic peace deal
between Israel and the United
Arab Emirates.
This was a huge foreign policy
win for the Trump
administration, but some
Democrats and members of the
media are downplaying it.
Former Obama advisor Ben Rhodes
tweeted. The agreement is
dressed up as an election Eve
achievement between two leaders
who want trump to win.
While Biden tried to take some
credit for the come of the media
minimize the achievement as NBC
Nightly NEWS refused to give
President trump any credit for
his role in the deal and
CBS Evening NEWS suggested the
president was actually stealing
credit.
Meanwhile, National Security
Advisor Robert Obrien warned
that China is working to elect
Biden and they have the most
powerful and sophisticated tools
to do so
joining us now, with the reaction
is the acting Senate
Intelligence Committee Chairman
Senator Marco Rubio from Florida
Florida
welcome Senator Rubio.
Thank you for joining us.
This is the first time youre
doing a show.
It is, and I requested
you specifically. I need you
to explain to me the historical
significance of this agreement
between Israel and the UAE,
its the first time that
Israel makes a deal with an arab
country since Egypt and Jordan,
one of the things that has made
israels life difficult. Is it
surrounded by countries that
dont recognize it
diplomatically?
It has different levels of
engagement with these countries.
This is a major achievement.
You highlight all of those media
that refused to give the
president any credit. The
american people see it in the
american people noticed that
stuff they dont just believe
what they hear on the air. They
start to pick up on the fact
that, in the eyes of most of the
people who run media companies,
the president can do no right
its a big deal. They downplay
it. If it is not a big deal,
they play it up its a
significant achievement and one
that I know is in the works for
a long time.
Ever since I met you
in two thousand and ten, you had an interest in
foreign policy,
Turkey, isnt happy. They are
NATO member. What should we make
of that?
Turkey has had a
deteriorating relationship with
Israel, also Turkey, with
Erdogan. They want to be the
dominant power in the region.
Some of this Ottoman
revisionism
at the same time that helps
Erdogan at home,
Israel isnt popular among the
domestic audience, but they
dont like deals being done, that
they arent a linchpin of they
are also crosswise a couple of
regional conflicts as well.
Turkey is an interesting
situation. Theyve gotten deeply
involved in Libya. They are in
northern Syria in one way they
work with the Russians and in
different ways. They are literally taking the Russians
literally taking the Russians
and their proxies on head on
its a messy situation. Right now,
unfortunately, with the turkish
government
lets pivot that
China, what is the current state
of our relationship with China,
its being rebalanced
appropriately?
We went twenty five years in this country
where everyone was saying: dont
worry you let China cheat when
they get rich, they will be
democratic and follow the rules.
Joe Biden was one of the leaders
of that.
When China went to the WTO, he
said dont worry, they are going
to take our job. Obviously, it
hasnt worked out that way
if it feels like a lot of that
is happening its because this
president and this
administration have taken on
this challenge, try to make up
for it
literally two decades of
mistakes. When it comes to China,
we paid a tremendous price for
what we have allowed them to do.
They have stolen millions of
american jobs, closed american
factories and in the process
have got it dotted american
communities, its an important
recalibration, and it needed to
happen im glad its finally
started to happen. It will be
the work of a generation.
You touched on the
electoral consequences if the
White House switches or if the
Senate switches, how would our
relationship with China change
if theres a president, Joe Biden
or if there is a chuck Schumer
what happens?
It goes back to the way it
used to be when it comes to
Joe Biden. All of these smart
heads that go around talking
about and some of them have come
to that position. Many of them
have continued to criticize
anything. The president does
confronting China.
This is a zero percent issue in this
country.
Thats. Why? You see, Democrats are
supportive of it, but to begin
with Biden, doesnt have the
strength to take on challenges
that come with China doing it
requires to get in a fight with
editorial boards and fancy think
tanks, who all think that, no
matter what Donald Trump did it
was a mistake and we need to
reverse everything he did, even
if it was in the best interest
of our country. They cannot
admit anything. This
administration has done exactly
the right thing to do.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-15.