Representative Mike Gallagher answers a question about political leadership and presidential elections during an a16z panel.
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Gallagher: Hundreds of billions in US capital fund Chinese military tech
“We have trillions, billions, probably hundreds of billions of dollars, American dollars that are flowing into Chinese technology and military companies that are building things like aircraft carriers, artillery shells, fighter jets, things that are designed to…”
Opinion
Gallagher: CCP-influenced ByteDance control over US news platform borders on suicide
“To allow a company, ah, that is owned by ByteDance, which is beholden to the Chinese Communist Party, to be the dominant news platform for the next generation of Americans, I think borders on, on national suicide.”
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Gallagher: US Army cannot defend expeditionary bases from drones cost-effectively
“The Army can't do its one J-ROC, its one joint function, which is defense for our expeditionary bases against missiles and drones like this. We're on the wrong side of the cost curve.”
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Gallagher: War With China Would Dwarf Ukraine and Middle East Conflicts
“If we don't get the hard power side of the equation right, we may stumble into war on someone else's terms, and it's going to be horrific. It will look the current, it will make the current crises in the Middle East and Ukraine look like child's play in compar…”
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Gallagher: If Taiwan falls, US treaty commitments to Japan and Philippines become impossible
“If Taiwan falls, it will make our ability to fulfill our treaty commitments with Japan and the Philippines, Impossible.”
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Gallagher: TikTok will not go public in US under ByteDance ownership
“If you are invested in ByteDance, I would assume you want TikTok to go public in America. Ah, that's not gonna happen under the current ownership structure.”