Rahm Emanuel
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Rahm Emanuel served as White House Chief of Staff under Barack Obama, Mayor of Chicago, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan under Joe Biden. He also worked as an investment banker at Wasserstein Perella & Co. and authored books including The Nation City.
1shows
1appearances
25statements
8resolved
5supported
2contradicted
63%fully supported
17said about them ↓ Everything Rahm Emanuel said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Emanuel: Putin and Xi view Trump as a joke, not an equal
“This president punches down and kisses up. He has this fixation about Putin and Xi admiring him as an equal, and they think he's a joke. They think he is not their equal.”
Emanuel: The DSA functions as an opposing party to Democrats
“You're not Democrats. You're a separate party. I'll see you in November. You're living, you're literally beating Democrats. Forget about it. Not interested in it.”
Emanuel: China's Largest Export Is Domestic Economic Dysfunction
“Xi's largest export is not autos or electronics. It's the domestic economic dysfunction of China. They're crushing everybody in other countries, manufacturing base, industrial base, across the world.”
Emanuel: The White House Has Lost Strategic Focus on the Indo-Pacific
“The White House becomes a one ball juggler. Okay, this White House is consumed with what's going on, and they have lost focus on the Indo-Pacific, and it's quite evident.”
Emanuel: Democrats offering healthcare to illegal border crossers was completely foolish
“And I, I'm so angry at our part, my party, not only losing control of the border, but in the twenty-twenty debate, raising your hand and saying, I'm going to give health care to people that cross illegally. From a, forget the immigration policy, the value syst…”
Emanuel: Illiteracy causes kids to effectively drop out in third grade
“You know when kids drop out of college, David? Third grade. That's when they start dropping out, and when you have 50% of your kids not reading at grade level, college cost is not your problem.”
Emanuel: US Should Build Allied Economic Bloc Rather Than Relying on Tariffs
“I happen to think, coming back from Japan, etc., That rather than have terrorists, we should have an economic block. So all of us together can withstand China to actually organize not only that economic block, but then kind of other meet them in the marketplac…”
Emanuel: US military is unprepared for modern, tech-driven warfare
“I happen to think it's not prepared for the future. That's on both parties. I was also present at one at them. I think we got so enamored with the war on terror. We lost sight of the transit transformation that was happening on the battlefield and the technolo…”
Emanuel: China's doctrine aims for global economic dependence to control foreign sovereignty
“China wants everybody dependent on China, and them independent of you. That is their theory of the case. You, our markets are going to be so big and important, you can't do anything about it. You're going to be dependent, your economy, on our markets. We're go…”
Emanuel: China reached life sciences parity with the US within five years
“Massively invests in the life sciences, and within five years, China is not just nipping at our heels, the peripersu with the United States in life sciences. A place that the United States, outside of one or two examples in Europe, dominated.”
Emanuel: Iran's Proxy Network Has Collapsed Across Hamas, Hezbollah, and Syria
“Hamas is degraded to defeat. I thought that was a very good article in the foreign affairs on this point. Hezbollah is cornered. Damascus and Syria has been lost, and the Iraqi president seems to be making a pretty good headway, not all the way there, on deali…”
Emanuel: US Must Double Military Troops and Resources in the Philippines
“We already have troops there, and we already have resources. We need to double them up and give Philippines the confidence, especially given that President Marcos is taking massive risks.”
Emanuel proposes 20% full-tuition foreign student cap to subsidize 3-year degrees
“I would let universities, colleges across the United States go up, set a goal. You can go up to 20% foreign students. Today, some of them are sick, some are more. I don't care how you divide it between your grad and undergrad. That's up to you, yours. But thos…”
Emanuel: Progressive policies fail without public trust in government competence
“You can't have progressive policies if people think that the government can't run an organized one-car parade. Not possible. They have to have an affirmative view.”
Emanuel: Net positive government trust last occurred after Clinton's welfare reform
“And the last time you've had a net positive was under Bill Clinton. And it actually wasn't for the balanced budget obviously helped, but actually it's, it shifts when he signs welfare reform, and you can go back and look at the data.”
Emanuel: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar Are Hedging Against U.S. Dependence
“Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, and Qatar look like they're hedging. They know they're reliant on America, but they're not going to be so dependent that they're vulnerable because of the lack of the leadership in two wars, Iran and Iraq.”
Emanuel Outlines China's Three Strategic Options for Seizing Taiwan
“Now there's three strategies. One is the economic quarantine that just suffocates Taiwan. One is an invasion that tries to end this in 96 hours, and the other one is they take over those three islands and look at the world and say, you're going to start a war …”
Emanuel: EU regulations have suffocated European innovation and competitiveness
“Brussels, on the economic front, while they were trying to regulate, suffocated innovation, entrepreneurship, and competitiveness.”
Emanuel: U.S. faces massive skilled trade shortages in data centers and defense
“You're 500 to 600,000 electricians short just for data centers. Broadband, 150,000. You can't build submarines because we don't have pipe fitters and plumbers.”
Emanuel: China has more WTO dispute cases than any other country
“They have more cases, WTO cases, than any other country, and all of them combined are against China.”
Emanuel: China's Auto Industry Exports Are Rising While Profits Are Down 20%
“As an example, their auto industry is now exporting more cars, and their profits are down 20%.”
Emanuel: Iran and Ukraine control waterways despite lacking navies
“Neither Iran or Ukraine have a Navy, and they both control waterways near their fronts.”
Emanuel: Iran Invested $40B+ Over 40 Years in Regional Proxy Network
“Iran invested 40 years and forty billion plus in the, what Israel described as the octopus, the proxies.”
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| ALL-INLEDGER | Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan | 1 | 25 | 63% 5/8 | full record on All-In → |