00:00:54.280But your conclusion is that changing from the scientific consensus of it being from a lab to a neutral position by the CIA was significantly influenced by Anthony Fauci?
00:01:06.400It was significantly influenced by Anthony Fauci's injecting himself into the IC.
00:01:12.800As of August 12th, the CIA was considering calling this a lab leak.
00:01:18.820In April, inflation rose 3.8 percent year over year.
00:01:24.100that's the highest level in nearly three years. It was up 0.6% month over month.
00:01:29.740Federal agents are arresting people in that string of FBI raids across Virginia.
00:01:34.520This is all connected to an influential Democrat in the Commonwealth of Virginia,
00:01:38.700State Senator Luis Lucas. They are at her office executing warrants as a part of a major corruption
00:01:45.360probe. Tonight, sources tell ABC News the Justice Department is investigating $2.6 billion of
00:01:53.720suspiciously timed oil trades tied to the Iran war. In at least four cases, oil traders bet prices
00:02:00.540would drop right before they actually did. Investigators now probing whether they'd
00:02:05.440received inside information. President Trump arriving in China to meet President Xi Jinping.
00:02:11.640The trip was originally intended to talk trade and AI. Tech CEOs Elon Musk, Tim Cook and others
00:02:17.840are among the business leaders on the trip, but overshadowing the summit, the war in Iran.
00:02:22.780We're going to have a long talk about it.
00:02:24.980China buys more Iranian oil than any other country.
00:02:28.300Trump is expected to urge Xi to pressure Iran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
00:02:33.100The question will be, what does Xi want in return?
00:02:36.160I mean, this is the first time we've had a U.S. president visiting China in nearly a decade, right?
00:02:41.120And President Trump was the last one to make this trip back in 2017.
00:02:45.180So this is fairly momentous, just the mere fact of the trip actually happening.
00:02:52.780Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard today's edition of Human Events Daily.
00:03:09.120We're here live, real America's voice today is May 13th, 2026, Anno Domini.
00:03:15.480We're very honored here on the program that in just a few minutes, Human Events will be joined by Ambassador Yu of Taiwan.
00:03:25.300He will be joining us as President Trump has just landed in Beijing for his what we've called the Beijing showdown between President Trump and Chairman Xi Jinping of the Chinese Communist Party.
00:03:39.880the head of the United States of America and the head of the People's Republic of China.
00:03:46.400So much hangs in the balance, not just for the world, not just for the stakes with Iran and
00:03:52.960whether or not China will help bring leverage to an Iran deal or to the Iran situation,
00:03:59.500but also the economic rebalancing that President Trump is working on vis-a-vis China itself and
00:04:06.980the entire system of globalism. This is key because with that, President Trump is able to
00:04:15.040work to bring those manufacturing jobs back to American shores. This has been President Trump's
00:04:22.120key and sole sticking point since he came down that escalator 10 years ago, almost actually 11
00:04:28.700years ago. Now that I think about it, the stakes couldn't be higher, like I said, and they also
00:04:33.960couldn't be higher for Taiwan. When we look at the global role of Taiwan, Taiwan currently
00:04:39.000produces 60 percent of the global semiconductors in terms of revenue and over 90 percent of the
00:04:47.220world's advanced chips. We're talking the seven nanometer, especially the three and two nanometer
00:04:52.960and below. This is TSMC, the world leader. And the United States has that key relationship with
00:05:00.960Taiwan. But the CCP wants those chips. They want to be able to leapfrog us in AI. They don't have
00:05:08.220any restrictions whatsoever about data centers. They don't have any restrictions when it comes
00:05:13.020to human rights or slave labor or any of these things. And so there's real questions as to what
00:05:19.460does this mean for the U.S.'s commitment to support the people of Taiwan, the free people
00:05:25.160of Taiwan. And let's not forget that Taiwan only exists because communists handed over Beijing
00:05:34.900and all of China to the Chinese Communist Party after World War II. This was a deal
00:05:41.420that was made in back rooms, back rooms in Yalta, when FDR was disease addled and Soviet agents
00:05:51.520were working to make these deals with Stalin. Then when the Soviets took Manchuria, the industrial
00:05:58.000base of the Japanese Imperial Army, they handed over the arms to the Chinese communists.
00:06:04.740And Marshall stood down. General Marshall stood down and did not aid Chiang Kai-shek. So where
00:06:11.760did Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists flee? That's right, Taiwan. And ever since then,
00:06:16.500The Republic of China, the original government of China, the rightful government, not just of the island of Taiwan, but of all of China, has existed in a limbo state where the status quo has always been one of strategic ambiguity when it comes to the United States.
00:06:37.060Whereas the U.S. recognizes and has recognized the CCP, thanks to Jimmy Carter, this is a situation where the U.S. has not dropped those arms sales to Taiwan, including $11.5 billion, the largest arms sale to Taiwan ever, signed by President Trump just last December.
00:06:57.360When we talk about freedom, when we talk about democracy, when we talk about Western economic might, Taiwan is key as well as being key to a potential future Asian NATO.
00:07:11.100Right back, Jack Posobiec, the ambassador of Taiwan. Just a few moments.
00:07:15.400Nothing will stand in our way and our golden age has just begun.
00:07:19.960This is Human Events with Jack Posobiec.
00:07:21.720Now it's time for everyone to understand what America First truly means.
00:07:26.180Welcome to the Second American Revolution.
00:07:33.800All right, folks, Jack Posobiec, we're back live here.
00:07:36.340Human Events Daily, Real America's Voice.
00:07:40.040And as promised, we are very honored to have Ambassador Yu of Taiwan joining us here on the program.
00:17:52.600And President Trump understands that as well.
00:17:55.180And while there's been so many to talk about this relationship, I think it's in the general
00:18:02.680understanding that there isn't going to be a severing of the relationship.
00:18:06.020But really what I would hope and I think a lot of people in the U.S. are saying is that we get a recalibration where Taiwan is brought more into the relationship, as you say, bumped all the way to number four, but also that it's better for American workers as well.
00:18:21.140Yes, indeed. Well, one thing that President Trump did in his first term, which is important
00:18:29.460and has been ongoing ever since, followed by President Biden and into this second administration,
00:18:35.540but also by other countries in Europe, et cetera. That is, when People's Republic of China was
00:18:41.220allowed to join the World Trade Organization, I think back in 2001, PRC entered, became a member
00:18:48.740on the notion that they were going to follow some reforms that they pledged that they're
00:18:53.620going to open markets that's going to respect certain rules and regulations including intellectual
00:18:58.420property and those rules those rules were never followed mr ambassador one moment if if we may
00:19:06.340uh we'll be right back in one second uh
00:19:13.060You talk about influences. These are influences and they're friends of mine.
00:21:32.740I think that's exactly right. And now speaking of playing by the rules, one of the countries that we know that President Trump has really been focused on in terms of playing by the rules is Iran.
00:21:44.020And this comes to the question of the Iran crisis, the oil crisis and energy crisis that the world is now embarked in.
00:21:52.660And a real question as will the PRC come in and put leverage on Iran?
00:21:59.380And now, of course, many questions as to whether or not they will seek status or status change vis-a-vis Taiwan in terms of any such deal.
00:22:09.960Have you heard these comments and looking at the situation?
00:23:03.040So when President Trump and Xi Jinping meet, I think the Iran issue is not only many people
00:23:08.960think that it's United States trying to convince or ask China to do something about Iran.
00:23:13.500I think the Chinese themselves want the Iran crisis to end as quickly as possible.
00:23:21.960As for Taiwan, obviously, we are affected also, but as because of our issue with mainland
00:23:32.840China for many decades, again, the Chinese aggression on Taiwan didn't just start now
00:23:39.700or a few years ago when the DPP, the current ruling party became the party in government.
00:23:49.000has continued for almost 77 years when the PRC became a country back in Beijing. They've
00:23:55.400been trying to get Taiwan ever since. But what I'm trying to say is this affects everyone.
00:24:03.680Taiwan, we have a strategic reserve to counter a crisis with China if it happens, but we
00:24:11.860hope that the Iran crisis will end as quickly as possible also.
00:24:14.780But at the same time, there's been saying about the actions that the United States engaged
00:24:19.920on Iran and Venezuela, will it give Xi Jinping a green light to act against Taiwan similarly?
00:24:28.940Because if you can do this, I can do this to others, I can do it to Taiwan.
00:24:32.600Actually, I see it the other way around.
00:24:35.380I think Xi Jinping has looked at what the United States is doing in Venezuela and Iran
00:24:41.940in other parts of the world, and they've realized the United States is willing to use all instruments,
00:24:47.560all resources available to accomplish your goals, and your troops, your forces are battle-tested,
00:24:54.500a lot of experience, your weapons also, and they have to have a hard look at what he's trying to
00:25:00.680do if he ever tries to do something against Taiwan or the entire Indo-Pacific region.
00:25:06.020So it's a warning to Xi Jinping, actually.
00:25:08.180And Mr. Abdat, that's an excellent point. Mr. Ambassador is also going to ask, and just off of that, how do you view the military relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan under President Trump?
00:25:21.020Well, the United States has, based on the Taiwan Relations Act that was enacted in 1979,
00:25:33.100you know, the United States is bound by this law to have to provide sellers sufficient arms
00:25:42.140to measure it to the threat that we're receiving. And as people who plucked China has increased its
00:25:48.620aggression against taiwan the last last few oh guys i think we may i think we may have lost the
00:26:00.020ambassador there but uh we will uh let's let's guys i see that we're about a minute till break
00:26:04.820let's see if we can work on getting him back up i'd like to uh formally say thank you for being
00:26:09.640on the program here but folks you just saw the ambassador to taiwan and he talked about very
00:26:15.680interestingly, we got into the Strait of Hormuz. We also talked about Venezuela and we talked about
00:26:20.660the Iran situation in, uh, in a wider context. And that's a photo of me right there, by the way,
00:26:27.200on patrol 2016 in the Taiwan straight back when I was in the Navy. And he said that those are
00:26:35.720viewed potentially as a warning to Xi Jinping to not mess with Taiwan and the status quo because
00:26:44.280U.S. troops and U.S. military are battle tested and this president is willing to use them.
00:26:50.620Very strong words from the ambassador. We'll see if we can get him back up just to be able to
00:26:55.660conclude our interview. Very honored once again for Human Events to have him. I'll be right back
00:27:00.700here with Real America's Voice. And Jack, where is Jack? Where is Jack? Where is he? Jack, I want
00:27:09.440to see you. Great job, Jack. Thank you. What a job you do. You know, we have an incredible
00:27:16.880thing. We're always talking about the fake news and the bad, but we have guys and these
00:27:21.580are the guys should be getting policies. All right, Jack. We are back live here. Human
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00:29:43.200Well, last I checked, this is the first time there has been a U.S. president.
00:29:48.380So Trump and Xi met in South Korea since he became president again.
00:29:53.740But this is the first time that a U.S. president has returned to China since COVID.
00:29:58.380And I look at it through the frame of that, through the lens of that, and the fact that we've never really gotten that level of what I would say is, I mean, reparations.
00:30:11.200We've never really had accountability for that.
00:30:14.220You've got a guy out on up with Rand Paul today from the CIA saying that, hey, the CIA worked with Dr. Fauci to to to ban and block this, you know, the fact that this came out of the Wuhan lab.
00:30:27.900And, you know, I'm just going to say my opinion, it probably was something that was designed, you know, potentially look looking for use as as a weapon or something like that.
00:30:35.780What do you think? Role that the events of COVID-19 sort of play in resetting this relationship, because obviously, you know,
00:30:44.100there's trillions of dollars at stake. Oh yeah. Well, I just want to, I just want to lead with
00:30:49.900one. The thing that amuses me the most about this meeting is, is, you know, about the thing with
00:30:54.940Rubio, right? How Rubio, they, they put sanctions on him. They banned him from coming to China for
00:31:01.780either something he, a bill he introduced about the Uyghurs or the Falun Gong organ harvesting.
00:31:07.940So he was banned from China. Trump says, Hey, I'm bringing, I'm bringing little Marco with me.
00:31:13.500and uh then they have to cave what they did was they changed like a single character
00:31:18.360in rubio's name to get around the the ban on him it's just a perfect troll again no it wasn't
00:31:26.300marco rubio who was banned it was marco dubio we met marco dubio you guys know him guy it's
00:31:34.460totally different but yes that i just i just that does show you that's um that's classic
00:31:40.700classic chinese pragmatism right there they know how to get around their own laws so all right so
00:31:48.240so real question what what was the real question how things are different now uh post-covid well
00:31:53.340i mean does do you think covid is hanging over this meeting because honestly i'll just say that
00:31:59.880as looking at it from the outside and you know having the context that i do i don't see it as
00:32:04.780playing the role that i really think that it should be and i think it's something that a lot
00:32:09.060of us, you know, going into it really should bring up more because this was something that
00:32:13.760happened that was absolutely horrific. And I'm sorry, but I'm never going to forget those videos
00:32:17.760of the Chinese students, the foreign students coming in and buying up all of the masks.
00:32:23.100And you remember all of the all that stuff. And they were being told to by the embassies and being
00:32:28.300told to by these United Front work group organizations over and over that we're going
00:32:34.100to screw over the Americans. And I mean, that was just one facet of it. But that to me showed
00:32:38.720intent. Yeah, to me, the scariest thing about the whole COVID thing is just how little
00:32:47.760accountability there was on so many levels. And it seems to have just been kind of swept under the
00:32:53.240rug. Nobody wants to think about it. Nobody wants to talk about it. And we're just putting that
00:32:57.800whole period behind us and just moving forward. And looking at what's happening in the meeting,
00:33:03.300I mean, nothing has happened yet. So we can't only speculate. But it seems like that is not
00:33:08.380really on the table of anything everyone's focused on i think the big story is trump
00:33:15.900bringing all these ceos with him and what kind of deals are going to come out of it and the fact
00:33:22.760that we're here again talking about making deals with you know the authoritarian communist regime
00:33:26.720that unleashed covet on us it's kind of mind-boggling no it it certainly is and by the way
00:33:35.400folks i'm told that we do have the ambassador back with us so chris just hold that thought
00:33:39.280for a second mr ambassador we have you back yes i noticed you were speaking with chris i i watched
00:33:46.160his uh show the podcast china censored so hard to hear chris also chappell all right well we'll
00:33:51.500have to uh i'll make sure to connect you on uh after this so you can we can get you up on china
00:33:57.240uncensored as well because you're giving us the view of taiwan uncensored and chris always helps
00:34:02.660us out with China. I'm sure you can work together. I just wanted to give you a chance
00:34:06.240to conclude your remarks and to thank you for joining us today here on Human Events.
00:34:11.860Thank you. Thank you for having me. Well, we're talking about the security aspect of
00:34:16.860U.S. and Taiwan relations. There is a Taiwan Relations Act, which was enacted in 1979,
00:34:23.760a law of the United States, which the United States is bound to provide Taiwan to sell us
00:34:29.800sufficient arms for self-defense to defend ourselves against the aggression that we face,
00:34:36.060primarily from PRC. And U.S. has been doing so throughout the years, including President Trump's
00:34:43.400first term and the current term. President Trump in his second term, he announced an $11 billion
00:34:50.700dollar sale to Taiwan late last year. And we have been procuring additional defense
00:35:00.880budgets to try to cover that purchase and any other purchases that may come along in
00:35:08.020the near future. So that is going on very well. And at the same time, we're also doing
00:35:13.640our best to not only modernize, to improve our self-defense capability, to do better
00:35:19.840with asymmetric warfare, as well as to improve our military readiness, our reserves, our
00:35:27.240whole society resiliency in times of crisis.
00:35:32.260All of that is being done with some input from the United States, and we appreciate
00:35:36.800all the effort that you are doing, not only government, but also from Congress.
00:35:41.820We have a strong bipartisan, bicameral support from Congress, which has enacted many bills
00:35:48.760that has included pro-Taiwan bills or content to help Taiwan be stronger and better to defend
00:35:58.900ourselves against this neighbor that we have on the other side of the strait.
00:36:05.320But also, I want to mention the bountiful work that we're doing with the United States in terms
00:36:12.680of trade development and investment. January and February of this year, we signed
00:36:18.360respectively a Memorandum on Investment and an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade.
00:36:24.400We also signed a mutual declaration on tax silica and economic security, where it has
00:36:32.100set the foundation for further investments into the United States and opening up trade.
00:36:40.120As you know, in Phoenix, one of our companies, TSMC, is making an investment of over 165
00:36:48.340billion dollars just on one large campus to bring out high-end manufacturing of semiconductors.
00:36:56.340But just recently, the Select USA event that just happened early May,
00:37:02.340Taiwanese delegation was one of the largest participating with 113 companies and 207
00:37:09.780participants, whereas there was an announcement that there will be an additional 35 billion
00:37:16.820dollars of investments from 20 Taiwanese companies flowing into the United States, as well as we also
00:37:22.940announced that our state-owned petroleum companies signed a long-term lease contract with one of your
00:37:30.020U.S. companies called Chenier for long-term LNG purchase, etc. So that is ongoing.
00:37:37.140The economic relationship is so strong. Mr. Ambassador, thank you. Thank you again,
00:37:42.060and we hope to have you back, maybe in person, here at Human Events.
00:37:44.760thank you jack i would love to thank you very much we'll do that maybe next time in taiwan
00:37:50.200we'll see all right right back final segment with chris chappell of china uncensored we're
00:37:56.600going to call this the jack basobic appreciation hour i can say confidently i believe i think josh
00:38:01.560shapiro would be the vice presidential nominee if it wasn't for jack basobic and that that is i'm