>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LELAND: GOOD TO SEE YOU.

TAKE CARE.

GILLIAN.

GILLIAN: LET'S BRING IN THE

REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THIS E

EQUATION, FROM WISCONSIN, MIKE

GALLAGHER, APPRECIATE YOU BEING

WITH US.

AND KICKING OFF THE G-7 BY

ESSENTIALLY SAYING THE UNITED

STATES TRADE WAR WITH CHINA

HIGHLIGHTS WHY WE NEED THE GROUP

OF 7 MORE THAN EVER TO HELP

WEIGH IN WITH SITUATIONS LIKE

THIS.

DO YOU GET THE FEELING THAT

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO BE

TAKING ADVICE FROM THESE FOREIGN

LEADERS THIS WEEKEND?

>> WELL, I THINK THE PRESIDENT

HAS AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY TO

UNITE THE FREE WORLD IN

OPPOSITION TO CHINA'S PREDATORY

PRACTICES.

THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY MIND

THAT THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY

REPRESENTS OUR BIGGEST ECONOMIC

AND GEOPOLITICAL THREAT OVER THE

LONG-TERM.

I BELIEVE WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING

OF A GENERATIONAL STRUGGLE AND I

BELIEVE THE BEST WEAPON WE HAVE

IN THAT FIGHT IS TO BE ON THE

SAME PAGE WITH OUR ALLIES IN

PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE CCP.

AND FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN

ANY--

>> DO YOU THINK THAT SOME OF THE

FOREIGN LEADERS THERE LIKE

ANGELA MERKEL OF GERMANY, MACRON

OF FRANCE, DO YOU THINK THEIR

WORDS TO THE SAME TUNE AS YOU

JUST LAID OUT, ARE REALLY GOING

TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON

PRESIDENT TRUMP?

DO YOU THINK MAYBE HE'S GOING TO

KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK IN THE

TRADE SPAT OR DO YOU THINK HE'S

GOING TO COME OUT OF THERE AND

WANT TO GO EVEN HARDER?

>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, I HAVEN'T

BEEN IN THAT ROOM.

I JUST WOULD SAY THIS, I THINK

THE SOONER WE RESOLVE DISPUTES

WITH OUR ALLIES, AS WE HAVE AS

PERTAINS TO THE 232 TARIFFS WITH

CANADA AND MEXICO AND SOME OF

OUR OTHER ALLIES.

THE BETTER CHANCE WE HAVE OF

UNITING OUR ALLIES IN OPPOSITION

TO CHINA, I THINK ONE POSITIVE

STEP WE COULD DO FROM

CONGRESSIONAL, IRRESPECTIVE OF

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE G-7 IS TO

BRING THE NEW NAFTA TO A VOTE.

THE FACT WE'RE ON RECESS WHEN

THIS ISSUE IS UNRESOLVED IS

ABSURD.

I THINK THEY SHOULD CALL US BACK

AND HAVE THE DEBATE.

NANCY PELOSI SHOULD FEEL THE

PRESSURE TO DO SO.

WE SHOULD KEEP OUR FOCUS ON

PROTECTING SENSITIVE U.S.

TECHNOLOGY EXPORTED TO CHINA

WHERE IT WILL BE USED AT BEST TO

REPRESS CHINESE CITIZENS AND ONE

DAY AGAINST OUR SOLDIERS,

AIRMEN, MARINES AND SAILORS ON

THE BATTLEFIELD.

GILLIAN: YOU BRING UP A GOOD

POINT WHICH IS A STICKING POINT

IN THE TRADE SPAT WITH CHINA

SINCE DAY ONE HAS BEEN

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

IT'S CHINA STEALING EVERYTHING

FROM SENSITIVE, CLASSIFIED, U.S.

BUSINESS INFORMATION, TO

STEALING ALL KINDS OF

TECHNOLOGICAL KNOW-HOW FROM THE

UNITED STATES.

HOW DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP

IS TAKING ON THAT ISSUE

SPECIFICALLY SO FAR IN THE, YOU

KNOW, IN THIS BACK AND FORTH?

DO YOU THINK HE'S REALLY GETTING

AT THE HEART OF THE MATTER?

>> WELL, I THINK THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION DESERVES ENORMOUS

CREDIT FOR DRAWING ATTENTION TO

THAT ISSUE.

FOR THE A LEAST TWO DECADES

PRIOR TO THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION, THE BIPARTISAN

POLICY WAS IF WE INTEGRATED

CHINA INTO THE ECONOMY IT WOULD

MODERATE THEIR BEHAVIOR IN TERMS

OF MILITARY ACTIVITY, DIPLOMATIC

ACTIVITY AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.

THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THAT WAS

ENTIRELY WRONG SO THE NATIONAL

SECURITY STRATEGY AND DEFENSE

STRATEGY OF THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION SAY OUR FOREMOST

GEOPOLITICAL THREAT IS CHINA,

CHINA, CHINA.

THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS IS IT TO

ENSURE THE FUTURE OF THE

INTERNET IS NOT DOMINATED BY THE

CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY

PARTICULARLY HUAWEI AND--

>> UNFORTUNATELY, CONGRESSMAN,

THE PROBLEM IS THAT PRESIDENT

TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION HAS

SHINED A SPOTLIGHT ON THE ISSUE,

BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING CONCRETE

PROGRESS IN TERMS OF DETERRING

CHINESE HACKS.

I MEAN, OVER THE LAST TWO

MONTHS, THE NUMBER OF CHINESE

ESPIONAGE EXPERTS THAT HAVE BEEN

IDENTIFIED ON U.S. BUSINESS

WEBSITES HAVE ACTUALLY

SKYROCKETED.

>> IT'S AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE

AND THAT'S WHY I CHAIR

SOMETHING, A COMMISSION

REVIEWING U.S. CYBER POLICY.

I WOULD SAY WE'VE MADE

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN OUR CYBER

POLICY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS

WE'VE ALLOWED OUR CYBER WARRIORS

MORE LATITUDE TO ATONIGHT A

POLICY OF PERSISTENT ENGAGEMENT

AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE

REASONS WE DIDN'T SEE AS MANY

CONCERNS ABOUT THE 2018 ELECTION

AS WE DID IN THE 2016 ELECTION

IN TERMS OF HACKING.

NO DOUBT TO YOUR POINT THERE'S

MUCH MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

ULTIMATELY, THIS IS A HUMAN

PROBLEM.

WE NEED THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST

IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE

SILICON VALLEY TO WORK WITH THE

PENTAGON AND NOT THE COMMUNIST

CHINESE PARTY.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO WIN THIS

OVER THE LONG-TERM AND IF THE

CONSENSUS IN SILICON VALLEY

THEY'D RATHER WORK WITH THE CCP

THAN REFINING THEIR INSTRUMENTS

THAN WITH OUR WARRIORS, THEN

WE'RE IN THE TROUBLE.