- “I think that’s what he was really getting at – it’s hard to put timelines on any of these things: he says 2025,” Pompeo said. “But make no mistake about it, Xi Jinping is watching for American weakness. He’s watching for an absence of resolve. And if he sees opportunity, he will seize that very opportunity.”
- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) said Sunday that the odds of a conflict with China by 2025 “are very high.”
- “I hope he’s wrong …” McCaul said. “I think he’s right, though, unfortunately.”
