Q: Obama to Trump is North Korea, What do you say? Sullivan: China; Trump To House GOP

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan: “The competition with the People’s Republic of China is going to be defining for what the world looks like over the course of the next 10, 20 and 30 years. So, that has got to be a paramount priority for the incoming administration.”

President-elect Trump meets with House GOP

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Q: Obama to Trump is North Korea, What do you say? Sullivan: China; Trump To House GOP

Key Points

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan: “The competition with the People’s Republic of China is going to be defining for what the world looks like over the course of the next 10, 20 and 30 years

• So, that has got to be a paramount priority for the incoming administration

President-elect Trump meets with House GOP

Transcript Highlights

The following is transcribed from the video audio:

• But eight years ago, then President Obama explicitly warned incoming President Donald Trump about the urgent threat posed by North Korea
• He said it was the most urgent national security threat the U
• What would you communicate to your national security adviser, Pierre, who’s going to be following you on this job
• What is the most urgent national security threat facing the United States today as Donald Trump prepares to take office
• Well, I would say two things in answer to that question
• The first is that if you look out at a strategic level, the competition with the People’s Republic of China is going to be defining for what the world looks like over the course of the next 10, 20, and 30 years
• And so that has got to be a paramount priority for the incoming administration
• And the person who’s been named as my successor, the person who’s been floated as the Secretary of State, these are people who have very much focused on that challenge, and we’ll look forward to talking to them about how we’ve approached it and obviously pass on the current state of play
• Then there’s the most immediate issue, which is Iran and its proxy groups continue to take actions that directly threaten Americans and American interests in the Middle East, and that has to be dealt with on an urgent basis
• Now, that’s at the macro level and the micro level

Full transcript: 650 words transcribed via Whisper AI.