This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

The Trump Department of Defense has reportedly objected to a proposal advanced by the Trump Department of Commerce aimed at denying the sale of American technology to Huawei, the Chinese Communist Party’s favorite instrument for its worldwide digital hegemonism.

Evidently, the Pentagon has bought the bizarre argument made by some U.S. suppliers of chips, microprocessors and other sophisticated electronic gear that they won’t be able to afford to do the research and development to beat Huawei’s fifth-generation wireless networks unless they help the Chinese make theirs better.

Fortunately, there’s an alternative to such an obviously self-defeating gambit. We can free up ample financing to underwrite the patriotic innovation and production needed to support superior American 5G systems – and other industries – by redirecting the trillions of dollars Wall Street has been investing in Chinese companies, many of which are engaged in malevolent activities.

This is Frank Gaffney.