FOR PEOPLE IN THAT REGION AS WELL.

WELL. >> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR. ASHLEY?

ASHLEY? >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MR. YANG, IF YOU WIN THE 2020

MR. YANG, IF YOU WIN THE 2020 ELECTION, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IN

ELECTION, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IN YOUR FIRST CALL WITH RUSSIAN

YOUR FIRST CALL WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN?

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN? >> WELL, FIRST I'D SAY I'M SORRY

>> WELL, FIRST I'D SAY I'M SORRY I BEAT YOUR GUY.

I BEAT YOUR GUY. OR NOT SORRY.

OR NOT SORRY. AND SECOND I WOULD SAY THE DAYS

AND SECOND I WOULD SAY THE DAYS OF MEDDLING IN AMERICAN

OF MEDDLING IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS ARE OVER, AND WE WILL

ELECTIONS ARE OVER, AND WE WILL TAKE ANY UNDERMINING OF OUR

TAKE ANY UNDERMINING OF OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AS A ACT OF

DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AS A ACT OF HOSTILITY AND AGGRESSION.

HOSTILITY AND AGGRESSION. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD BACK

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD BACK ME ON THIS.

ME ON THIS. WE KNOW THEY FOUND AN UNDERBELLY

WE KNOW THEY FOUND AN UNDERBELLY AND THEY'VE BEEN CLAWING AT IT.

AND THEY'VE BEEN CLAWING AT IT. AND IT'S MADE IT SO WE CAN'T

AND IT'S MADE IT SO WE CAN'T EVEN TRUST OUR DEMOCRACY.

EVEN TRUST OUR DEMOCRACY. THE THIRD THING I WOULD SAY IS

THE THIRD THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LIVE UP TO

THAT WE'RE GOING TO LIVE UP TO OUR INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS.

OUR INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMIT TO OUR

WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMIT TO OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES

PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES INCLUDING NATO.

INCLUDING NATO. AND IT WAS JAMES MATTIS THAT

AND IT WAS JAMES MATTIS THAT SAID THE MORE YOU INVEST IN

SAID THE MORE YOU INVEST IN DUMATSDU

DUMATSDU DIPLOMATS AND DIPLOMACY THE LESS

DIPLOMATS AND DIPLOMACY THE LESS YOU HAVE TO SPEND ON AMMUNITION.

YOU HAVE TO SPEND ON AMMUNITION. THAT HAS TO HELP BUILD A

THAT HAS TO HELP BUILD A CONSENSUS NOT JUST AGAINST

CONSENSUS NOT JUST AGAINST RUSSIA BUT BUILD A COALITION

RUSSIA BUT BUILD A COALITION THAT WOULD HELP US PUT PRESSURE

THAT WOULD HELP US PUT PRESSURE AGAINST CHINA IN TERMS OF

AGAINST CHINA IN TERMS OF TREATMENT OF THEIR ETHNIC

TREATMENT OF THEIR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND WHAT'S GOING ON

MINORITIES AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN HONG KONG.

IN HONG KONG. AND I WANT TO PROPOSE A WTO FOR

AND I WANT TO PROPOSE A WTO FOR DATA BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WE

DATA BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE OUR ARMS AROUND IT.

DON'T HAVE OUR ARMS AROUND IT. THESE ARE WAYS THAT WILL

THESE ARE WAYS THAT WILL ACTUALLY GET RUSSIA TO THE TABLE