Former National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien on Tuesday warned on Fox Business about the impact on American safety and the economy of President Joe Biden pouring millions of dollars into rail projects in Africa. It rang.

In early December, Biden pledged During his visit to Angola, he donated an additional $600 million to the African Multilateral Rail Initiative. Amid growing national security concerns, O’Brien discussed Biden’s overseas investment ideas appeared on “Kudlow.”

“I think about the hardworking truck drivers of this country, the people who work in stores, the people who work double shifts at fast food restaurants,” O’Brien told David Assman. “We take their money out of their pockets with high taxes and send it to Angola, where we have a corrupt one-party state. Angola’s leaders are worth billions of dollars.”

The railway in question is not only backed by US funds and controlled by the Angolan government, but also heavily influenced by Chinese interests. Wabtec Inc. of Pittsburgh. manufacture Not only locomotives but also many of the freight cars are imported from China. As the train leaves town, it passes billboards advertising Chinese construction companies.

“The railroads that they use and support are run by the Chinese. So we’re taking on Chinese railroad projects with corrupt communist dictatorships. And we’re taking on railroad projects in Tennessee, Texas, There are poor people in Utah working second shifts in factories,” O’Brien said.

The two previously discussed the Panama Canal.

“We’re taking their money and sending it to the Marxists in Angola. It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s the same as the canal,” O’Brien said.

Criticism was not limited to financial mismanagement. The former adviser said he agrees with President-elect Donald Trump’s long-standing view that the United States needs to reevaluate its engagement in the world. (Related: Report: More taxpayer aid headed to Ukraine as Biden term ends)

“President Trump is 100% right on this. He looks at the geopolitics of the whole world. He sees where America is getting ripped off, either in the canal or in Angola,” O’Brien added. .

As President Trump approaches his inauguration, O’Brien called for a change in policy.

“We need to strengthen our defence, but even our friends in Denmark are not doing what they should be doing. And he is calling people out on this issue and saying, ‘That’s not going to happen.’ “Come January 20th, we are putting America first,” O’Brien said.

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