NOT INVOLVED: Biden distances US from Wagner Groups revolt

YORK CITY. BACK TO YOU. MARIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEANWHILE PRESIDENT BIDEN TRYING TO DISTANCE THE UNITED STATES IN THE U.S. ALLIES FROM THE WAGONER GROUPS FAILED TO ATTEMPT IN RUSSIA. WATCH THIS. >> WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GAVE PUNO EXCUSE. WE GAVE PUTIN NO EXCUSE TO BLAME THIS ON THE WEST AND NATO. WE MADE CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT INVOLVED. WE HAD NOTHING

TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS PART OF A STRUGGLE WITHIN THE RUSSIAN SYSTEM. IT'S TOO EARLY TO REACH A DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION ABOUT WHERE THIS IS GOING. MARIA: VLADIMIR PUTIN ADDRESSED HIS COUNTRY SLAMMING THE ORGANIZERS FROM BETRAYING MOSCOW SAYING THEY WANTED RUSSIAN SOLDIERS TO KILL EACH OTHER. THEY WANTED PEACEFUL CIVILIANS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL TO DIE SO IN THE END RUSSIA IS DEFEATED. JOINING ME FOX NEWS SENIOR

STRATEGIC ANALYST FOR THE STUDY ABOARD GENERAL JACK KEANE BACK WITH US. GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE DRAMA OVER THE WEEKEND FROM THE WAGONER GROUP TRYING THIS COUP AND THEN TURNING BACK? >> CERTAINLY IT WAS A STUNNING SURPRISE TO SEE A MOONEY AGAINST PUTIN AND HIS GOVERNMENT AN EQUALLY STUNNING WAS A PREMATURE WITHDRAWAL OF THE

TO IMPACT THEM FINANCIALLY AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATED HIM TO MOVE. BUT THEN HE WAVERED BECAUSE HE DID NOT GET THE SUPPORT THAT HE WAS EXPECTING FROM THE GENERAL, AT LEAST SOME OF THE GENERALS INSIDE OF THE RUSSIAN MILITARY. THE COUPS FAIL MOST OF THE TIME. THE REASON THAT THEY FAIL IS BECAUSE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY ARE COUNTING ON, THE MILITARY LEADERS GET COLD

FEET AND DO NOT SUPPORT THEM AND WE SAW THAT 1991 AGAINST RUSSIA, THE VERY SAME THING, THE MILITARY GENERALS DID NOT SUPPORT IT. AND THEN WE SAW IN VENEZUELA AGAINST MAJURO AND 2019. THAT COUP WAS ON ITS WAY BUT THE CONSEQUENCE DEFECTED FROM MAJURO. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE. SARAH VULCAN IS A SENIOR PROMINENT GENERAL THAT PRIGOZHIN WAS COUNTING ON TO DEFECTED HIS SIDE AND IMMEDIATELY HE

ISSUED LIKELY BECAUSE HE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS PRIGOZHIN HAS SUPPORT FOR PUTIN. QUITE SHOCKINGLY WE SELL PUTIN CONCEDE TO THE MUTINY. THAT STUNNED PEOPLE IN RUSSIA. IT WAS AN IMPACT ON HIS INSIDERS AND ELITES AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND TERMS A PUTIN STATUE AS A STRONG MAN AND STABILITY IN THE REGION INSTABILITY IN RUSSIA. WHY DID HE CONCEDE? I THINK IT COMES DOWN THAT HE DID NOT

TRUST HIS INTERNAL SECURITY FORCES ABILITY TO CRASH THIS MUTINY. WHY IS THAT. HE HAS SEEN HIS MILITARY FORCES FOR A YEAR END A HALF IN A FAILURE THAT HE HAD AND HE WAVERED AS WELL BUT I THINK HE WAS HUMILIATED BY THIS AND THE CONCESSION THAT HE MADE HAS REALLY SHOWN WEAKNESS AND IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT ARE GOING TO BE

GOING FORWARD. MARIA: EVERYBODY SAYING THIS HAS EXPOSED PUTIN AS A WEAKER LEADER THAN PEOPLE EXPECTED. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT CHINA IS THINKING GIVEN THE COZY RELATIONSHIP. THE PREMIER OF CHINA WARNING EARLY THAT THE GOVERNOR'S ATTEMPT TO POLITICIZE THEIR ECONOMIES ARE PUSHING THE WORLD INTO FRAGMENTATION AND EVEN CONFRONTATION AS A U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN IS PLANNING TO VISIT BEIJING NEXT MONTH. YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHERE

THIS LEADS THE CCP AND ITS GOALS IN THE ROAD INITIATIVE TO OVERTAKE THE UNITED STATES AS A NUMBER ONE SUPERPOWER? >> I THINK CHINA'S REACTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CLOSER SIDE THAT WE DON'T KNOW, WE CAN SPECULATE. I WOULD SUSPECT CERTAINLY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THE WEAKNESS AND PUTIN GOING FORWARD IN A STRATEGIC PARTNER. THERE IS GOING TO BE NO THOUGHT WHATSOEVER TO PULL APART FROM PUTIN.

PUTIN AND PRESIDENT XI JINPING HAVE A COMMON GOAL, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LEADING THE WORLD LIKE MINING DEMOCRACY AND THEY WANT TO IMPOSE THEIR OWN ORDER AND REDUCE INFLUENCE TRAUMATICALLY. THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. I THINK IT DOES GIVE PRESIDENT XI JINPING MORE LEVERAGE OVER PUTIN AND CREATE MORE DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIA ON CHINA AS A RESULT OF THIS AS IT UNFOLDS. WHEN IT COMES TO GNA

YELLEN AND HER VISIT. THIS IS THE VISIT THAT CHINA WANTED. MY SOURCES TOLD ME THEY DID NOT WANT TO SEE ANTHONY BLINKEN AS A FIRST VISIT. THEY WANTED TO SEE THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY AND THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND THEY CONCEDED TO THE ANTHONY BLINKEN VISIT BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION INSIST THAT HE IS HER TOP LIP ONTO DIPLOMAT AND HAS TO GO FIRST. THEY REALLY WANT TO

PUT PRESSURE ON THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY AND COMMERCE FOR WHAT? THEY DON'T WANT THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER COMING OUT THAT HAS EXPORT CONTROLS ON IT THAT WILL CUT DOWN INVESTMENT IN THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY NEED. A.I. IS AN EXAMPLE, QUANTUM COMPUTING, WE KNOW HE HAS IT ON SEMICONDUCTORS. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION TALKING TO CHINA. I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO TALK TO THEM. THEIR

THOUGHT PROCESS ENTER PROCESSES DIFFERENT THAN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION THEN AS OBSERVERS. THIS ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES BY TALKING TO CHINA YOU CAN CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR. MOST OF US LOOK AT THIS AFTER TEN PLUS YEARS OF DEALING WITH PRESIDENT XI JINPING. THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IS BEHAVIOR IS NOT WORDS AND HIS ACTIONS. STRONG POLICY AND ALSO STRENGTH AND RESOLVE. THAT IS THE CONCLUSION THAT WE SHOULD DRAW IN

DEALING WITH PRESIDENT XI JINPING. MARIA: IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE BEGGING THEM FOR A MEETING. MICHAEL CALL OVER THE WEEKEND TOLD ME THAT WE MADE CONCESSIONS JUST TO GET THE MEETING. WE HAVE NEW IMAGES THAT REVEAL CHINA SPOTIFY PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDE FLIGHTS OVER JAPAN AND TAIWAN IN THE UNITED STATES SHOT DOWN A CHINESE SPY CRAFT EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER IT TRAVELED THE UNITED STATES FOR A

WEEK COLLECTING INTELLIGENCE FOR MILITARY SITES SENDING MILITARY INFORMATION BACK IN REAL-TIME AND HERE WE GO TO GO TO BEIJING TO BED FOR THE MEETINGS. MICHAEL MCCAUL TOLD ME THEY MADE CONCESSIONS. AND ONE WAS WHAT YOU JUST SAID EASING OFF OR STOPPING THE SANCTION ON EXPORTS FROM HUAWEI UNTIL THEY GOT THE MEETING. WE DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE LIMITATIONS TO INVESTING IN CHINESE COMPANIES WILL EVER

MATERIALIZE. WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR SOME TIME BUT WILL YOU ADMINISTRATION UNVEILING? >> IT KEEPS GETTING KICKED DOWN THE ROAD. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO NOW THEY ARE TALKING JULY. I WOULD ASSUME AFTER THE JANET YELLEN MEETING. BUT THE SPY BALLOON THAT YOU REFERENCED, THIS IS AN AND INTEGRAL PART OF CHINA SPY PROGRAM. THEY WILL NOT STOP

EVEN THOUGH WE SHOT ONE DOWN. I THINK THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MISSED A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FORWARD THE EVIDENCE OF THE SPY BALLOON IN TERMS OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT IT HAD ON IT. WE HAD THAT IN OUR POSSESSION AND WE SHOULD EXPOSE THAT PUBLICLY TO THE WORLD. CHINA IS STILL DENYING. THEY SAID IT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ACCIDENTALLY BLEW ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THAT ON THE SURFACE

IS A COMPLETE ABSURDITY. I ALWAYS BELIEVED CHINA EXPOSED ALLY IN CHINA LIED AGAIN, EXPOSED ALLY. PARANOID AND INSECURE OF THE REGIME OF THEIRS. THAT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT IN DEALING WITH THEM. THE BIDEN A ADMINISTRATION HAS MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY, JUST AS YOU SAID MANY TIMES, THEY DON'T PUSH ON THE ORIGINS OF COVID THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD PUSH ON IT. PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD EVIDENCE

THAT ORIGINATED IN THE WUHAN LAB AND WE SHOULD BE HAMMERING THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS AS OPPOSED TO NEVER BRINGING THE SUBJECT UP WHICH MAKES NO SENSE. MARIA: IT MAKES NO SENSE IN THE CCP WILL NOT ALLOW ANY INVESTIGATING.