Rep. Michael Waltz: 'They're looking to replace us'

Former Green Beret Commander Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla. slammed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki for calling China competition, while Waltz argues its recent testing of hypersonic missiles proves it's trying to replace us. REP. MICHAEL WALTZ: The other thing about the hypersonic missile is it's a culmination of 20 years of stealing their way to the top through cyber, through mergers and acquisitions, through research. It's incredibly sophisticated. They stole it and now the chickens are coming home to roost.

And in terms of what motivates it, one, it's a flawed view of the world that we're just nice enough to our adversaries. We just get them to the negotiating table, they'll be nice back. We saw how that fell apart in China, where we were lectured by the American Foreign Ministry on Alaskan soil.

The other piece is this flawed old thinking that eventually they will change and that, as Jen Psaki just said in response to this first strike weapon, 'Well, we welcome competition. They are looking to replace us. And this was a huge step in that direction.