And to somehow have this, sort of throw that away for this gauzy notion of -- I don't even know what that statement says. And especially if you see what's happening in Cuba, if you see what's happening in Hong Kong, if you see what's happening in other parts of the world. America can lead again as a democracy, not just as, I don't know, a pro-Russian Chinese vessel. I don't know, it just doesn't make sense to me why we no longer proud of being a democracy. This is when we should double down on support of democracy, not shrink away from it, because we are in now a clash of civilizations between the Chinese civilization, democracy, communism, authoritarian governments.

Source: Fox News July 12, 2021 18:11 UTC