Congressman Adam Smith

So Trump does it for the pettiest of reasons on a whim like that without thinking through it.

That's the problem.

Those are the two differences to my mind.

When Obama did it, it was part of an overall thought out strategy.

It was part of the pivot to Asia.

And we didn't have Russia invading Ukraine.

In fact, at the time, we were still kind of hoping we could find a way to get along with Russia.

So those are the two big things that have changed.

Yeah.

No, I mean, I think I was, I was just down in Newport new shipyard earlier today.

Don't try to make that commute if you can humanly avoid it.

But, and I think that one of the things I'm optimistic about is workforce development.

You know, I think we've, we've long been in this pattern of not giving people access to the training that they need to go out and get good paying jobs and help our economy.

And I'm seeing that change.

We've seen a massive increase in apprenticeships.

We've seen a massive increase in community and technical colleges doing training, coordinating with businesses and with unions to give people access to the training they need to go out and get good paying jobs and live a good life.

And that has significantly improved just in the last five or six years.

I see a real commitment to workforce development to meet the moment in terms of what we really need workers to do in this country.

And so, yeah, I continue to be very optimistic about that.

Thank you all.