Jake Sullivan
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And it's all Emiratis in the hotel.
It was the Hyatt that had been bombed previously, although they'd really patched that up when I was staying there.
My room, you could barely tell.
And it's Ramadan and it's all Emiratis.
And there's this one table of like dudes who very clearly were like raised in Nebraska and had the crew cuts.
So I go over to the table and I go, hey man, what are you doing here?
And the guy looks at me and he goes, we're not here.
And I was just like, and then I just got cold.
But we do do that.
And we do interfere in all these places.
And somewhat cavalier nature.
And then when it blows back on us, we're like, well, I guess we're just going to abandon that project.
But it seems like we haven't changed
THE APPROACH.
WELL, WHAT I FIND REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT IN HIS FIRST TERM, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID BASICALLY, I DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THESE FOREIGN ISSUES.
NOT DOING ANYTHING, YEAH.
PRESIDENT BIDEN COMES ALONG, ENDS THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.
THE UNITED STATES IS BASICALLY OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF DIRECTLY U.S.
FORCES IN THESE COUNTRIES FIGHTING WARS.
President Trump runs in 2024 saying, I'm going to be the peace candidate.