Ken Griffin

Has dire consequences.

I mean, what I would love to see is detente.

I would like to see the relationship reach a point of stability.

Right now, it's two great superpowers that are trying to find a new equilibrium.

And so long as we are both competing from a position of self-interest in a world of 7 billion people in a rapidly changing environment,

you're going to have points of friction.

And it would be wonderful to see that come later this year that President Xi and President Trump are able to find, in some sense, a more constructive set of rules of engagement that both countries are in a position to both prosper and to meet the needs of their citizens and have less tension between our two superpowers day in and day out.

The world has fragmented.

To a point of no return?

So the question is, is what is the long-term ability for the United States to play a pivotal and influential role in the development of Africa, South America, and most of Asia?

Asia X the most developed countries.

And I go to Africa several times a year.

The Chinese, generally speaking, in that continent provide the power plants.

They build the airports.

They provide the cellular networks.

So when you turn on your phone, turn on the lights, and go anywhere by plane, and it's all provided for by the Chinese, you tell me whose orbit that country's in.

And the United States used to control those orbits pretty carefully.

You know, General Electric was an incredible source not just of industrial might, but of policy might.

Because it used to be companies like General Electric that really projected American power around the world.

And I would really like to see the United States be in a position to reassert that form of power.