Pete

was that there were way more people living in the Soviet Union who wished they were living American lives than anybody in America wishing they could live a Soviet life, right? On some level, I think that was everything. That was how America truly came to be number one. So first of all, take care of the basics at home.

was that there were way more people living in the Soviet Union who wished they were living American lives than anybody in America wishing they could live a Soviet life, right? On some level, I think that was everything. That was how America truly came to be number one. So first of all, take care of the basics at home.

was that there were way more people living in the Soviet Union who wished they were living American lives than anybody in America wishing they could live a Soviet life, right? On some level, I think that was everything. That was how America truly came to be number one. So first of all, take care of the basics at home.

But also, we need to recognize that we're going into a ferociously competitive world stage here, where we can't just keep trading off the glories of having won World War II, which is pretty much how we were able to build the international system the way we like it over the 50 years that followed.

But also, we need to recognize that we're going into a ferociously competitive world stage here, where we can't just keep trading off the glories of having won World War II, which is pretty much how we were able to build the international system the way we like it over the 50 years that followed.

But also, we need to recognize that we're going into a ferociously competitive world stage here, where we can't just keep trading off the glories of having won World War II, which is pretty much how we were able to build the international system the way we like it over the 50 years that followed.

And recognize that every country is not like just on its own finding its way toward liberal democracy. That comes and goes. I believe it's actually on the wane in our country and I'm trying to do something about it. But it's eroding in places like Hungary. A lot of places were more democratic 10 years ago than they are now.

And recognize that every country is not like just on its own finding its way toward liberal democracy. That comes and goes. I believe it's actually on the wane in our country and I'm trying to do something about it. But it's eroding in places like Hungary. A lot of places were more democratic 10 years ago than they are now.

And recognize that every country is not like just on its own finding its way toward liberal democracy. That comes and goes. I believe it's actually on the wane in our country and I'm trying to do something about it. But it's eroding in places like Hungary. A lot of places were more democratic 10 years ago than they are now.

Um, so we've got to recognize that this is going to require a level of investment in technology and, uh, a level of commitment to our values that both earns friends and, uh, establishes the kind of economic power that you need in order to alongside your military power in order to be number one. Um, I really worry that what we're in right now is a mode that's going to make it not so much America.

Um, so we've got to recognize that this is going to require a level of investment in technology and, uh, a level of commitment to our values that both earns friends and, uh, establishes the kind of economic power that you need in order to alongside your military power in order to be number one. Um, I really worry that what we're in right now is a mode that's going to make it not so much America.

Um, so we've got to recognize that this is going to require a level of investment in technology and, uh, a level of commitment to our values that both earns friends and, uh, establishes the kind of economic power that you need in order to alongside your military power in order to be number one. Um, I really worry that what we're in right now is a mode that's going to make it not so much America.

America first has to be America in first place to do it right. Yeah. If it's America first the way they're doing it, I think it means America alone. And we become just like another country out there, scrapping for advantage. But to your point about China, one of the things that the last administration did that I believe in is dealing with Chinese EV, unfair competition from the Chinese EV market.

America first has to be America in first place to do it right. Yeah. If it's America first the way they're doing it, I think it means America alone. And we become just like another country out there, scrapping for advantage. But to your point about China, one of the things that the last administration did that I believe in is dealing with Chinese EV, unfair competition from the Chinese EV market.

America first has to be America in first place to do it right. Yeah. If it's America first the way they're doing it, I think it means America alone. And we become just like another country out there, scrapping for advantage. But to your point about China, one of the things that the last administration did that I believe in is dealing with Chinese EV, unfair competition from the Chinese EV market.

We should be making those here. The other part of the story I was telling you about, about Indiana, Howard County, where those Chrysler jobs were, and St. Joe County, where I grew up. And a lot of places in Michigan where I live now is the EV battery factories.

We should be making those here. The other part of the story I was telling you about, about Indiana, Howard County, where those Chrysler jobs were, and St. Joe County, where I grew up. And a lot of places in Michigan where I live now is the EV battery factories.

We should be making those here. The other part of the story I was telling you about, about Indiana, Howard County, where those Chrysler jobs were, and St. Joe County, where I grew up. And a lot of places in Michigan where I live now is the EV battery factories.

Like, there is a $3 or $4 billion GM battery factory going up on the western edge of the county where I grew up that is bigger than any manufacturing investment that happened there in my entire life.

Like, there is a $3 or $4 billion GM battery factory going up on the western edge of the county where I grew up that is bigger than any manufacturing investment that happened there in my entire life.