Peter Hotez

And I'm like sitting there at this diminea, holy crap, I hope nobody asked me about what happened today.

And sure enough, first question was asked.

And the host, who was one of the technocrats in the Saudi Arabian government,

saw me kind of fumbling and stumbling.

He gets up and he says, don't worry about it, Peter.

This is a quote.

Honest to God, we know this is bullshit.

I did my PhD at Iowa State University.

I lived with a family in Ames, Iowa for five years.

I know what the real America is like.

Done, right?

I mean...

That was the answer.

I mean, our research universities are our greatest emissaries, our greatest ambassadors.

And one of the reasons why people love the United States, and it's not just, you know, the MITs and the Harvards and the Scripps and the UCSFs and the Stanfords of the world, there are land-grant universities across the heartland of the country.

I mean, they are training people all over the world and fostering that love of the United States, and we have to keep that going also.

So, you know, we have to... And Eric, one of the things that I always say, too, I don't like to make it... I don't even like talking much about RFK Jr.

because that sends the wrong message, too.

It's all about RFK Jr.

It's not.