Susan Rice

And I think that's a grave miscalculation.

If they are part and parcel of the dismantling of our democratic institutions, then they will be remembered and they should be held accountable.

And I believe they will be held accountable.

So I hope that more companies and leaders will take a deep breath and

and recognize that by playing the short game of appeasement, they're going to lose the long game of public trust and support.

And they need to recognize that when you blow up our alliances, when you violate international law, when you undermine the full faith and credit of the United States, when you try to assault the independence of the Federal Reserve, you are taking actions that are bad for business and bad for American companies abroad.

I mean, I can't speak for any individual corporation or corporate leader.

What I can say is...

They ought to be worried about tariffs.

They ought to be worried about the Federal Reserve and its independence, whether it's the assault on Lisa Cook or the assault on Jerome Powell.

But they also ought to be worried about the erosion of the rule of law.

Right.

Because our whole system of capitalism rests on

confidence and faith in the rule of law.

That if somebody is harmed, there is judicial recourse and that recourse will be exercised responsibly and consistent with law.

If that is lost and we're, frankly, on the verge of losing it when literally American citizens minding their own business in their homes can be ripped out and disappeared, then that is a world in which no contract, no commitment can be sacrosanct.

And the rule of law environment is what has made the United States the leading economic power in the world.

We don't have the full faith and credit.

We don't have countries willing to invest in our stocks, our bonds, our treasuries, if they don't have confidence that we are a country of laws.

And frankly, that's why Russia and China