Tony Blinken

And they can say to their own people, see, they're no better than we are. All of these things lead to conflict. They lead to destruction. They lead to economic chaos. They lead to a bad place for America and for Americans.

And they can say to their own people, see, they're no better than we are. All of these things lead to conflict. They lead to destruction. They lead to economic chaos. They lead to a bad place for America and for Americans.

And they can say to their own people, see, they're no better than we are. All of these things lead to conflict. They lead to destruction. They lead to economic chaos. They lead to a bad place for America and for Americans.

One thing is this, and maybe it's a little bit related. I think one of the things that President Trump understands, knows, and has a tremendous instinct for is the so-called attention economy and dominating it every single day. And in a sense, it doesn't matter what you do or what you say as long as you're dominating the attention economy. which he does.

One thing is this, and maybe it's a little bit related. I think one of the things that President Trump understands, knows, and has a tremendous instinct for is the so-called attention economy and dominating it every single day. And in a sense, it doesn't matter what you do or what you say as long as you're dominating the attention economy. which he does.

One thing is this, and maybe it's a little bit related. I think one of the things that President Trump understands, knows, and has a tremendous instinct for is the so-called attention economy and dominating it every single day. And in a sense, it doesn't matter what you do or what you say as long as you're dominating the attention economy. which he does.

I mean, if you look at a newspaper, these 10 people still look at that, whether it's online or a hard copy, and you see 10 headlines, probably seven of them are going to have his name in them. So if that's how you gauge your success, and you know, that's not totally crazy, then it almost doesn't matter what the substance is, as long as you're in the headline.

I mean, if you look at a newspaper, these 10 people still look at that, whether it's online or a hard copy, and you see 10 headlines, probably seven of them are going to have his name in them. So if that's how you gauge your success, and you know, that's not totally crazy, then it almost doesn't matter what the substance is, as long as you're in the headline.

I mean, if you look at a newspaper, these 10 people still look at that, whether it's online or a hard copy, and you see 10 headlines, probably seven of them are going to have his name in them. So if that's how you gauge your success, and you know, that's not totally crazy, then it almost doesn't matter what the substance is, as long as you're in the headline.

This gets back to this basic predictability. When Biden left office, we had, and sorry again for the long speak, but it actually is meaningful to people. We had the highest level of foreign direct investment ever. That means that countries, companies were pouring money into the United States because they saw this as the best place to invest.

This gets back to this basic predictability. When Biden left office, we had, and sorry again for the long speak, but it actually is meaningful to people. We had the highest level of foreign direct investment ever. That means that countries, companies were pouring money into the United States because they saw this as the best place to invest.

This gets back to this basic predictability. When Biden left office, we had, and sorry again for the long speak, but it actually is meaningful to people. We had the highest level of foreign direct investment ever. That means that countries, companies were pouring money into the United States because they saw this as the best place to invest.

And part of the reason for that was predictability, whereas other countries might be chaotic and you pretty much knew what you were getting with the United States.

And part of the reason for that was predictability, whereas other countries might be chaotic and you pretty much knew what you were getting with the United States.

And part of the reason for that was predictability, whereas other countries might be chaotic and you pretty much knew what you were getting with the United States.

Things like the rule of law, things like no political retribution, things like transparency, all of these things were what attracted other countries to us and had them making massive investments here in ways that created growth, that produced more jobs, helped us produce better products to sell around the world.

Things like the rule of law, things like no political retribution, things like transparency, all of these things were what attracted other countries to us and had them making massive investments here in ways that created growth, that produced more jobs, helped us produce better products to sell around the world.

Things like the rule of law, things like no political retribution, things like transparency, all of these things were what attracted other countries to us and had them making massive investments here in ways that created growth, that produced more jobs, helped us produce better products to sell around the world.

When you lose that, and that's what I'm afraid we're at risk of losing, then you're heading again to a bad place.

When you lose that, and that's what I'm afraid we're at risk of losing, then you're heading again to a bad place.