Tony Blinken
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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.
So, Tim, I think there are a lot of things that are on the chopping block, and we'll, you know, we'll see how it 80 years, we've had allies and partners that could sort of count on us as necessary because of these alliances that we built to protect them if they got into hot water. And now they don't know.
So, Tim, I think there are a lot of things that are on the chopping block, and we'll, you know, we'll see how it 80 years, we've had allies and partners that could sort of count on us as necessary because of these alliances that we built to protect them if they got into hot water. And now they don't know.
So, Tim, I think there are a lot of things that are on the chopping block, and we'll, you know, we'll see how it 80 years, we've had allies and partners that could sort of count on us as necessary because of these alliances that we built to protect them if they got into hot water. And now they don't know.
And that means they're going to have to make their own bets for the future if they can't bet on us. So, for example... Countries like Japan, like Korea, like even Poland, we heard this the other day, that have forsworn nuclear weapons may decide that, you know what, we have to go down that road because we can't count on America. And once you go down that road, it's very hard to go in reverse.
And that means they're going to have to make their own bets for the future if they can't bet on us. So, for example... Countries like Japan, like Korea, like even Poland, we heard this the other day, that have forsworn nuclear weapons may decide that, you know what, we have to go down that road because we can't count on America. And once you go down that road, it's very hard to go in reverse.
And that means they're going to have to make their own bets for the future if they can't bet on us. So, for example... Countries like Japan, like Korea, like even Poland, we heard this the other day, that have forsworn nuclear weapons may decide that, you know what, we have to go down that road because we can't count on America. And once you go down that road, it's very hard to go in reverse.
They will get together amongst themselves and away and around from us.
They will get together amongst themselves and away and around from us.
They will get together amongst themselves and away and around from us.
Now, maybe, for example, you'll have countries coming together to figure out different kinds of supply chains to make sure that they have access to the stuff that they need and can trade with each other without making themselves reliant on the United States because then, based on the whims of whoever's in office, something could go off, go bad, and that relationship, that dependency could be used as leverage against them.
Now, maybe, for example, you'll have countries coming together to figure out different kinds of supply chains to make sure that they have access to the stuff that they need and can trade with each other without making themselves reliant on the United States because then, based on the whims of whoever's in office, something could go off, go bad, and that relationship, that dependency could be used as leverage against them.
Now, maybe, for example, you'll have countries coming together to figure out different kinds of supply chains to make sure that they have access to the stuff that they need and can trade with each other without making themselves reliant on the United States because then, based on the whims of whoever's in office, something could go off, go bad, and that relationship, that dependency could be used as leverage against them.
All of these kinds of things take a lot of time, a lot of investment. But once they're unleashed, they're really hard to pull back again. So, you know, now we see, look, we've seen just in the last 100 days, after Europeans and the Northeast Asians moved away from creating dependencies on China, de-risking as we urged them to do for the last four years.
All of these kinds of things take a lot of time, a lot of investment. But once they're unleashed, they're really hard to pull back again. So, you know, now we see, look, we've seen just in the last 100 days, after Europeans and the Northeast Asians moved away from creating dependencies on China, de-risking as we urged them to do for the last four years.
All of these kinds of things take a lot of time, a lot of investment. But once they're unleashed, they're really hard to pull back again. So, you know, now we see, look, we've seen just in the last 100 days, after Europeans and the Northeast Asians moved away from creating dependencies on China, de-risking as we urged them to do for the last four years.
Now, all of a sudden, the Europeans are talking again to China about a big free trade agreement. Japan and Korea come together and talk to their Chinese counterparts about the same thing. At the same time, the European Union and Latin America, they just finished a big free trade agreement. All of this around the United States, not with the United States.
Now, all of a sudden, the Europeans are talking again to China about a big free trade agreement. Japan and Korea come together and talk to their Chinese counterparts about the same thing. At the same time, the European Union and Latin America, they just finished a big free trade agreement. All of this around the United States, not with the United States.
Now, all of a sudden, the Europeans are talking again to China about a big free trade agreement. Japan and Korea come together and talk to their Chinese counterparts about the same thing. At the same time, the European Union and Latin America, they just finished a big free trade agreement. All of this around the United States, not with the United States.
Once you do that, hard to put back in the bottle.