Trae (Trey) Stephens

And I think autonomy in factory work is going to be a big part of this as well.

And it's actually a great argument for why we should be leaning more into AI rather than less from a jobs perspective, because the alternative

to leveraging modern software in order to re-industrialize is just continuing to outsource to foreign countries.

And I don't think we have the time or the economic will to make a different decision on that fact.

We just need to push as hard as we can.

You know, I think that there's risks at some level with all of these other nations.

You know, I think Iran has continued to be a thorn in the side of Western powers.

That's concerning.

North Korea is like a rogue state, is pretty terrifying.

Like, who knows what they're going to do if they feel truly desperate.

You know, Russia continues to be a threat to, you know, all the countries in Eastern Europe that is a real concern.

But we also have this kind of tendency to make our enemies appear 10 feet tall.

And I think you saw in the early days of the war in Ukraine that

Their military readiness was pathetic.

Their vehicles had dry-rided tires.

It was like, we think our bureaucracy is bad.

I'm sure their bureaucracies are all really bad, too.

They're not 10-foot giants.

But we need to be prepared, as if they are.

And so I think there's a lot of global threats that we need to take seriously.