Ensue if there is no hegemon, no leader, no dominant power in the world . That is a very long answer to a short question. [laughter] on television, i would have been stopped after the first. So i will abuse the there is no clock here. [laughter] use it is a subconscious chores. Are you hopeful or agnostic on the question, when it is presented to the public or when the public realizes consciously the consequences of going down this path that they will want to shift direction . I think you get a fairly close analogy to where we are now with the late 1970s, at which time i was on the the wrong side of the fence. I appreciate you leaving that part out of my checkered past. [laughter] the country was weird. The surgeons eggs surgeons excursions, we would allow ourselves to drift and not spend our resources because of an inordinate fear of communism, which was a phrase used in the Carter Administration. And then came reagan. Perhaps you can argue that the events of 1979, which were a catastr
Hoping well keep the world at bay, hoping we will sustain ourselves with a reduced presence in the world and a radically reduced capacity for defending ourselves, defending our allies and projecting our power. So that would be sort of an an litic way to present why we are in decline. Its not a conscious choice. I dont want to play the amateur psychiatrist or even a professional one in this. I dont want to look in obamas soul but if you look at where modern liberalism is taking us, it is to recreate the choice the europeans made in the late 1940s after the second world war. The problem for us, and i think the problem for the west is if we decline and use our resources internally, who will protect us, who will protect the free world, who will keep open the sea lanes and who will prevent the rise of a hegamon like china or the chaos that will ensue if theres no leader or dominant power in the world. Its a very long answer to a short question. And the reason i did that is because on televi
Have meetings here at the white house, lunches or official meetings, where the president is not invited in. Our cameras are not allowed in. Sometimes our cameras are allowed in but no editorial presence. This one of those where no cameras allowed in, were hopeful the white house will take a pick pur and release it to us, but at this point no plans for us to sort of get a peek inside that room and listen in on that conversation. Although we hope that there will be some kind of a readout to give us some indication as to what the two politicians discussed. You know, dan, oftentimes people say these meetings are just to make nice or to have a good photo op. In this particular case, not unlike other cases, theres talk about the potential of a position, maybe a highlevel position, maybe cabinet level, in the Obama Administration for governor romney. And thats not so far off base. I mean, we have plenty of history to show that politicians have crossed over. Just take a look at your screen. Th
And me. The first night of the rnc. Greta goes on the record right now. Tonight, on the record, we are coming to you live from the Republican National convention in cleveland. And 13 months ago donald trump launched what many, if not most said was the impossible. His campaign for the republican nomination for president of the United States. Now he is just days away from making it official. But not all republicans here in the arena are happy. Today when the convention kicked off, chaos broke out on the floor, a battle over the rules. [chanting] over the angry objections of antitrump forces,
republican Party Leaders approving the rules for their National Convention. And, tonight, all eyes are not on donald trump but on his wife, Melania Trump. Very soon, she will be taking the stage very first night and add to the excitement here in the arena, donald trump has decide to do arrive here early to introduce his wife mellane i cant. A few hours ago, trump tweeted this, looking forward to bein
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