every nation and culture with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world. but a funny thing happened in 2016. a minority of voters in the undemocratic electoral college elected a political and social arsonist named donald trump as president. what happened next was entirely predictable. according to the advocacy nonprofit freedom house, the u.s. score in freedom in the world fell by 11 points on a 100-point scale in the decade from 2010 to 2020. with an accelerated deterioration of six points during the trump presidency. to be clear, the decline had already begun by the time trump became the president. fueled by legislative dysfunction, partisan gerrymandering, the excessive influence of special interest in politics, ongoing racial discrimination, and the spread of polarization and disinformation in the media environment. but trump absolutely made it
was seen at kind of not up to the job, someone who had been roundly derided by everyone across world stage, you know, is thrust into a moment where his mettle the tested and in ten months becomes arguably the champion of democratic freedom in the world. you know, people forget, you know, he s done this at the joint session of congress thing before. back in april i think tsms we did the virtual version of this speech and he was he brought a master class then in how to address a joint session of congress. he. in, at that point was going around the world rallying support for ukrainian cause and doing speech after speech to national legislators, and each of the speeches was different, each of the speeches was masterful, and he gets to do this one last night in person at the end of this year that can only be described as, you know, truly one of the most meteoric, unexpected, and extraordinary
from the marine corp. we give leaders a platform to provide the leadership that the survey shows we need. bill: the panel at close of business on saturday and think about how america s perception on global issues have changed. china, russia, iran, all those numbers have gone up clearly over the last 2 to 4 years. china is the number one issue on the minds of america. russia because of the war in ukraine is also top of mind. we have to deal with both. american people don t want us to choose one over the other. they want american leadership in the world, safe at home and advance freedom in the world that bears out in our survey. and a former secretary of defense talking about how we re able to do that. dana: since you ve seen something where you can say that idea over the years where we brought people together and gave them that platform was taken to the next level and you see
which is a must-win match for the u.s. team u.s. a. up one at halftime. we ll bring you highlights and use it as a backdrop for the huge discussions that are going on about freedom in the world. we ll talk to human rights activists enes kantor freedom. who better to talk to about what is happening in the world than this young man. in china, becoming known as the white paper revolution. protesters hold up blank sheets to symbolize everything that they want to say but cannot. security forces pepper spray and drag men and women from the streets for speaking out against china s leader xi and his zero covid policies. a woman who knows a lot about this situation endured the cultural revolution as a young woman in china before she immigrated to the united states.
connection to our role to defend freedom in the world. and we have to do that in ukraine and that starts with the tough conversations in china. but we have to come at these conversations from a position of strength and that would be my recommendation to the president. thank you, congressman. we appreciate your time. congressman, i appreciate all the time this morning. have a great morning, guys. see you soon. love the red pullover. that s an interesting closing message compared to what we heard from president biden. it s totally different. we have five days to go, join cnn for special election night coverage, starts tuesday, 4:00 p.m. eastern right here. threats against nancy pelosi and a warning of potential combat on u.s. soil. we have newly released audio from the oath keepers conspiracy trial. the troubling climate report this morning on the future of the earth s iconic glaciers.