in under nine months or so? of course not. if anything, putin now has more leverage against us. next time we try to lecture him about democracy, you can just say biden s georgia speech. as biden has said, duh mockery s is dysfunctional. now this is precisely the tactic used by the chinese in alaska last year when they sat across the table from secretary of wrzer my depends anthony blinkin. we hope the united states will do better on human rights. the fact is that there are many problems within the united states regarding human rights which is admitted by the u.s. itself as well. laura: yeah. the world is watching. we re the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the history of mankind. the actions and rhetoric of our leaders, it matters. when they demean and vilify america as racist, it erodes our moral standing.