Extreme poverty plunged. People got healthier, people got more tolerant. People. Took advantage of opportunities that they had never imagined before. And that happened not just here, but globally. And We underwrote that system. Imperfectly. It was flawed, but that's what happened. And so. I had no problem when I was traveling acknowledging when we screwed up and didn't live up to our ideals, because I could also say, yeah, but look at everything we've done and what an extraordinary accomplishment that is. (29:39–29:48)
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Asserts that the U.S. supported the global system despite its imperfections.
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