God knows American democracy is not perfect, and that our foreign policy over the years has had many, many flaws. But the truth is that all over the country, Developing nations look to the United States, to our Constitution, to our declaration of independence, to our appreciation of human freedom and democracy. and say, you know, that makes sense. And now for us to shift into alliances with authoritarian thugs and Murderers like Putin or the Saudi Arabian government or other oligarchies is something that is extremely distressing to the vast majority of American people. (03:00–03:12)
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Asserts that developing nations look to the U.S. for democratic inspiration.
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