And they were already starting to talk to China about, you know, getting involved in China, which was unnatural for them. A lot of people were talking to China and others about getting involved because We were a dead country. We were gone. In the minds of many, I tell you, in my mind, one of the reasons I ran, I saw what was happening very early on when I saw people pouring across our border. (26:26–26:30)
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Asserts that the U.S. was in a dire state before his presidency.
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