… and finding something, some level of identification with the need for the people to have to fight for their rights and then see success when they organize and speak up. This president, this person in the White House right now, has, first of all, he is the first president in the United States, Democrat or Republican, who has openly thumbed his nose at the importance of alliances. imperfect though many of them have been. But this one openly thumbs his nose at the importance of alliances. (16:26–16:45)
CLAIM
Asserts that the current president is the first to openly disregard the importance of alliances.
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