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Mike Johnson: “America has a very important role to play in the world. We…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Published | Video Starts at 05:07

Look, it has long been noted, everyone around the world, all my colleagues, that the G7, the G20, the speakers of the parliaments, the free countries around the world, everybody acknowledges, we talk about this publicly and privately, that America has a very important role to play in the world. We have held this position since World War II. Ronald Reagan used to quote Pope Pius, I think the 12th, who said the leadership of the free world was placed upon the shoulders of the United States of America after World War II. (05:07–05:14)

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Asserts that the U.S. has played an important global role since World War II.

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