… part of the last century, the American people have understood that our role is to lead the free world. And one of the things I learned as vice president is If America is not leading the free world, the free world is not being led. There's no backup, there's no leading from behind, as Barack Obama said. And so what I saw in the last week was the president kind of, I think, returning to his well honed instincts and bias for leadership on the world stage. (10:57–11:02)
CLAIM
Asserts that without American leadership, the free world lacks leadership.
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