I talked a little bit about deterrence, but we started this administration unfortunately in a hole with four years of deferred maintenance. On the world stage, what happened in Afghanistan, The disastrous and tragic withdrawal of what happened [in Afghanistan] reverberated around the world. The world saw wokeness and weakness, not because of our war fighters, but because of political decisions in ways that, you know, President Trump never would have executed something like that. (12:54–13:00)
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