Outsourcing our jobs, outsourcing our manufacturing was just the way it is in a global economy. Foolishness. Recklessness. Not anymore. Not under President Trump. While we were policing the world, nation building in deserts, and debating pronouns at the Pentagon, our primary competitors, like the Chinese Communist Party, did something very different. They studied us. They learned from our triumphs and our mistakes. And then they started to build as well. And they've undertaken some of the most rapid, ambitious and breathtaking naval buildup since World War II. (10:17–10:31)
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Asserts that U.S. focus on global policing and internal debates allowed China to advance strategically.
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