… to restrict China, to sanction China, to make sure China can't do the things that it wants to do economically or politically in the world. That's not going to work. We're not going to be able to hold China down. We can improve our position if in this future world, but we should do it by improving ourselves. Unfortunately, that's more difficult than just shouting and saying we want to have more aircraft carriers in the South China Sea. (33:46–33:50)
CLAIM
Asserts that the U.S. cannot successfully suppress China's rise.
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