Steve Witkoff: “This trip that he made to Southeast Asia shows you that Xi…”

“They respect fortitude. They respect people keeping their word, like not coming in and out. That's who he is. I think Vladimir Putin completely respects him. I think This trip that he made to Southeast Asia shows you that Xi respects him. and they respect the fact that he'll do things to enforce America first policies. They can't, they can't circumvent that U.S. anymore. I think they all respect us.” (27:57–28:05)

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