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“President Trump is committed to democracy and rule of law in our hemisphere.”
“You know, the Chinese don't have a democracy, they don't share our values.”
“The details of the CCP's anti-Uighur campaign are heartbreaking, but they reflect the Marxist-Leninist disdain for individual human beings. Whenever Chinese people dare defy the party by asserting their individual humanity, they stop being useful to the state and become a problem to solve the only way the CCP knows how: suppression and coercion.”
“President Trump knows that peace comes through strength. Accordingly, his administration has embarked upon a historic rebuilding of the U.S. military.”
“I never wanted Mark Esper's job. I just wanted to see Mark Esper succeed and do a great job as secretary of Defense.”
“Abraham Lincoln once noted that 'the ballot is stronger than the bullet.' Foreign adversaries, who can't match the military, economic or diplomatic power of the U.S., understand Lincoln's wisdom. They seek to sow chaos and confusion in our electoral process to gain an advantage over us.”
“Corruption and manipulation of the ICC by foreign intelligence services subvert the original mission and purpose of the ICC.”
“Every American should understand that their vote is secret.”
“For decades, the United States condemned the Chinese Communist Party's coercive population-control policies - too often alone in its criticism, while other nations turned a blind eye as they sought commercial advantages in China.”
“A strong believer in the importance of cooperation in the hemisphere, President Trump has made engagement with regional leaders a top priority.”
“The American voter knows that we cannot protect the seas and our interests overseas unless we have ships that can fight and deliver Marines and carrier-based fighter jets to the world's hot spots.”
“We are not a banana republic.”
“Iran has pursued a deliberate policy of kidnapping and unjustly detaining innocent Americans since the very beginning of its revolutionary regime.”
“Well, free elections are the foundation of our democracy.”
“The NSC staff should not, as it has in the past, duplicate the work of military officers, diplomats or intelligence officers.”
“Both cyber and old-fashioned human-intelligence industrial espionage has occurred for decades without any significant retribution by the United States.”
“There is no doubt that there are some racist police, I think they're the minority, I think they're the few bad apples and we need to root them out.”
“China, Russia, Iran and other adversaries each pose a threat to our elections, and the Trump administration seeks to counter all of those threats in a serious, professional and apolitical fashion.”
“I'm old enough to remember Bush v. Gore, and the transition there didn't start until mid-December, and yet it got done.”
“Ventilators are life-saving tools in the fight against COVID-19. They are durable medical devices intended to control or assist a critically ill patient's breathing by mechanically delivering them a predetermined percentage of oxygen.”