Antony Blinken actually said...

"The People's Republic of China is pursuing military, economic, and geopolitical preeminence, challenging our vision for a free, open, secure, and prosperous international order."

"I think there are other possibilities that we are driving toward including looking at ways to collateralize the principal."

"That is an enormous return on our investment and essential for competing with China around the world."

"the investments we make today will be the ones to help deal with a lot of the challenges when it comes to democracy"