Antony Blinken actually said...

"No. And to the extent they would ever try to say anything like that. That is not something that we would obviously take into account."

"The first set is posed by our strategic competitors--the immediate, acute threat posed by Russia's autocracy and aggression, most destructively through its brutal war against Ukraine."

"We can't do more with less. We must increase our investments in our diplomatic and development tools if we want to strengthen our national security."

"The immediate, acute threat posed by Russia's autocracy and aggression, most destructively, of course, through its brutal aggression against Ukraine."