Political Quotes

I’m concerned because the rhetoric from Beijing is very aggressive, and it seems to be particularly focused on Japan.

Our partnership with each of your countries and the region at large, it’s in the national interest of the United States, and we will never abandon it.

I think Japan has the Naval capabilities and others, and I think – not just Japan, but there’s a lot of countries that rely on the straits and should be outraged and troubled by the fact that Iran is sinking and – not sinking, but…

If that is threatened, then I think the global economy is threatened, and the rules which have underpinned 150 years of international trade and commerce are also threatened, and that cannot be allowed to happen.