Mr. President, back in 2019, I believe April of 2019, if not the first, I must have been one of the first people to call for the company TikTok to be banned in the United States. So it has been a while now; it is not something I just came…

We meet at an inflection point, the post-Cold War world is over, and there is an intense competition underway to determine what comes next.

I think we are entering, perhaps the beginning of a period of conflict, which doesn't necessarily always mean military conflict, but conflict nonetheless.

Under President Xi, the Chinese Communist Party has become more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad in challenging the rules--based international order.

The PRC has become more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad.

We will continue to defend U.S. interests, our values, and our affirmative vision for the world.

As a parent, I send my children to school each day to learn how to read, how to write, how to do math--in short, I want them to learn critical skills for their future.

I think we are entering, perhaps the beginning of a period of conflict, which doesn't necessarily always mean military conflict, but conflict nonetheless.

We have the very clear outlines of this emerging conflict: the U.S., the West, the democracies, and an alliance, the China-Russia Alliance.

When you are living a hinge moment in history, you know, you are busy with everyday life, and everything else that is going on, and sometimes you don't entirely perceive it.

I think we are entering, perhaps the beginning of a period of conflict, which doesn't necessarily always mean military conflict, but conflict nonetheless.