James Vance actually said...
We have built a foreign policy of hectoring and moralizing and lecturing countries that don't want anything to do with this. The Chinese have a foreign policy of building roads and bridges and feeding poor people, and I think that we should pursue a foreign policy, a diplomacy, of respect and a foreign policy that is not rooted in moralizing; it is rooted in the national interests of this country.
Context
During the Senate debate on the FIRE GRANTS AND SAFETY ACT, discussing his views on U.S. foreign policy.
04/18/2023