Tim Kaine actually said...

I think the U.S. strategy has been to just push that back a day at a time, a year at a time.

the United States intends to still be the indispensable global partner with this network of alliances, this lattice of security arrangements...

I'm a big fan and booster of the Quad.

I think sometimes those of us on this side of the dais understand some realities, but we do not explain them that well.