Adam Smith actually said...

That alternative view is based on autocracy, the idea that democracy doesn't work, freedom doesn't work, you need to have a strong man.

Their economic model, I think, can best be described as kleptocracy, basically the folks at the top control all the money.

Put most directly, Russia and China are now aggressively pushing an alternative view of the world, and of governance.

We are sending these contradictory messages. We are undercutting our efforts with our allies.