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On the recordJuly 9, 2025
I’m deeply worried that [Colby] buys into the authoritarian worldview that you know, Putin’s a dictator, and Xi is a dictator, and Trump aspires to be a dictator, so let’s just let all the dictators get together and divide up the world.
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Martin Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Smith criticizes Colby's foreign policy approach as aligning with authoritarian leaders.

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