RUSSIA/UKRAINE

SCARBOROUGH So Wendy I ░░░░░░░░ curious as the president ░░░░░░░░ to President Xi this ░░░░░░░░ we all obviously have ░░░░░░░░ deeply concerned by the ░░░░░░░░ authoritarianism in China whehther ░░░░░░░░ look at the crackdown ░░░░░░░░ Hong Kong you look ░░░░░░░░ the Uighurs in the ░░░░░░░░ camp there That said ░░░░░░░░ though as Kissinger said ░░░░░░░░ rarely have a choice ░░░░░░░░ good and evil We ░░░░░░░░ to deal with the ░░░░░░░░ not just on Ukraine ░░░░░░░░ also on climate change ░░░░░░░░ the question is what ░░░░░░░░ we have to offer ░░░░░░░░ Xi to step in ░░░░░░░░ try to bring this ░░░░░░░░ to an end try ░░░░░░░░ bring this war to ░░░░░░░░ end given the fact ░░░░░░░░ both Republicans and Democrats ░░░░░░░░ of the few things ░░░░░░░░ seem to agree on ░░░░░░░░ that China is an ░░░░░░░░ on the world stage ░░░░░░░░ So Joe this entire ░░░░░░░░ is about principles a ░░░░░░░░ based order that we ░░░░░░░░ agreed to And that ░░░░░░░░ that we respect sovereignty ░░░░░░░░ integrity the right of ░░░░░░░░ to make their own ░░░░░░░░ choices their own choices ░░░░░░░░ their future Xi Jinping ░░░░░░░░ said for years that ░░░░░░░░ believes in these principles ░░░░░░░░ is what his whole ░░░░░░░░ has been about So ░░░░░░░░ it is a moment ░░░░░░░░ him to prove that ░░░░░░░░ telling Vladimir Putin to ░░░░░░░░ this war of choice ░░░░░░░░ war of carnage In ░░░░░░░░ of what we have ░░░░░░░░ don t want to ░░░░░░░░ ahead of the president ░░░░░░░░ re assessing each other ░░░░░░░░ having this conversation Last ░░░░░░░░ was in November virtually ░░░░░░░░ want to see where ░░░░░░░░ Jinping is We hope ░░░░░░░░ he chooses the right ░░░░░░░░ of history here that ░░░░░░░░ ends this carnage and ░░░░░░░░ attacks on civilians And ░░░░░░░░ the PRC is a ░░░░░░░░ important very great nation ░░░░░░░░ is no question about ░░░░░░░░ I went to Tianjin ░░░░░░░░ meet with the Chinese ░░░░░░░░ few months ago Jake ░░░░░░░░ The National security adviser ░░░░░░░░ with Yang Jiechi in ░░░░░░░░ just recently Secretary Blinken ░░░░░░░░ to foreign minister Wang ░░░░░░░░ on a regular basis ░░░░░░░░ are all very candid ░░░░░░░░ direct about what has ░░░░░░░░ happen here what great ░░░░░░░░ must do what the ░░░░░░░░ is of Xi Jinping ░░░░░░░░ he wants to be ░░░░░░░░ true leader on the ░░░░░░░░ stage if he wants ░░░░░░░░ sign up to the ░░░░░░░░ of the U N ░░░░░░░░ which he says he ░░░░░░░░ So we will see ░░░░░░░░ in fact Xi Jinping ░░░░░░░░ the right choice here ░░░░░░░░ future is with the ░░░░░░░░ States with Europe with ░░░░░░░░ countries around the world ░░░░░░░░ future is not with ░░░░░░░░ and Vladimir Putin.”