Jake Sullivan: ‘That Scene in the Oval Office’ With Chinese State Media ‘Really Does Kind of Say It All’

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SULLIVAN: "Well, you really just put your finger on it, Jen, because that scene in the Oval Office where you actually have Chinese state run media, Chinese party media, the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party, of the leader of China, Xi Jinping, standing there in the oval. But President Trump has banned prominent news organizations from the United States from attending that meeting. That really does kind of say it all. And it reinforces a view that I think is widely held in our democratic allies around the world, that the United States has turned its back on the basic elements of democracy that have made our country distinctive, the rule of law, a free press investment in supporting democratic countries around the world, and standing up to dictators and autocrats. All of that has gone by the boards, and what we really have seen over the past two days is just that in living color, playing out on the highest stakes stage possible. But frankly, it just is reinforcing something that people around"