about, the long-time reporting and evidence that i ve amassed as a journalist in los angeles in seattle, where the neglected northern border remains a problem, and of course, our airports, sea ports, and the consular offices overseas which are the front line. that raises the question. would conservatives ever be convinced that the border has been flat-out closed? that it is not pourous? yes. will they ever be convinced of senate. there s no such thing as 100% safety and security in anything in our lives. the point is that this federal government, under both republican and democrat administrations, has done the least amount possible to fulfill its constitutional mandate. you want to talk about specific metrics? how about the half million
same time we could not expect everything to improve for the better all at once just because a new personality came on the scene. every nation in the world ultimately reflections, in its policies its national needs and its own political situation and doesn t just reflect who the american president is. well, you mentioned, yes, polls show that people like us better. does that get us anywhere? sure. it gets us it gets us it puts us in a better place to ask things of people and to listen to them. of course, i think it helps us. but, you know, we should never reach the conclusion or come to the conclusion that somehow because our favorability ratings went down in recent years, that this reflected a total negative turn away from the united states of america. as i like to say, even as people were criticizing us, every morning at every one of our consular offices and embassies around the world, people were lined up, and they were all saying the same thing when they
do things. so i do think, yes, there have been improvements, but at the same time we could not expect everything to improve for the better all at once just because a new personality came on the scene. every nation in the world ultimately reflections, in its policies its national needs and its own political situation and doesn t just reflect who the american president is. well, you mentioned, yes, polls show that people like us better. does that get us anywhere? sure. it gets us it gets us it puts us in a better place to ask things of people and to listen to them. of course, i think it helps us. but, you know, we should never reach the conclusion or come to the conclusion that somehow because our favorability ratings went down in recent years, that this reflected a total negative turn away from the united states of america. as i like to say, even as people were criticizing us, every morning at every one of our consular offices and embassies