security team have clearly described the threats that emanate from revisionist powers, rogue regimes and jihadist terrorist organizations. i would like to acknowledge the great work of our intelligence professionals under director coats and director mike pompeo, mike pompeo here with us today. the administration s approach of principled realism also adapts a realistic view of security environments, for this reason, we do not face national security decisions on rigid ideology but instead of core national interest and clearly defined objectives derived from those interests. some threats are more obvious than others, on the recent asia trip the president spoke out forcibly against unfair trade and economic policies which have disadvantaged american workers and companies.
america respects of sovereignty of other countries and urges all governments to be accountable to their citizens. that accountability is broken down in places such as venezuela and syria. we also see today revisionist powers who are threatening the sovereignty in the greater middle east and eastern and southern europe and east asia. let me run through the president s schedule. the president will join senior leadership and the leaders of more than 120 other nations to discuss reforming the institution. the president will express support for secretary general gutierrez s reform efforts, the united nations holes tremendous potential to realize the founding ideals. only if it s run more efficiently and effectively. the president will also meet with the leaders of france and isra israel, two of america s closest allies.
accountable to their citizens. that accountability is broken down in places such as venezuela and syria. and we also see today revisionist powers who are threatening the sovereignty and the greater middle east, eastern and southern europe and in east asia. let me quickly run to the president s schedule. on monday the president will join a senior u.n. leadership and the leaders of more than 120 other nations to discuss reforming the institution. the president will express support for secretary general reform efforts, the united states hold tremendous potential to realize its founding ideals but only if it is run more efficiently and effectively. that day the president will also meet with the leaders of france and israel, two of america s closest allies, their conversations will be wide-ranging and we expect to
accountable to their citizens. that accountability is broken down in places such as venezuela and syria. and we also see today revisionist powers who are threatening the sovereignty in the greater middle east, eastern and southern europe and in east asia. now, let me quickly run through the president s schedule on monday the president will join senior u.n. leadership and the leaders of more than 120 other nations to discuss reforming the institution. the president will express support for secretary-general gutteres reform efforts, the united nations holds tremendous potential to realize its founding ideals. but only if it s run more efficiently and effectively. that day the president will also meet with the leaders of france and israel. two of america s closest allies. while their conversations will be wide-ranging, we expect that
it would be finland dies, the way that finland and the cold war was committed to a pro-soviet foreign policy, but has its own internal political regime. that, i think, is the one solution that would be the least destructive. it would be a peaceful transition. i think it is, however, unlikely. that is the deal we are to make. in the end, we can t rely on the chinese. we are going to have to deter the north koreans ourselves. if we can get the chinese to do it, it would be a welcome miracle. but miracles are fairly scarce these days. dana: you can count on them, that is for sure. last question to you, going back to that column on january 5th. you wrote that the principal strategic challenge facing the united states is the rise of revisionist powers, russia, china, and iran. i wondered what you might think about and those capitals and iran, and russia today, what they might be thinking up as