taiwan, and also send a very clear message to the malls in tehran. and frankly to president gee, in beijing that america is going to stand firm for freedom. >> you say isolationism is never the answer that was the theme of your speech earlier today. the rhetoric of your former running mate donald trump has been a major driving factor in your party, the republican party is gradual shift toward a more isolationist view over the past eight years. maybe it's a minority view, but it's growing in power our and this helped create the climate for the foreign aid fight we're seeing today, which is also threatening speaker johnson's job. now, you have famously split with mr. trump over both january 6 and his views on foreign aid. but i wonder if trump's former vice president, if you ever feel that maybe you played any role in the erosion of the reagan ideology that you stand for well first let me not