EXCERPT:
SALAM: “It depends on who that somebody else is, but yes. I think that when there’s a perception that you don’t have decisive American leadership, when you believe that you have a president who’s asleep at the switch, then I do think that our rivals are willing to take more chances and push the boundaries. And I think that that’s the story of what’s happened with these geopolitical crises under President Biden. And this absolutely reinforces and exacerbates that sense. I will tell you in the Chinese politburo, there are a lot of folks who noticed this story, have paid careful attention to it, and it’s taught them something about the Biden Administration.”