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Search results for "Macron said the U.S., China and Russia are now all 'dead against' Europeans"

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Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2021 in a press conference:
There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.
By Miriam Valverde• August 26, 2021
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2019 in a press conference in Biarritz, France:
Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."
By Louis Jacobson• August 27, 2019
Barack Obama stated on June 01, 2015 in remarks at the White House:
Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."
By Louis Jacobson• June 3, 2015
Dave Brat stated on October 28, 2014 in a debate:
"In K-12 education, our kids are scoring at the bottom of science and mathematics right now in the industrialized world -- at the bottom."
By Nancy Madsen• November 2, 2014
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2019 in a post-G7 news conference:
"We made a ridiculous deal (with Iran). We gave them $150 billion. We gave them $1.8 billion, and we got nothing."
By Jon Greenberg• August 27, 2019
Bill O'Reilly stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor":
Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."
By Anna Bruzgulis• July 30, 2015
Devin Nunes stated on March 20, 2017 in a House Intelligence Committee hearing:
"In recent years ... the Obama administration was committed to the notion, against all evidence, that we could reset relations with Putin."
By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2017
Barack Obama stated on December 03, 2014 in a speech to business leaders:
"We are younger than our competitors, and this is entirely because of immigration."
By Steve Contorno• December 9, 2014
Donald Trump stated on August 01, 2016 in a rally in Columbus, Ohio:
Russia and China are "doing naval exercises together someplace."  
By Nadia Pflaum• August 4, 2016
Kayleigh McEnany stated on February 08, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“President Trump sanctioned Russia. President Biden gave them a pipeline.”
By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2022
Alex Jones stated on May 11, 2025 in a post on X:
A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Freidrich Merz with a bag of cocaine after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek• May 13, 2025
Pat Robertson stated on July 12, 2017 in an interview with President Donald Trump:
Russian natural gas company "Gazprom held Europe by the throat -- they were a monopoly, and now the U.S. is breaking into that monopoly with our exports of (liquefied natural gas)."
By Louis Jacobson• July 17, 2017
William Taylor stated on November 13, 2019 in impeachment inquiry testimony:
"The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years."
By Tom Kertscher• November 14, 2019
Mitt Romney stated on February 22, 2012 in in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"This president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against Iran. He did not."
By Becky Bowers• February 24, 2012
Gretchen Carlson stated on June 02, 2015 in a "Gretchen's Take" on The Real Story:
"Most polls show foreign nations have lower regard for the U.S. now than they did before Obama’s time."
By Katie Sanders• June 4, 2015
Bill Clinton stated on July 26, 2016 in remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:
"As secretary of state, (Hillary Clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against Iran's nuclear program" and "got Russia and China to support them."
By Lauren Carroll• July 27, 2016
Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel:
For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers."  
By Amy Sherman• November 25, 2015
Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate:
Says the Obama administration "watered down sanctions" against Iran, delayed them and tried to stop Congress "from putting the tough sanctions in place."
By Becky Bowers• October 15, 2012
Facebook posts stated on January 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"Iran will be shooting at our soldiers with bullets, etc., purchased with the $150 billion Obama gave them."
By Tom Kertscher• January 7, 2020
Instagram posts stated on February 04, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video shows “Putin refused to acknowledge Netanyahu.”
By Sofia Ahmed• February 8, 2024

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