I'm John Bachelors with my colleague Jonathan Shanser of the Foundation for the Defense of

Democracy's.

Jonathan, the debate, first time to my memory two presidents have ever debated, with the record

of their first terms to speak to, and right now we have the ongoing conditions in Israel.

We've discussed them at length.

So what question would you like put to the president's

either or both?

And in the event that it's answered, what does it mean for these next months before the election?

Thank you.

Sure, John.

Look, I think that there really is one question that's been on my mind from really from the start of the war in Israel with Hamas.

It was a question that I had on my mind when Vladimir Putin ordered his army to invade Ukraine.

And it's a question that I had last summer as I was visiting Taiwan,

wondering when it was that the Chinese might decide that they wanted to

cross the straits. We see right now three aggressors around the world, the Iranian regime, the Russian regime, and the Chinese regime.

And they are targeting three embattled democracies that are allies of the United

States, namely Ukraine and Israel and Taiwan. If all three of these fronts

erupt at the same time, right now there are two. We are missing one more front.

What is the policy of the president at the there are we talking right now.

Is there a policy now?

Are we talking right now about containing an axis,

an axis of evil, if you will will to halt this kind of activity does the US have a

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