I går havde jeg i nogle få timer indtryk af, at USA 's handlekraft var svækket, den verdensmagt, som europæerne kan takke for at have bekæmpet nationalsocialismen under Anden Verdenskrig og gjort det muligt for Europa at gå en fremtid med frihed i møde, den verdensmagt, som beslutsomt kæmpede mod den totalitære kommunisme, hvilket i sidste ende førte til, at muren midt i Berlin, i Tyskland og i Europa faldt.
For a few hours yesterday I had the impression that the United States' ability to act had been compromised. The United States is a world power to which we owe a debt of gratitude for fighting against Nazism in the Second World War and thus guaranteeing a peaceful future for Europe and it is a world power which has firmly resisted totalitarian communism, which ultimately led to the collapse of the wall dividing Berlin, Germany and Europe.