Scott Pelley: Is the rest of the 21st century essentially a cold war between the United States and China? And they're also determined to achieve national rejuvenation, to take center stage in the world. That's why you see them extending and tightening their exclusive grip on power with this Orwellian, technologically-enabled surveillance police state. That's why they're obsessed with control. First of all, it's the fear of losing control. McMaster: For the Chinese Communist Party, they're driven really by two fundamental things. Scott Pelley: What do we misunderstand about China? It was my duty to help the president come to his own decisions.ĭecisions for a world of trouble principally - Russian disinformation and election meddling - and repressive and aggressive China. Scott Pelley: Were you trying to save the world from the president? And then I think there's a third group, and I think this is true probably of any administration, who cast themselves in the role of saving the country and maybe the world from the president. I think there are other groups there though, as well, a second group that is there really, instead of providing options to the elected president, they really want to advance their narrow agendas. McMaster: There is certainly one group of people there who are there to serve the elected president and to serve the country. But, as in all administrations, the West Wing was riven by rivals. His uniform changed but not his soldier's view, confront our adversaries and support Iraq and Afghanistan as long as it takes to ensure their stability. I think other adversaries could feel the same way. They have a window of opportunity to exploit our weaknesses and to come after us. And so, China is acting, I think, now much more aggressively because they think it's time to do it. They see an America that is reeling from a triple crisis of COVID-19, of the recession associated with COVID-19, and the civil unrest and racial division in the wake of the horrible murder of George Floyd, and over issues of inequality of opportunity. You know, China sees an America that is divided against each other. McMaster: I think our competitors view us as weak and divided. Scott Pelley: How do our competitors view the United States today? He told us the last few presidents, not just President Trump, have left the United States vulnerable in the eyes of those who would do us harm. The now-retired general is a disciple of neither political party. today and to skirmishes at the White House. McMaster has written a new book called "Battlegrounds." The title refers to threats faced by the U.S. And, on the way to becoming an Army three-star general, he earned a Ph.D. He graduated from West Point, led troops in combat, served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. McMaster was national security adviser for 13 months beginning in 2017 and he brought a world of experience to the job. Mcmaster was an eyewitness to the Oval Office tempest that forms President Trump's foreign policy.
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