Climate change is just one of many issues where our security is linked to the rest of the world.
在眾多問題上,我們的安全與世界緊密相關,氣候變化只是其一。
And that's why the third big question that we have to answer together is how to keep America safe and strong without either isolating ourselves or trying to nation-build everywhere there's a problem.
因此,我們需要回答的第三個大問題是:怎樣在不被孤立、不充當世界警察的情況下,保持美國的安全和強大。
I told you earlier all the talk of America's economic decline is political hot air.
剛才我說了,所有認為美國經濟衰退的言論都是政治性的大話。
Well, so is all the rhetoric you hear about our enemies getting stronger and America getting weaker.
所有你聽到的關于美國的敵人越來越強大、而美國卻越發虛弱的言論,都是逞口舌之能。
Let me tell you something. The United States of America is the most powerful nation on Earth. Period. Period.
我跟你們說。美利堅合眾國是世界上最強大的國家。無需其他任何廢話。
It's not even close.
別的國家遠被落在后面。
We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined.
我們的軍費投入比排在我們后面的八個國家的總和還多。
Our troops are the finest fighting force in the history of the world.
我們的部隊是世界歷史上最精銳的戰斗力量。
No nation attack us directly or our allies because they know that's the path to ruin.
沒有任何國家敢攻擊美國或者美國的盟國,因為他們知道那是自取滅亡。
Surveys show our standing around the world is higher than when I was elected to this office, and when it comes to every important international issue, people of the world do not look to Beijing or Moscow to lead they call us.
有調查顯示,目前美國的國際地位高于我當選總統之初。當重大國際問題出現時,世界人民不會指望中國或俄羅斯來領頭解決,他們會找我們。
Now as someone who begins every day with an intelligence briefing, I know this is a dangerous time.
我每天的工作從聽取情報簡報開始,因此我知道現在是一個危險時期。
But that's not primarily because of some looming superpower out there, and it's certainly not because of diminished American strength.
但這并不是因為美國力量的削弱,或者某個超級大國的崛起。
In today's world, we're threatened less by evil empires and more by failing states.
在當今世界,與其說邪惡獨裁國對我們構成威脅,不如說經濟衰退國對我們的影響更大。
The Middle East is going through a transformation that will play out for a generation, rooted in conflicts that date back millennia.
中東正在經歷一場將持續二三十年的大變革,其發生的根源可追溯至一千年前的沖突。
Economic headwinds are blowing in from a Chinese economy that is in significant transition.
中國經濟的轉型正在對我們產生沖擊。