He asked Stephanopoulos, “who's gonna be able to hold NATO together like me? Who's gonna be able to be in a position where I'm able to keep the Pacific Basin in a position where we're — we're at least checkmating China now? Who's gonna — who's gonna do that? Who has that reach?”
If it were any other 81 year old man talking about how he controls the world, he'd be playing checkers in a quiet room which his grandkids never visit.