American politician, businessman, and diplomat (born 1949)
David Alfred Perdue Jr. (born December 10, 1949) is an American politician and business executive who is serving as the United States ambassador to China since 2025 and previously served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Perdue was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Georgia in 2022.
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But if we cooperate from the standpoint of economic development of the world – think about this: There are 80 million people, refugees, today roaming the face of the Earth. Eighty million. We’re generating the next generation of terrorists around the world today. We’re doing that, the West is. And so by not addressing that issue collectively it’s going to overwhelm us.