“Not many people are willing to struggle on their own. He takes that struggle to a high degree,” one friend told me admiringly.

“It’s a declaration of love to the analog TV-making world,” she says admiringly.

“He controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist,” he said admiringly of Xi.

“You and I have been fighting this for 25 years,” Biden told Sanders admiringly at their joint health care event in April.

Meanwhile, he has spoken admiringly about Russia's military prowess.