US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pauses while speaking about a photo of him eating McDonalds with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba during the US Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) 2023 Tribute Celebration at the Ritz Carlton in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2023. This year, the USGLC will honor Secretary Blinken with the "Global Leadership Award" for his decades of work to strengthen diplomacy and development and to pay tribute to his remarkable leadership, alongside the women and men of the US Department of State. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)