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410: The Free World vs. Him: Alexander Vindman on Trump's Foreign Policy

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Alexander Vindman offers his foreign policy take on what a second Trump presidency would mean for the United States and the good of the civilized world.


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0:00.0

You know, our allies are doing continuously planning about Donald Trump and our enemies are looking for the opportunities they could exploit.

0:10.0

What kind of president is that?

0:13.3

I mean, like a friend to our enemies and a threat to our allies.

0:17.5

That's the reality of the situation.

0:19.4

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is

0:22.5

well-trained, well-equipped, and battle-hardt. There is not a liberal America and a conservative

0:28.2

America. There is the United States of America. Good night and good luck. All right. I am delighted to be joined today by my friend Alex Vindman.

0:40.7

You guys know Alex Vindman because he was one of the people inside the Trump administration

0:45.2

who stood up and said, no, not going to be a part of your corrupt schemes and was treated

0:51.5

very, very badly, as Trump would say, for his troubles.

0:54.8

Alex is an expert on national defense and international security.

0:59.5

He is someone whose voice and whose knowledge I trust on these matters.

1:03.8

And so I'm delighted to welcome to the show today because the world is a pretty hot place right now, Alex.

1:08.9

And wanted to get your take on a fundamental

1:12.7

question first about the foreign policy visions of the two candidates right now and how you see

1:20.4

a Harris administration differing from a Trump administration. And also, interestingly,

1:26.8

a Harris administration may be differing somewhat from the Biden administration.

1:30.0

I'm just curious where you start off on that.

1:33.1

Sure.

1:33.6

So, you know, I'm a national security guy.

1:36.1

That sometimes seems like it's a distant foreign shores type of thing.

1:40.3

It's not national security starts at home.

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