Questions of foreign policy and defence have always been raw meat to Republicans.

Despite what some people would describe as a lawless nominee, a felon indeed.

A politician with an unstable relationship with the truth,

foreign relations or collective responsibility, NATO or old alliances, those gathered at the

convention today might be left wondering what Trump and his newly appointed running mate, J.D. Vance,

see as their role on the world stage. In their vision, should America shrink to the space

within its own borders?

And is the era of America's role in promoting world peace finally at an end?

I'm Andrew Hagan, editor-at-large of the London Review of Books.

And I'm Deborah Friedale, contributing editor.

It's Day 3 from the Republican National Convention.

Well, we're still here.

It's stupid o'clock again after a long day of speeches in Milwaukee.

Strength, security, foreign policy.

Andrew, you were sitting with the delegates for a big part of today. What did they make of at all? It's a long day with those delegates, but they were delighted,

of course. They were getting their raw meat, but not from the quarters I would have expected.

It was really a continuation of yesterday, although today was supposed

to be about strength. Really, today was the foreign policy day. But we didn't have much foreign,

not much policy either. What we had instead was a continuation of some of the storm in rhetoric

from yesterday about borders. And it shows that the Trumpist's sense of security, their sense of

foreignness is to do with the people impinging on their border, especially the border with Mexico.

They're obsessed with it. It's all they seem to want to talk about. Every speaker has something

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