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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about politics.

It's Thursday, December 3rd.

I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land.

From this day forward, it's going to be only America first.

America first.

In Trump's inaugural address four years ago, he set the stage for his administration's foreign policy.

In the interest of putting America first, Trump has gutted the State Department,

withdrawn the country from key treaties and accords, alienated traditional allies,

expressed admiration for authoritarians around the world, and escalated tensions in Iran,

Afghanistan, and elsewhere. President-elect Biden has sworn to unravel Trump's America-first foreign policy

and to work to rebuild the United States' reputation abroad. Biden has announced several key

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