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This is Fresh Air. I'm Dave Davies. The inauguration of Donald Trump to the presidency is just days away,

which means, among other things, that U.S. foreign policy is about to see an adjustment. In addition to some major known challenges,

the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, Iran's nuclear program, and relations with China, Trump has thrown some new initiatives into the mix. He's revived his interest in somehow buying or annexing Greenland

and said he wants to take control of the Panama Canal, refusing to rule out

military action to achieve both objectives. And for good measure, he said Canada would make a nice

51st state and said he might use economic force to make that happen. Our guest, New York Times

White House and National Security correspondent David Sanger,

has written that Trump's recent comments are a reminder that something else is coming back to Washington,

a chaotic stream of consciousness presidency.

Sanger has spent four decades at the Times, covering five presidents from Clinton to Biden,

and sharing in three

Pulitzer Prizes, most recently for coverage of Russia's role in the 2016 election.

Last April, Sanger published his fourth book, one which offers a framework for understanding

the challenges the United States faces in an increasingly dangerous and volatile world. It's called New Cold Wars,

China's rise, Russia's invasion, and America's struggle to defend the West. We've invited him back

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