Ditch Nato and dump Trump: Zack Polanski’s foreign policy
Politics Weekly UK
The Guardian
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🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
| 0:02.0 | Donald Trump has so much domination within NATO, |
| 0:15.0 | that I don't believe it's possible to reform NATO from within. |
| 0:20.0 | If someone is a billionaire and they don't want to pay 1% of tax in this country, I think we |
| 0:25.5 | should wave them out the door. |
| 0:26.9 | I don't think there's any point in beating around the bush. |
| 0:28.9 | I'd like to see us back in the European Union. |
| 0:31.1 | I'm Pippa Carrera. |
| 0:32.3 | And I'm Kieran. |
| 0:33.6 | You're listening to Politics Weekly for The Guardian. |
| 0:40.2 | Well, hello. |
| 0:41.4 | Hello. |
| 0:41.8 | We're delighted to be here for a special episode with Zach Polanski, the leader of the Green Party. |
| 0:47.1 | Now, we've just recorded a really fascinating discussion with him, which ranged from national security and defense. |
| 0:53.8 | His views on Donald Trump, |
| 0:55.1 | his views on Kirstama closer to home, European Union, the economy. |
| 0:59.0 | What's the doubt to you, Kieran? |
| 1:00.3 | It was really good timing to talk to him on Monday because with everything going on in the news, |
| 1:04.4 | this was the longest period I'd heard him quizzed on his views on foreign policy and defence. |
| 1:09.7 | And I think some of his answers on NATO, on the nuclear deterrent, on the military relationship with America were really interesting. |
| 1:19.4 | And the specific answer I found most fascinating, I don't know about you, but was when I asked him, did he think that Russia was more of a threat than America? |
| 1:27.6 | And, well, listen into what he said because it wasn't as clear cut as you might expect. |
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