Donald Trump's foreign policy
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The day before this week's election, President Obama warned that Donald Trump was unqualified to have access to America's nuclear codes. Now Trump's in line to take over as the most powerful man in the world. We hear what that could mean for Europe, Russia and the Middle East.
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| 0:00.0 | A jail stint can really disrupt someone's life. |
| 0:03.0 | You can lose a job, a relationship, or thousands of dollars on fees, fines and bail. |
| 0:08.0 | Have I ever gone to jail? |
| 0:09.0 | Yeah, I just got out, actually. |
| 0:10.0 | If he doesn't show up to court, we've got to pay the $50,000. |
| 0:13.0 | No ring exchange, no kiss the bride. |
| 0:16.0 | There's no glamour in a jailhouse wedding. |
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| 0:30.7 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:38.8 | The world's only superpower, with an amateur at the helm. |
| 0:46.5 | Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:49.5 | No members of the so-called establishment are more distressed by Donald Trump's election |
| 0:53.9 | than diplomats and |
| 0:55.0 | intelligence experts here and around the world. Descriptions of their reactions range from a palpable |
| 1:00.8 | sense of dread to fear of apocalypse now. Europeans see the future of NATO at stake, while Russians |
| 1:07.8 | are celebrating, along with Middle Eastern dictators and jihadists, |
| 1:11.8 | albeit for different reasons. Trump's own Republican Party is deeply divided, along with the Democrats, |
| 1:17.7 | over what might be next for America's role in the world. Today's talking point, dark days for |
| 1:23.5 | Mexico, where Donald Trump's not a joke anymore. First, here's the news. |
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