E183 - Foreign Policy and the 2024 US Presidential Election w/ Eli Clifton

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Danny and Derek welcome back to the program Eli Clifton, senior advisor and investigative journalist at large at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, to talk about the role of foreign policy in US presidential elections (namely tomorrow's). They talk about chatter on the ground regarding Palestine/Lebanon, whether the Democrats are capable of "learning lessons" from a loss, how to once again make FP relevant to American voters, the broken discourse around China, how money in politics defines the parameters of FP discussion in Washington, and more. Subscribe now at Supporting Cast Subscribers can check out our 2022 episode with Eli on think tanks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige.
0:02.7	To listen ad-free, you can subscribe at Americanprostagepod.com.
0:08.3	Find the link in our show notes. Hello, Hello, prestige heads, and welcome.
0:35.2	I'm Danny Bessner, here as always with my friend and
0:38.2	comrade, Derek Davison. And we're very excited to welcome back to the podcast, returning champion.
0:44.0	Eli Clifton. Eli, of course, is a senior advisor at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
0:51.2	So, Eli, thank you so much for joining us, man. And we've invited him to talk about
0:54.4	the election, which you're all voting today, presumably, or withholding your vote in very
0:58.9	dramatic fashion. But, Eli, thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Or you've already
1:03.5	voted, like, you know, apparently a significant portion of it. I've already voted.
1:07.5	I've already voted. Who votes on election day these days anyways? Yeah, I wrote in Joe Biden. I am a voted. Yeah. Who votes on Election Day in these days anyways?
1:12.0	Yeah, I wrote in Joe Biden.
1:13.3	I am a traditionalist about this.
1:15.6	I skipped.
1:16.4	I voted early once because of COVID and I'm not doing it again.
1:19.7	I'm voting on Election Day.
1:21.9	That's really beautiful, Derek.
1:23.5	It's beautiful stuff.
1:24.1	I like that Danny is a Biden ride or die, you know, like all those folks that were like,
1:29.3	he is the only one that can do it.
1:30.6	Well, you know, some of us saw that through.
1:33.4	He doesn't have a PhD in international.
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