How has Trump changed America’s relationship with the world?
The Inquiry
BBC
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
When he was elected, President Trump promised to put ‘America First’, but how has he governed?
Charmaine Cozier looks at trade, diplomacy, defence and the environment to examine the results of four years of a very different approach to international affairs.
(Image: Donald Trump at public address, Credit: Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the inquiry on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:03.2 | I'm Charmincozia. |
| 0:05.0 | Each week, one question, four experts and an answer. After starring in 14 seasons of his hit reality show The Apprentice, |
| 0:19.3 | Donald Trump lands his biggest role yet. It's a cold Friday afternoon. He stands before a |
| 0:25.8 | crowd of thousands knowing millions more around the world are watching online and on |
| 0:31.0 | TV. Raindrops bounce off his dark heavy cashmere coat as he moves |
| 0:37.7 | towards a microphone. Donald Trump has just been sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America. |
| 0:47.0 | From this day forward, it's going to be only America first. |
| 0:55.0 | America first. |
| 0:59.2 | Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to |
| 1:07.9 | benefit American workers and American families. |
| 1:11.8 | Since that speech in January 2017, how has his America First Doctrine played out? |
| 1:18.0 | This week we're asking, |
| 1:20.0 | How has President Trump changed U.S US relations with the world? |
| 1:25.0 | Part 1, the Roller Coaster. My name is Chad Bound and I'm a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International |
| 1:38.6 | Economics in Washington. |
| 1:40.6 | Basically the day that I showed up at this job, my life every single day has been |
| 1:46.6 | about President Trump's Twitter feed and President Trump's trade policy. |
| 1:52.4 | Chad is a senior economist and international trade policy specialist. |
| 1:57.0 | He says the push to make American manufacturing great again is transforming relations |
| 2:01.7 | with the rest of the world by unraveling established |
| 2:04.7 | bonds. President Trump has picked trade fights with essentially every major |
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