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The NPR Politics Podcast

How Trump's 'Don-roe Doctrine' is different than Bush-era GOP foreign policy

The NPR Politics Podcast

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News, Daily News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The Republican Party’s approach to world affairs has shifted from attempting to spread democratic values during the George W. Bush administration to “America First” in President Trump’s first term and now to something else entirely. We discuss what to make of Trump’s foreign policy agenda. 

This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, and senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.

Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:00.0

This is our glass.

0:01.8

On This American Life, one that we like is a good mystery.

0:05.4

Sometimes about really big things, but most times, the little mysteries are the best.

0:10.5

Our lost and found is currently filled with pants.

0:13.0

I don't know what...

0:13.8

I've never seen this happen.

0:15.6

This is true.

0:16.7

This is true.

0:17.9

Mysteries of every size each week, this American life, wherever you get your podcast.

0:24.1

Hi, this is Juliana Pluse and Benito Juarez Airport in Mexico City.

0:28.1

After spending four months studying abroad in Mexico, I'm finally about to head home to the U.S.

0:32.6

This podcast was recorded at 12.17 p.m. on Monday, January 12th, 2026. Things may have changed by the time you hear it,

0:40.9

but I'll probably be back in the U.S. missing my tacos out past order. Okay, here's the show.

0:49.0

Man, I went to Mexico City like two years ago and I still think about the tacos on an almost weekly basis.

0:54.3

I'm going in February. Ooh. So and I still think about the tacos on an almost weekly basis. I'm going in February.

0:55.7

Ooh.

0:56.7

So I'll tell you about the tacos.

0:58.5

Send reports back, please.

0:59.9

Actually, can you just send us tacos?

1:01.5

Yeah, mail.

1:02.4

Like put them in dry ice or something?

1:03.7

You don't want that.

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