Repairing America's Foreign Policy
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🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
For decades, the U.S. aimed to create a more interconnected and globalized international landscape that would lift all boats, creating a more democratic world and a safer United States.
But all of that changed in 2016. Donald Trump's presidency shook the very foundations of what the U.S. traditionally tried to achieve abroad. His administration pushed a populist agenda, strained alliances, and praised dictators.
How is the Biden administration taking on the challenge of repairing international relations?
We discuss that and the role that foreign policy will play in the upcoming presidential elections with Alexander Ward, a national security reporter for POLITICO and author of the new book "The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump."
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| 0:10.4 | See if you qualify today at Noom.com slash med. That's N-O-O-O-M-E-D. It's been eight years since Donald Trump was elected president. |
| 0:29.4 | Today we're taking a look at how US foreign policy has changed after his presidency. |
| 0:34.8 | Some, like journalist and author Alex Ward, argued that for decades US foreign policy was |
| 0:40.0 | aimed at creating a more interconnected and globalized world. It would lift all boats economically and in the process create a more democratic world. |
| 0:48.0 | Trump's presidency shook the very foundations of what the U.S. traditionally tried to achieve abroad. His administration |
| 0:55.0 | pushed a populist agenda, strained alliances, and praised dictators. Here he is |
| 1:00.0 | speaking at his inauguration. From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. |
| 1:07.6 | From this day forward, it's going to be only America first. |
| 1:15.0 | America first. |
| 1:18.0 | So how has the Biden administration taken on the challenge of repairing U.S. global relations in a post-Trump world. |
| 1:25.4 | Alex Ward joins us after the break to discuss his new book, The Internationalists, The Fight to Restore |
| 1:30.7 | American Foreign Policy after Trump. |
| 1:33.2 | Later on, one-a's Todd Zwillick joins us to talk about the role U.S. foreign policy will play |
| 1:37.3 | in the upcoming elections. |
| 1:39.3 | I'm Jen White. |
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