Trump Foreign Policy at One Year, With Matthew Kroenig
The President’s Inbox
Council on Foreign Relations
4.4 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism. |
| 0:06.6 | Donald Trump campaigned for the presidency, promising to reshape America's engagement with the world. |
| 0:11.9 | Since his inauguration for a second term last January, he has been true to his word. |
| 0:16.4 | My fellow Americans, this is Liberation Day, waiting for a long time. |
| 0:21.6 | Hundreds of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are cleaning out their desks. |
| 0:27.6 | Gambling with the lives of millions of people. |
| 0:29.6 | You're gambling with World War III. |
| 0:32.6 | Breaking news from overnight, the United States conducting multiple air strikes against Iran. |
| 0:36.6 | An American strike in Nigeria. |
| 0:39.3 | The U.S. has struck another alleged drug boat in the Pacific, killing two people. |
| 0:43.3 | Is the Trump disruption of U.S. foreign policy working, as the President argues, |
| 0:48.3 | or is it making the United States less secure and less prosperous, as his critics warn? |
| 0:52.3 | And most important, what new disruptions is Trump |
| 0:55.9 | likely to pursue during his remaining three years in office? From the Council on Foreign Relations, |
| 1:02.9 | welcome to the president's inbox. I'm Jim Lindzak. Joining me today is Matthew Kranig, vice president |
| 1:09.0 | and senior director at the Atlantic Council's Skowcraft Center |
| 1:12.9 | for Strategy and Security. Matt, thank you for joining me. |
| 1:16.7 | Thank you very much for having me, Dr. Lenzay. It's a pleasure to be here. |
| 1:20.5 | I appreciate the honor if we can dispense with it and go with Jim from here on out, Matt. |
| 1:26.3 | I want to sort of begin at the 40,000 foot level, if we may. |
| 1:31.2 | And how would you assess Trump 2.0 one year in? |
| 1:36.8 | Well, at the 40,000 foot level, I do think we're at an inflection point in history. |
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