Trump’s Global Echoes

Reveal

The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

News

4.7 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The United States has traditionally been a leader of democracy internationally, taking a big role in establishing institutions such as the United Nations. But President Donald Trump’s “America First” priorities have left a leadership vacuum in important international organizations. What will it take to turn that around?

Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I started getting the calls and the text messages in the spring of 2020.
0:06.3	People wanted to know what the hell is up with that big homeless encampment in Brentwood.
0:11.2	I'm gonna sit out here and make everybody who drives up Sam Senni.
0:13.9	See me here, right here next to your fancy restaurants.
0:17.1	I'm Anna Scott.
0:18.2	From KCRW, it's City of Tents, Veterans Row.
0:21.9	This and now, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.4	From the Center for Investigative Reporting in PRX, this is Reveal.
0:35.7	I'm Al Letson.
0:37.9	Throughout its time in office, Trump has tried to rewrite the narrative in a way that benefits
0:43.4	him.
0:44.4	It's a part of a swing towards populace and autocratic tendencies that you can see
0:48.4	in his administration and in other countries around the globe.
0:52.6	Over the last four years, while Americans were consumed by endless news about Trump, our
0:57.6	partners at the nonprofit newsroom CODA story have been tracking how Trump's style of
1:02.1	governing has echoed on the global stage.
1:05.4	We ask CODA's editor-in-chief Natalia Antelava to bring us some reflections.
1:11.1	Where do you even begin assessing the global effect of four intense news-packed years
1:17.2	of Trump's presidency?
1:19.3	Well, here is one place that's probably as good as any.
1:23.6	Welcome to this episode of Super Power Game of Thrones, live from Almati, where we're
1:30.8	asking who's going to inherit it.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.