People sometimes look at Trump's wars and they see imperialism.

I mean, I think of imperialism as generally, like, seeking to construct an empire, like a vast administrative unit.

And what I see in Trump is sort of the cannibalism, like cannibalizing the empire.

Like this is like just like this hit and run strategy.

On this week's more to the story, historian Daniel Imovar.

We talk about the long-term consequences of Trump's impulsive foreign policy

and why the administration is tearing down the post-war international order

that America itself largely built.

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