Hello and welcome to the GZero World podcast.

This is where you'll find extended versions of my interviews on public television.

I'm Ian Bremmer, and today we are looking back on the first year of President Trump's second term

and asking a simple question with complicated answers.

What kind of presidency is he building this time around?

Trump didn't come back to Washington to pick up where he left off.

He returned with fewer constraints, more confidence,

and a much more explicit view of how government and the world should work.

Over the past year, we've seen a dramatic expansion of presidential power,

independent agencies now under executive control, ethics watchdogs, and inspectors general fired, sweeping tariffs.

The Justice Department and FBI ordered to investigate political opponents.

Internationally, Trump is also rewriting America's role in the world.

There has been a sharp retreat from multilateral institutions,

growing skepticism of longstanding allies, and a view of global politics where great powers

dominate and weaker ones fall in line. It's quite a departure from 80 years of the post-war

order that America spent building and leading. We're, of course, only a

quarter of the way through Trump's second term, and the world already looks very different.

To discuss where we're at and where we might go, I am joined by Stephen Walt, professor of

international affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School, and an expert on U.S. foreign policy and global power.

Let's get to it. Steve Waltz, welcome back to the show.

Nice to be with you, Ian.

So we're a year into the second Trump administration.

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