Trump's 'Wrecking-Ball Politics'

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🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Eighty years of peaceful world order are under unprecedented harm, thanks to the "wrecking-ball politics" led by US President Donald Trump. That's the assessment of European security experts who are getting set to host world leaders and diplomats at the pivotal Munich Security Conference starting tomorrow. Robert Kagan is a traditional conservative foreign policy scholar, he calls himself a "former Republican" and his latest piece for the Atlantic is about America and the world. He joins the show from Washington. Also on today's show: actor Delroy Lindo; author Chris Jennings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.0	NATO has treated the United States of America very unfairly.
1:12.6	Trump's message to Europe time and time again.
1:15.6	So as world leaders head to the Munich Security Conference,
1:18.6	can the transatlantic alliance be saved?
1:21.6	I asked prominent foreign policy expert Robert Kagan.
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