Will Trump's Efforts to End "Forever Wars" End Up Undermining Lasting Peace?

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Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump has promoted a foreign policy that seeks to reverse or undermine many of the lasting tenets of post WWII U.S. foreign policy. He wants to retreat into a gated community nationalism that eschews international institutions, alliances, engagement, diplomacy and even the basics of sound coordinated foreign and national security policy at home. The risks are becoming clearer every day: in Syria, via trade wars and in the gains Trump has won...for our rivals, notably the Russians. We discuss how long it may take to recover and how we may get there with Tony Blinken, former Deputy Secretary of State under President Barack Obama and currently an advisor to the presidential campaign of Joe Biden. It is an important, thought-provoking conversation that you won't want to miss. Join us. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Hello and welcome to another episode. I am David Rothkoff. I am your host and I am pleased to be joined by former Deputy Secretary of State
0:56.2	and advisor to the Biden campaign Tony Blinking also old friend Tony Blinking and you know Tony we you know I recall back fondly conversations we've had when you were in the government when you were the deputy secretary
1:16.3	When I was writing books about process in the national security and foreign policy realm.
1:20.5	And I got to say, having written two such books and contemplating the third, I've never seen the process so gutted and dysfunctional.
1:32.0	They don't have principals meetings,
1:34.4	they don't have deputies meetings,
1:36.0	they've got the least qualified national security
1:41.0	advisor since possibly the beginning of the Reagan administration, maybe ever.
1:46.7	The agencies don't talk to the center, the president doesn't listen to advice.
1:51.8	And we're now starting to see the listen to
1:53.8	advice,
1:54.8	see the consequences of this, but I'm wondering, to begin with, do you think I'm
1:58.8	overstating this?
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