Imagining a second Trump presidency
37 min
In their January/ February 2024 issue - If Trump Wins - the staff of The Atlantic write about the threat a second term poses to American democracy. In this episode, we hear from Anne Applebaum, Tom Nichols, and Michael Schuman on what a Trump presidency would mean for foreign policy. Anne Applebaum writes that, if re-elected, Donald Trump would abandon NATO. His decision would hobble American influence and reshape the international order. In 2020, the armed forces were a bulwark against Donald Trump’s anti-democratic designs, Tom Nichols writes. If Donald Trump wins in 2024, one of his highest priorities will be making the military loyal to him—not the Constitution. Finally, in 'Why Xi Wants Trump to Win', Michael Schuman reports that Donald Trump often talked of “getting tough” on China, but Joe Biden has taken real steps to check Chinese influence. A second Trump term could reverse those efforts—and allow China to present itself as the more responsible global power.