‘On a long enough timeline, the results of these individual faux pas can really add up to a substantive difference in the U.S.’s strategic position in the world.’
Trump spoke at the U.N. General Assembly this past week, and his comments left world leaders shifting uncomfortably in their seats. Today on The Editors, Rich asks Dan what he believes the consequences of Trump’s conduct more generally could be.
“Trump’s creating all these problems in the long term for the U.S. geopolitically that might not be apparent in the short term,” says Dan. “You get things that look like wins: the Greenland deal, NATO stepping up . . . and the U.S.’s own moves to limit the strategic importance of China on things like rare earths.
“But in the long term, countries are reacting to the consistent bombast that you saw at the U.N., and they’re changing their plans accordingly to understand that the U.S. is a volatile and unreliable partner.
“On a long enough timeline, the results of these individual faux pas can really add up to a substantive difference in the U.S.’s strategic position in the world.”
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