Donald Trump, watched by wife Melania, takes the Inaugural Oath, Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC, January 20, 2025 (Chip Somodevilla/AFP)
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I joined Col. Philip Ingram, former UK and NATO military officer, and host James Hanson for 52-minute deep dive into the prospects for the world from the return of Donald Trump to the White House.
We look closely at the significance for Russia’s 35-month invasion of Ukraine; the situation in the Middle East; the and the threat to US involvement with NATO, the European Union, and the “post-war international order”.
The general line of the Trump speech was that America — the Trump Administration — will make the decisions. Not alliances, not international organizations, not NATO.
As Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State Marco Rubio told his confirmation hearing, “The post-war international order is obsolete.”
We consider Trump’s impending difficulty over Israel and Gaza and his threat to Panama before looking closely at the dynamics around Ukraine and Russia.
My mother knows more than Donald Trump about Ukraine and she’s 85 and in assisted living in Florida.
The opening question is not about Trump’s position. It’s about whether there are “adults in the room” in the Trump Administration.
Democratic states sue over Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics/democratic-states-sue-birthright-citizenship-trump/index.html
Makes no sense to oppose the executive order.