America First, Unbound? (w/ Curt Mills)

America First, Unbound? (w/ Curt Mills)

From In the National Interest by Center for the National Interest

March 18, 2025 · 24 min · Season 2 · Episode 5

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of a potential second Trump administration on American foreign policy and the global economy.

The second Trump administration is moving at breakneck speed to reshape American foreign policy, with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin holding an extended phone call on Tuesday over a provisional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Trump continues to escalate threats of sweeping tariffs on foreign goods, rattling global markets and further cementing his “America First” economic doctrine. These rapid shifts underscore the dominance of the MAGA movement, as the old guard of the Republican Party has been swept aside. What does an unbound Trump presidency mean for America’s role in the world? In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative . Mills previously worked at The National Interest , U.S. News & World Report , Washington Examiner , and The Spectator . He was a 2018-2019 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow. Music by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Heilbrunn

Guest: Curt Mills

Topics covered

  • American foreign policy
  • Trump administration
  • MAGA movement
  • economic doctrine
  • global markets
  • tariffs
  • Republican Party

Keywords

  • Trump
  • foreign policy
  • MAGA
  • tariffs
  • Ukraine
  • Republican Party
  • Curt Mills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The American Conservative, The National Interest, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Examiner, The Spectator

Places: Ukraine

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