Carlos Lozada
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812 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 12 Sep
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This is what happens when you govern as if global support is,
and democratic approval are simply afterthoughts, right?
The Trump administration didn't just fail to make the case for this war to its allies or to Congress, but to its own citizens, to the American public, right?
This is sort of a natural outgrowth of what's happening in American domestic politics.
The president feels that sort of anything he does has kind of legal, if not moral sanction.
And so why would he explain himself to anyone
the American people, or even people beyond our own borders.
Yeah, the weakened standing of the United States and the Trump administration in particular certainly plays into China's hands if it wants to take on that role.
Trump is scheduled to go to Beijing next month.
for a summit meeting with Xi Jinping.
And if this war is not proceeding well, I think that puts him in a weakened position for that meeting.
You know, I remember during George W. Bush's second term, Bob Zoellick, who was then the deputy secretary of state, gave a famous speech in which he called on China to become a responsible stakeholder in the global system.
It caused some confusion because stakeholder didn't translate easily.
But, you know, it sounds crazy to say this, but I think Xi Jinping could give that speech to the Americans at the summit next month.
He was on board with more limited goals.
He thought that was achievable, but that the rest was a pipe dream.
Yeah, I was struck by a couple of things.
First, given precisely how many people in his inner circle had grave doubts about this, setting aside Pete Hegseth, there was also incredible deference to the president, almost a sort of
mystical belief in his decision-making prowess.
There's a line in the piece that says, everyone deferred to the president's instincts.
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