Garrett M. Graff
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 5 Aug
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You can point to Napoleon making the disastrous decision to invade Russia.
You can talk about the decisions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the start of World War I. But no country in the modern history of the nation-state
has chosen to commit suicide by its own choice, undermining its core sources of national strength.
This world order has seen huge tragedy.
The Cold War was felt acutely by people in countries like Vietnam and Cambodia.
I mean, the United States has been a hugely destabilizing force in Latin America and Central America.
There are all sorts of problems with America atop the world order.
There is an entirely cogent argument that one could make that the world was due for a reshuffling of that world order.
What to me is so stunning about this particular moment, though,
is the idea that America is doing this of our own accord, that we are forcing these other countries to look elsewhere for peace, strength, and stability, because we are ceding that ground to Europe, to China,
to no one.
You look at Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping, and they just must be gleeful watching Donald Trump's actions over the last year.
China is right there pitching itself to Europe and the world beyond to help pick up the pieces of this broken American century and leadership role.
It is a stunningly unimpressive list of the countries that historically America has most held its nose while doing business with.
These are sort of, for the most part, our most uncomfortable allies.
Not to Trump personally.
Not to Trump personally.
That's the one uniting characteristic of everything that we are watching Donald Trump do.
From tearing down the East Wing and building a ballroom to building the Trump Arch in Washington.
All of these things are about trying to build a legacy that so changes the arc of the world that it cannot be undone.
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