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The American empire is perceived to be in steep decline, as highlighted by recent commentary from conservative writer Christopher Caldwell.
On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic 's David Frum opens with his thoughts on the recent gifts given to President Donald Trump by the Swiss government. He argues that the incident is yet another example of Trump's favor being won through personal gifts and another sign of how his administration has forced the United States to abandon its traditional leadership role in the global order, reshaping American foreign policy into something closer to that of an extractive predator state.