Donald Trump's New Brand of Imperialism
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Donald Trump's New Brand of Imperialism
"Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox. U.S. intervention in other countries, whether overt or covert, is by no means new, and Daniel Immerwahr notes that the open embrace of expansionism by the President and associates such as Stephen Miller goes back to the nineteenth century. Immerwahr is a professor at Northwestern University and the author of the 2019 best-seller " How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States.""
"He discusses Trump's disdain for international law, tensions between the U.S. and Russia and China, and the historical link between imperialism and appeals to masculine pride. New episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop every Tuesday and Friday. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts. The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker."
U.S. intervention in other countries, whether overt or covert, is not new. Open embrace of expansionism by the President and associates such as Stephen Miller goes back to the nineteenth century. Contemporary politics display a disdain for international law and heightened tensions between the U.S. and both Russia and China. Imperialism has a historical link to appeals to masculine pride. New episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop every Tuesday and Friday. The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Listeners can sign up for a daily newsletter and subscribe on major podcast platforms.
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