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To the Point

Superpower America with an amateur at the helm

No members of the so-called "establishment" are more distressed by Donald Trump's election than diplomats and intelligence experts -- here and around the world. Descriptions of their reactions range from "a palpable sense of dread" to fear of "Apocalypse Now."

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By Warren Olney • Nov 11, 2016 • 33m Listen

No members of the so-called "establishment" are more distressed by Donald Trump's election than diplomats and intelligence experts -- here and around the world. Descriptions of their reactions range from "a palpable sense of dread" to fear of "Apocalypse Now." Europeans see the future of NATO at stake, while Russians are celebrating — along with Middle Eastern dictators and jihadists — albeit for different reasons. Trump's own Republican Party is deeply divided, along with the Democrats, over what might be next for America's role in the world.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Paul von Zielbauer

    Producer, 'To the Point'

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    Elizabeth Segal

    freelance journalist

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    Director of Content, News

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    Stephen M. Walt

    Harvard University

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    Max Boot

    columnist who covers national security for the Washington Post

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    Robin Wright

    contributing writer at The New Yorker magazine, and a joint fellow at U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson Center

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