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What happens when America retreats from the world?

Hosted by León Krauze Jun. 01, 2017 National
Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.

Photo: At the NATO summit, President Trump pushes past Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic Montenegro, May 25, 2017. (President Trump)

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Host:

León Krauze

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Andrea Brody, Luke Vander Ploeg, Katie Cooper

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