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America's transition of power and US relations with Europe
On his last visit to Germany as President, Barack Obama reassured Chancellor Angela Merkel: Donald Trump is committed to the NATO Alliance. But the two leaders also issued a statement on climate change, free trade, international "norms" and Vladimir Putin's Russia.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readOn his last visit to Germany as President, Barack Obama reassured Chancellor Angela Merkel: Donald Trump is committed to the NATO Alliance. But the two leaders also issued a statement on climate change, free trade, international "norms" and Vladimir Putin's Russia.
It's being construed as a "joint rebuttal" of some controversial positions Trump's taken during his campaign and since the election. With the rise of right-wing populism and a new generation of strongmen, will Merkel become the leading defender of European Unity and democratic values?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Sáša Woodruff
Producer, 'To the Point'
Paul Hockenos
Berlin-based writer and editor
David Sanger
Pulitzer Prize-winning White House and national security correspondent for the New York Times, author of “New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend The West”
Gideon Rachman
Financial Times
The full episode
2 of 3Under the cloud of Trump, Germany welcomes Obama- 1:53Congress opts for temporary budget until spring
- 8:52America's transition of power and US relations with EuropeYou’re reading this
- 43:03Putin withdraws from the International Criminal Court