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Trump’s Foreign Relations Faux Pas

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives to attend the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 22, 2026.

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Trump spoke at the U.N. General Assembly this past week, and his comments left world leaders shifting uncomfortably in their seats. Today on The Editors, Rich asks Dan what he believes the consequences of Trump’s conduct more generally could be.

“Trump’s creating all these problems in the long term for the U.S. geopolitically that might not be apparent in the short term,” says Dan. “You get things that look like wins: the Greenland deal, NATO stepping up . . . and the U.S.’s own moves to limit the strategic importance of China on things like rare earths.

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