Podcast
London School of Economics

American Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump

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Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Walter Russell Mead
Podcast
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he prepares to depart from the White House on April 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. The President was on his way to Florida and was scheduled to attend a UFC event. (Photo by Matt McClain/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the White House on April 11, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

On the London School of Economics’ The Ballpark podcast, Walter Russell Mead discusses President Donald Trump’s “highly activist” foreign policy and his approach to the Western Hemisphere as a strategic foundation for American power. Mead also analyzes the performative politics of Trump’s “America First” rhetoric.

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