On the John Batchelor Show, Mary Kissel evaluates post-midterm American foreign policy, emphasizing executive branch continuity despite major congressional shifts. She addresses European energy vulnerability, the continent’s defense reliance on the United States, and Russian covert influence efforts. She also reflects on the diplomatic impropriety of high-profile political endorsements in foreign European elections.
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155 shell bodies sit on a pallet at General Dynamics ready to be shipped on August 20, 2025, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)