
Direct: Prof. John Mearsheimer, American political scientist
John Anderson: Conversations
Obama and Trump's approaches to arming Ukraine
Obama chose not to arm Ukraine but focused on training Ukrainians, while Trump decided to arm Ukraine. Despite Trump's intention to improve relations with Russia, by the end of his term, relations were worse than when Obama left office. This failure is attributed to Trump being unable to stand up to the foreign policy establishment. The speaker doubts that a reelected Trump would significantly change American foreign policy due to the limited power of presidents to fundamentally alter it.
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