Jon Meacham: We’re Going Back to a Pre-WWII Great Power Politics Where the Rule of the Strong Predominates

LEMIRE So Jon Meacham ░░░░░░░░ s go to you ░░░░░░░░ a big picture look ░░░░░░░░ This does seem to ░░░░░░░░ what vice president said ░░░░░░░░ Munich and the signs ░░░░░░░░ re hearing from President ░░░░░░░░ and others at the ░░░░░░░░ House a fundamental reevaluation ░░░░░░░░ how the U S ░░░░░░░░ with Europe particularly in ░░░░░░░░ a bulwark against Russian ░░░░░░░░ which would just change ░░░░░░░░ post World War II ░░░░░░░░ MEACHAM It changed the ░░░░░░░░ World War II order ░░░░░░░░ changes the Republican Party ░░░░░░░░ a deep and fundamental ░░░░░░░░ The party of Ronald ░░░░░░░░ is fully the party ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump which is ░░░░░░░░ hugely significant historical shift ░░░░░░░░ the center of gravity ░░░░░░░░ from trust but verify ░░░░░░░░ Gorbachev tear down this ░░░░░░░░ Ronald Reagan was one ░░░░░░░░ the great negotiators in ░░░░░░░░ history the only union ░░░░░░░░ to ever be president ░░░░░░░░ the United States And ░░░░░░░░ starts out his term ░░░░░░░░ 1981 saying that the ░░░░░░░░ reserve unto themselves the ░░░░░░░░ to lie to cheat ░░░░░░░░ steal and then he ░░░░░░░░ it literally in the ░░░░░░░░ of 1988 playing with ░░░░░░░░ in Red Square That ░░░░░░░░ where the Republican Party ░░░░░░░░ 40 years ago Now ░░░░░░░░ s in a place ░░░░░░░░ as you suggest Jonathan ░░░░░░░░ basically is going back ░░░░░░░░ a pre World War ░░░░░░░░ great power politics where ░░░░░░░░ rule of the strong ░░░░░░░░ and principle which is ░░░░░░░░ as David knows far ░░░░░░░░ than I do principle ░░░░░░░░ always a flexible matter ░░░░░░░░ geopolitics but we have ░░░░░░░░ least tried since we ░░░░░░░░ the Second World War ░░░░░░░░ Nazi Germany declared war ░░░░░░░░ us in the first ░░░░░░░░ of December 1941 the ░░░░░░░░ States has attempted to ░░░░░░░░ its policy in a ░░░░░░░░ ethos This becomes a ░░░░░░░░ where if you are ░░░░░░░░ if you are China ░░░░░░░░ you are a foreign ░░░░░░░░ what is the lesson ░░░░░░░░ this The lesson is ░░░░░░░░ will be rewarded And ░░░░░░░░ fundamental principle since 1945 ░░░░░░░░ been that we cannot ░░░░░░░░ aggression It s a ░░░░░░░░ and fundamental thing.”