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Ben Wikler: “When all these other countries are like, the US can't be…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Coffee with The Contrarians

Published | Video Starts at 19:02

I get nothing wrong. It's just painful. It makes you squirm. And it does have these geopolitical repercussions that ultimately make life more expensive for, for Americans. Because when, When all these other countries are like, the US can't be relied on, the US is going to throw tariffs on us, the US is going to pull out military alliances. Then they're like, well, I guess we should build our, you know, military, political and economic cooperation with other people. (19:02–19:09)

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Asserts that other countries view the US as unreliable due to tariffs and military alliance withdrawals.

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