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Elissa Slotkin: “I don't think that we're ever just going to snap back to…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Has Donald Trump changed America's alliances forever? | The Economist

Published | Video Starts at 01:58

But what if the smart politics in 2028 is for Democrats to go, yeah, Donald Trump broke the world, and that's why we should just walk away. We don't owe the world anything. Well, look, I just want to be clear. I don't think that we're ever just going to snap back to what we did in, let's say, the Biden administration or the Obama administration, in terms of our role with the world. I don't. I think we're in a different phase now. And part of that is because the way that President Trump has just been breaking China all over the world. (01:58–02:07)

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Asserts that the U.S. will not return to its previous foreign policy approaches under Biden or Obama.

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