Can businessmen broker an end to the war in Ukraine? @anneapplebaum says Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner believe that if they offer “big enough carrots,” everyone will conclude, “We’re all going to make so much money, the war will end.” But Russia, she argues, “wants to dominate Ukraine for different reasons.”

What should the next president do with Trump’s White House ballroom? “Knock it down,” says @anneapplebaum. She argues the ballroom is about more than architecture: “It’s Trump seeking to remake the institution itself.” Applebaum says any ballroom should “look like it belongs to Americans, ordinary Americans, and not to oligarchs.”

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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian @anneapplebaum has described the Trump administration as a "predatory" regime. What is their goal? "The international goal of the predatory clan is to increase their own power and influence to make money, and above all, to make sure that they are not regulated." Follow on Apple: shorturl.at/nQU2k

Does Trump want to be more like Xi? @anneapplebaum says Trump “frequently talks about Xi as someone whose power he admires” and worries he may be the first U.S. president who “aspires to be like Xi.” What could that mean for Taiwan—and America’s approach to China?

"They don't want the U.S. to promote democracy or be seen as a kind of beacon of liberal democracy itself. And this is really hard even to explain how radically different this is from the way most American administrations thought before." –@anneapplebaum on @FiringLineShow

What happens to the MAGA revolution post Trump? If @JDVance succeeds #PresidentTrump, he would “push the revolution farther,” @anneapplebaum argues. She calls Vance an “ideologue” committed to “changing and transforming and maybe undermining liberal democracy in America” — and carrying that project overseas.

"Everything that's happened over the last year and a half is a reflection of the fact that our political system, as it was originally set up to work, isn't functioning," says @anneapplebaum as the midterms approach. "Having a different kind of Congress will help, but it doesn't end or solve the problem." Follow on Spotify: bit.ly/3TTNy9Y

Is U.S. foreign policy serving Americans—or enriching insiders? “American foreign policy should be about benefiting all Americans,” says Pulitzer Prize-winning historian @anneapplebaum. “When it’s designed to enrich a few people who have some kind of contact to the administration... it’s not good for America.” FULL EPISODE: bit.ly/4dYciVj

"The ideas that are powering this revolution and the companies who are taking advantage of it... are not going away," says @anneapplebaum of the Trump administration's shift in U.S. foreign policy. "So assuming that all this stuff will somehow disappear and we go back to some previous world, I think, would be a mistake." Follow on Spotify: bit.ly/3TTNy9Y

Is U.S. foreign policy for sale? Pulitzer Prize-winning historian @anneapplebaum argues that an alliance of ideologues and grifters is remaking American foreign policy—and reshaping conflicts from Iran and Ukraine to Venezuela and Cuba. TONIGHT 8:30 pm ET Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/4gKe6lw

Is the Trump administration full of “revolutionaries?" @anneapplebaum argues that members of the administration want to remake not only America, but the international order. “They want to smash and destroy America’s relations.”

Does Trump’s threats to “annihilate” Iran strengthen the regime? @anneapplebaum argues the rhetoric helps the regime’s message because "it makes people inside Iran feel they need protection." And while she defines “real victory” as a change of government or a more humane regime, she says the U.S. “doesn't have a strategy to achieve that.”

Can a Cold War playbook help contain the risks of AI? In 1990, Ronald Reagan told William F. Buckley Jr. how the U.S. and Soviet Union negotiated limits on nuclear weapons. @anneapplebaum says the framework could apply to adversaries like the U.S. and China today—but worries President Trump “wants to dismiss the dangers of AI and move on.”

Who is remaking American foreign policy—and who benefits? As President Trump addresses the UN and hosts Chinese leader Xi Jinping, @anneapplebaum explains how an alliance of ideologues and grifters is remaking American foreign policy—from Iran and Ukraine to Venezuela and Cuba. FRIDAY @PBS Local listings: to.pbs.org/39hI6Tf

Can America win the AI race with China without putting humanity at risk? #PresidentTrump and @nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argue that America can’t afford to risk losing the AI race to China. But economist @Dambisamoyo says the potential risks to humanity could also give the U.S. and China a powerful reason to cooperate—much as adversaries did to reduce the risk of nuclear catastrophe. “It seems to me that it’s in the interest of both administrations to have that conversation.”

"Where's the good in the United States running hard to slow it down if in China, they're speeding up?" Amid dire warnings from American AI execs, @Dambisamoyo explains why the technology needs some sort of global governance framework to ensure safety. Follow on Apple: bit.ly/3TaLz0O

Debt. Inflation. AI disruption. So how strong is the American economy, really? Despite the conflicting economic indicators, economist @DambisaMoyo’s verdict is “net positive.” “There’s massive debt. There’s a huge deficit. There’s a lot of social friction in society.” But with the U.S. still growing and an AI-fueled wave of innovation ahead: “You don’t want to bet against the United States.”

Can an AI boom help the U.S. grow out of its debt? "The short answer is, yes, I'm optimistic," says economist @Dambisamoyo. "I don't want to sound naive," she adds. "Of course, there are risks." Follow on Spotify: bit.ly/4y8Nd28

Is the world losing faith in America? “Absolutely,” says economist @DambisaMoyo, as America’s debt tops $40 trillion and concerns about de-dollarization grow. But she’s not betting against the U.S. yet. From AI to America’s enduring culture of innovation, Moyo explains why she remains “fundamentally optimistic” about the country’s economic future.