Can Anti-European Rhetoric Make JD Vance President? | Political Currency Podcast

The Trump administration's new ‘America First’ national strategy was unveiled earlier this week, and is continuing the anti-European rhetoric seen over the first 10 months of Trump’s second term.

George Osborne and Ed Balls analyse how this affects the ongoing peace negotiations in Ukraine, with George playing devil’s advocate for these policies and the flaws in how Europe has responded to Russia since the war began.

Ed theorises that this anti-Europe policy, first seen in JD Vance’s controversial speech at the Munich Security Conference, is all part of a long term strategy for the Vice President who will make it the basis of a 2028 campaign.

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