#218 – Hugh White on why Trump is abandoning US hegemony – and that’s probably good
Published: June 12, 2025
Duration: 2:48:42
For decades, US allies have slept soundly under the protection of America’s overwhelming military might. Donald Trump — with his threats to ditch NATO, seize Greenland, and abandon Taiwan — seems hell-bent on shattering that comfort.
But according to Hugh White — one of the world's leading strategic thinkers, emeritus professor at the Australian National University, and author of Hard New World: Our Post-American Future — Trump isn't destroying American hegemony. He's simply revealing that it's already gone.
Links to learn more, video, highlights, and full transcript: https://80k.info/hw
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