Year In Review: Trump's Foreign Policy

2021年回顾:特朗普的外交政策

The NPR Politics Podcast

2025-12-27

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Editor's note: This episode originally aired on December 16, 2025. As we approach 2026, the NPR Politics Podcast is taking a look back at the year that was in different political areas. Today, we explore what President Trump's administration has done in terms of foreign policy, and what might be expected in the coming year. This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and national security correspondent Greg Myre. This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

  • I'm Tamara Keith.

  • I cover the White House.

  • I'm Frank Oredonias.

  • I also cover the White House.

  • And I'm Greg Myrie.

  • I cover national security.

  • And today on the pod,

  • we want to take a look back at foreign policy decisions during the first year of the second Trump administration.

  • And Greg, before we get into the nitty gritty of what has happened this year,

  • President Trump is fond of saying that he has solved eight wars.

  • Let's start there.

  • Has he?

  • Well, Tam, the president has had some diplomatic success,

  • but it's a real stretch to claim he's ended eight wars.

  • Many of these were small scale skirmishes or tensions along a border or just diplomatic disputes with no actual shooting.

  • And in several cases,

  • negotiations had already been going on for some time before Trump came into office.

  • But there have been a few successes.

  • For example, this long running feud between India and Pakistan,