2026-01-10
21 分钟Hey guys, it's Mark Filipino this weekend.
We're bringing you an episode of the other podcast I host swap notes the FT's US politics show This conversation is all about the change in foreign policy priorities our reporters are seeing in Washington namely us president Donald Trump's willingness to take over other countries The news this first week of the new year has been really crazy,
and I hope this episode can help make some sense of it all.
Okay without further ado.
Here's the show After attacking Venezuela,
the president of the United States has his eyes on other nations.
We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security.
Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, Donald Trump has an interest in all three.
The future of the free world depends on America being able to assert ourselves and our interests without apology.
And his advisors say it's within Trump's right to use force to take charge of other countries.
This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the Financial Times,
where we talk about all the things happening in U.S.
politics, finance, and the economy.
I'm Mark Filipino, and this week we're asking, what's behind Trump's push to run other countries?
Here with me to discuss is Edward Loos, who's the FT's U.S.
national editor and co-author of the Swamp Notes newsletter.
Happy New Year, Ed.
Great to see you, Matt.
And we've also got Amy McKinnon, who covers foreign affairs for the FT.
Happy New Year, Amy.