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Is Trump flirting with dictatorship?

August 28, 2025

Abroad, US President Trump presents himself as a peacemaker. At home, however, he increasingly embraces confrontation - even invoking the military. How credible is his political strategy? Our guests: Brandon Bohrn (Bertelsmann-Foundation); Sudha David-Wilp (German Marshall Fund); Christoph von Marschall (Tagesspiegel)

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Sudha David-Wilp

is the Regional Director for Germany at the German Marshall Fund.

 

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Christoph von Marschall

is the chief diplomatic correspondent and former Washington correspondent for Berlin’s daily Tagesspiegel.

 

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Brandon Bohrn

is a member of the Bertelsmann Foundation and its Europe’s Future Program. He focuses on US-German and transatlantic relations.
 

 

 

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Strong opinions, clear points of view, international agendas. Three journalists join our presenter and go straight to the point on an international issue that’s making news. It’s controversy and confrontation. It’s background and analysis. It’s the issues that are moving our world.