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Swamp Notes: Donald Trump takes on Nato (again)

Donald Trump picked plenty of fights with Nato during his time in office. Now, even as war rages in Ukraine, candidate Trump is back at it. But is his aggressive attitude toward Nato resonating with American voters? The FT’s Lauren Fedor and Alec Russell join this week’s Swamp Notes to discuss. Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3I0hibI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nato needs to prepare for Trump’s unilateralism on steroids</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/dda9c15e-45c7-46d7-90c2-554606a94069" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump says Russia can do what it wants to Nato allies who pay too little</a><a href="https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/56a64b704f693a0300dfab7e/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here</a> Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor, and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ac737458-e3a9-476b-8eb8-78bc09ea7be4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> CREDIT: Comedy Central, Bloomberg Television, Daily Mail Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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