U.S. Security: Mixed Signals, Clear Danger—The Weekly

Politicology · Dec 20, 2025 · 1h 8m

In this episode, Ron is joined by Hagar Chemali (Fmr. spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) to break down the Trump administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy—and why it reads like multiple agendas stitched together.

They dig into the document’s big shift toward the Western Hemisphere, what “partnership without shared values” really implies, and how the administration’s internal split—isolationists vs. internationalists—creates real risk when the U.S. can’t speak with one voice.

The conversation moves to China and Taiwan, where the NSS repeats long-standing policy while the…