Is Trump flirting with dictatorship?

Name: Is Trump flirting with dictatorship?
Uploaded: 2025-08-28T11:57:43.103Z
Duration: 26 min 4 s
Description: 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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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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