Ep. 15: US Foreign Policy: the President v. the Democratic Primary Candidates

**DOUBLE FEATURE ALERT** U.S. President Trump has made good on his
campaign promises to redefine America's relationship with the rest
of the world – for better or for worse, depending on perspectives
-- and the United Nations has in many ways been the epicenter of
his "American First" policy abroad. Most recently, his peace
proposal for Israel and Palestine scraps decades of UN Security
Council binding resolutions on the matter and even got one
ambassador recalled. But what alternative visions to end the long
conflict in the Middle East have been proposed by the Democrats
hoping to unseat Trump in November? In this double feature episode,
Al-Araby reporter Nabil Abi Saab, from Lebanon, walks us through
the complicated background to the recent proposed UN resolution
reacting to Trump’s Mideast plan and visits from relevant VIPS,
including Jared Kushner, to New York that reflect the fallout of
the American proposal in the Security Council so far. Plus,
PassBlue contributor Jeffrey Laurenti explains how American foreign
policy got to the current state of isolationism versus globalism,
and shares everything we know (and everything we don't but wish we
did) about what the Democratic primary candidates think of the
United Nations and other global organizations, as well as other top
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