U.S. Adversaries Strengthen Their Bond

""If you look at this gathering earlier this week, you had America's foremost adversaries declaring that their goal was to bring an end to the rules-based, post-war international order" that was "created and driven by the United States for our own benefit," Stephen Hayes, the editor of The Dispatch, explained last night. Yet, he continued, it's as if the Trump administration "is looking at them doing this" and saying, in effect, "How can we help?" Donald Trump is "picking fights with our allies and accommodating our enemies," Hayes argued."

"Meanwhile, in a contentious hearing this week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his moves as secretary of health and human services before the Senate. The panel discussed how Kennedy's policies, including his anti-vaccine agenda, became popular with the MAGA base-and what it could mean for the future of American public health."

"Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more: Elisabeth Bumiller, a writer at large at The New York Times; Leigh Ann Caldwell, the chief Washington correspondent at Puck; Stephen Hayes, the editor of The Dispatch; and Vivian Salama, a staff writer at The Atlantic."

Leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea met in Beijing in a show of force that underscored a strengthening alliance and an expressed aim to upend the rules-based, post-war international order. Stephen Hayes warned that those adversaries seek to end an order created and driven by the United States and argued that the Trump administration appears to be picking fights with allies while accommodating enemies. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a contentious Senate hearing defending his actions as HHS secretary, with his anti-vaccine stance gaining traction among the MAGA base and raising questions about future U.S. public health outcomes. Panelists on the program included Jeffrey Goldberg, Elisabeth Bumiller, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Stephen Hayes, and Vivian Salama.

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