<p>Gideon talks to American political scientist Stephen Walt about the phrase ‘predatory hegemon’ that he coined to describe the US administration under Donald Trump. What are the risks and benefits of this policy for the American people, and for those who formerly considered themselves staunch allies? <em>Clip: The White House</em></p><br><p><strong>Free links to read more on this topic:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b491c7a9-dd82-4752-a2f0-36454c729c61?accessToken=zwAAAZzoxC3Dk9O0kcep3YJHUtOi8DZFTHKcYc8FuOi6V2NG8dOi5Zggu-TQU881ray3eIFNmdOmtNby6ByQGgE.MEUCIAhkEeiItpBHsuBRRabT54pZA6b93bXHTD4n54-0AcyGAiEA6_XOVb7mToVTlw49w_jG8M-O_hW88bwfA9E46MdK7ME&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A post-Trump restoration is still possible</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/05b8e8ba-5763-46f1-a2e5-9820bbe4d053?accessToken=zwAAAZzoxC3Dk9O0kcep3YJHUtOi8DZFTHKcYc8FuOi6V2NG8dOi5Zggu-TQU881ray3eIFNmdOmtNby6ByQGgE.MEUCIAhkEeiItpBHsuBRRabT54pZA6b93bXHTD4n54-0AcyGAiEA6_XOVb7mToVTlw49w_jG8M-O_hW88bwfA9E46MdK7ME&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why Maga loathes London</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/35adacb7-7881-4d99-a6b4-d6f2e81c901a?accessToken=zwAAAZzoxC3Dk9O0kcep3YJHUtOi8DZFTHKcYc8FuOi6V2NG8dOi5Zggu-TQU881ray3eIFNmdOmtNby6ByQGgE.MEUCIAhkEeiItpBHsuBRRabT54pZA6b93bXHTD4n54-0AcyGAiEA6_XOVb7mToVTlw49w_jG8M-O_hW88bwfA9E46MdK7ME&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump and the normalisation of deviance</a></p><br><p>Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.</p><p>Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner and the executive producer is Flo Phillips.</p><p>Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6c110da1-9cc8-4134-883b-6d2a09fd514a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>