{"id":273125,"date":"2025-08-28T18:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/peace-abroad-troops-at-home-is-trump-flirting-with-dictatorship-to-the-point\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T18:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:05:25","slug":"peace-abroad-troops-at-home-is-trump-flirting-with-dictatorship-to-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/peace-abroad-troops-at-home-is-trump-flirting-with-dictatorship-to-the-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace abroad, troops at home: Is Trump flirting with dictatorship? | To the Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/kLCVgxj7ZMA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Peace abroad, troops at home: Is Trump flirting with dictatorship? | To the Point\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kLCVgxj7ZMA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>On the world stage, US President Trump casts himself as a peacemaker &#8211; most recently by rolling out the red carpet for Russia\u2019s President Putin. But at home, he\u2019s showing ever more autocratic tendencies.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s moving to give the National Guard greater authority in Washington, D.C., and to station armed troops in other American cities. At the same time, he and his party are redrawing electoral districts to lock in power, while critics face mounting pressure or dismissal. How do these hardline domestic maneuvers square with his peace-focused diplomacy abroad? Is it a striking contradiction? On To the Point we ask: Peace abroad, troops at home: Is Trump flirting with dictatorship?<\/p>\n<p>Our guests: Brandon Bohrn (Bertelsmann-Foundation); Sudha David-Wilp (German Marshall Fund); Christoph von Marschall (Tagesspiegel);<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 Introduction of guests<br \/>\n1:45 Trump\u2019s many contradictions<br \/>\n4:10 Does Trump have a strategy to broker peace?<br \/>\n5:10 Video: Trump&#8217;s methods for securing power at home<br \/>\n7:10 Is Trump deploying troops against the will of governors?<br \/>\n9:30 Is Trump dismantling checks and balances?<br \/>\n13:00 Trump\u2019s push against critical media<br \/>\n15:00 Video: Is Trump a peacemaker?<br \/>\n17:20 Is Trump using his power to solve international conflicts?<br \/>\n18:30 Trump\u2019s aim for peace clashes with his impatience<br \/>\n20:10 Trump\u2019s stance: Europe must play a bigger role in solving international conflicts<br \/>\n23:00 Americans are exhausted by endless wars<br \/>\n25:30 Trump won\u2019t be the peacemaker but also not destroy democracy<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the world stage, US President Trump casts himself as a peacemaker &#8211; most recently by rolling out the red carpet for Russia\u2019s President Putin. But at home, he\u2019s showing ever more autocratic tendencies. He\u2019s moving to give the National Guard greater authority in Washington, D.C., and to station armed troops in other American cities. 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