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00:00DOES AMERICA HAVE A FOREIGN POLICY NOW? IAN: SURE, WE DO. YOU HAVE THE FOREIGN POLICY ESTABLISHMENT WHICH ABSOLUTELY MAINTAINS A LEVEL OF U.S. PRESENCE AND ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE WORLD, AND IT IS PRETTY CONSENSUS BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. PUSHING AGAINST STATE YOU HAVE TRUMP WHO IS MORE UNILATERAL AND TRANSACTIONAL AND LESS ORIENTED TOWARD VALUES, AND IS STARTING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE WAY OTHER COUNTRIES THINK ABOUT AMERICA ' S DURABILITY AND PRESENCE IN THESE VARIOUS PLACES. TOM: MY GRANDFATHER WAS DIFFERENT FROM MR. TRUMP ' S FATHER BUT BOTH WERE ISOLATIONISTS. CHARACTERIZE THE ISOLATIONISM OF THIS PRESIDENT WITH THAT PHRASE THAT WE KNOW FROM OUR CHILDHOODS. IAN: I HAVE NEVER LIKED THE PHRASE WHEN IT COMES TO TRUMP BECAUSE IT IS NOT AS IF HE DOES NOT WANT TO USE AMERICAN PRESSURE TO ENSURE BETTER ENGAGEMENT. TOM: HE WANTS OUR TROOPS OUT NOW AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN FIVE DAYS. FRANCINE: HE DOES WANT TROOPS OUT -- IAN: HE DOES WANT TROOPS OUT, BUT THE WAY HE LOOKS AT TRADE ENGAGEMENT AND THE WAY HE IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL AMERICAN TROOPS SENT TO SAUDI ARABIA WHEN THEY PAY FOR IT, THAT IS NOT AN ISOLATIONIST STANCE. IT IS A SHORT-TERM NONSTRATEGIC STANCE THAT UNDERMINES AMERICAN ALLIES BECAUSE IT VIEWS THEM AS BEING ABLE TO SHUT THEM OFF AND TURN THEM ON AT A MOMENTS NOTICE. FRANCINE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN, THEREFORE HE WANTS A TRANSACTIONAL DEAL WITH CHINA, OR IS THE BIGGER PICTURE HE IS GIVING AN OVERTURE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN IN THE MIDDLE EAST? IAN: CLEARLY, EVERYTHING TRUMP DOES IN FOREIGN POLICY MUSIC TO PRUDEN ' S EARS -- PUTIN ' S EARS. HE WANTS TO SEE SPACE FOR MORE CHAOS WITHIN THE U.S., MORE DIVISIONS INSIDE EUROPE, WITHIN THE TRANSATLANTIC ELATION SHIP, AND IN THE MIDDLE -- RELATIONSHIP, AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS A WHOLE. TRUMP HAS FOCUSED MANIACALLY ON THE TRADE DEFICIT AND A LITTLE BIT ON THINGS LIKE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT. PRESIDENT XI JINPING NO LONGER BELIEVES HE CAN DO A DEAL, THAT HE CAN TRUST TRUMP TO FOLLOW THROUGH. HE FEELS LIKE HE HAS PUT POLITICAL CAPITAL ON THE LINE THAT HAS NOT PAID OFF. TRUMP HAS LESS LEVERAGE NOW THAT ELECTIONS ARE GETTING CLOSER AND THE ECONOMY IS SOFTER. CHINA IS OFFERING ESSENTIALLY NOTHING GOING FORWARD AND WE ARE

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Ian Bremmer, founder and president at Eurasia Group, discusses the global impact of President Donald Trump's foreign policy. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)

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