Manifest destiny
We discuss US tariffs against its three largest trading partners, the political battle over who gets to be American, and Trump’s imperial ambitions.
On this episode of After America, Associate Professor Clare Corbould joins Dr Emma Shortis to discuss the relentlessness of the new Trump administration and the media coverage of his first two weeks in office.
This discussion was recorded on Friday 31 January 2025 and things may have changed since recording.
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Guest: Clare Corbould, Associate Head of School, Research, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University // @clarecorbould
Host: Emma Shortis, Director, International & Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // @EmmaShortis
Show notes:
Presidency Pending hosted by Clare Corbould and Zim Nwokora, Deakin University
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis (September 2023)
Becoming African Americans: Black Public Life in Harlem, 1919–1939 by Clare Corbould (March 2009)
Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions
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