Foreign policy of the second Trump administration
Subject in Politics
Foreign policy of the second Trump administration has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Lex Fridman Podcast. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Michael KofmanMilitary analyst specializing in the Russian and Ukrainian militaries; senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and host of The Russia Contingency podcast
Kofman credits the Trump administration with pushing for an end to the war, arguing the Biden administration had no plan.
“because the previous administration had no plan, as long as it takes is a slogan, not a plan”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of Warfare (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 2:37:40
Preston StewartWest Point graduate and Afghanistan veteran who covers the Ukraine war on YouTube, the War and Conflict podcast, and the Defense Tech News newsletter
Stewart suggests Trump underestimated how hard ending the war would be and lost focus, ceding U.S. leadership and leverage.
“I get the impression that maybe the president thought this would be easier to resolve than it has been, maybe lost some focus”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of Warfare (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 2:36:19
Podcasts
- Lex Fridman Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
#504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of WarfareLex Fridman Podcast · Nov 10, 2026 · 3 h 1 min
Lex Fridman talks with military analysts Michael Kofman and Preston Stewart about the state of the Russia-Ukraine war, drone warfare, Bakhmut, Prigozhin's mutiny, leadership, and paths to peace.