# Donald Trump Wants to Divide Up the World With His ‘Friends’

An episode of [Angry Planet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1023774600), 2 May 2025, 57 min.

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Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.com Great power competition has gotten old for President Donald Trump—never one for a fair fight. He’s looking for a little great power collusion instead, dividing the world with his best buds, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. This kind of thing isn’t new, though, Stacie Goddard, a professor at Wellesley, tells us, in fact it’s the 1800s on repeat. Well, look how that turned out… World War I, anybody? BTW, check out her terrific article on this in Foreign Affairs magazine. • Welcome to the Concert of Europe • The post-Napoleon party • A taxonomy of aspirational Germans • Retvrn • Strong men, weak world • Government by Mafia • What becomes of the “middle powers”? • The era of aging dictators • The long breakdown • Empire without ickiness • Turns out might does, in fact, make right • The Rise and Fall of Great-Power Competition The Concert of Europe Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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