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trump’s foreign policy

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a harsh and racist migrant policy

trump’s USA stilla world policeman?

A political legacy

a flip-flopping leader

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the new president is raising questions about the foreign policy of the USA

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about its external purposes
its internal cohesion
its chances of succes

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Harsh and racsit migrant policy

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  • 01/17: “muslim ban”: restricts admission into the US from 7 countries
  • 09/17: announced he would scrap the DACA program
  • 08/17: Charlottesville events: backed the supremacists
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the will to ephasize its military might

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the brinkmanship policy with NK

wants to preserve its nucelar monopole

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trump followed his forebears

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  • campaign slogan: “Maje America great Again” : ripped the slogan of RR offf
  • he embraces the pre-WWII slogan “America First”
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Trump’s watchword is

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protectionism

security : increase in the annuel military budget : +9%

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A flip-flopping leader

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  • unmanageable

- rash: he does not thinf twice before talking

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Trump’es economic policy

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  • portectionist trad policiy
  • also try to attract investors
  • Fierce competition
  • Grand success of the beginning trump era
  • more moderatted trade policy than expected
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protectionist trade policy

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  • Withdrawal of the TPP
  • prepare a walk away from NAFTA
  • Hiking tariffs borders
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protectionism can have

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siren-like appeal because of its potential to provide short-term benefits

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in the long terme = destructive

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American companies benefit from trade deals: making trillions of dollars selling their own porducts oversees

  • restrict access to foreign goods
  • undercut the ability of firms to sell their goods to world(s consumers
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also try to attract investors

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tax reforms
de-regulations plans
–> make the US a more business-friendly economy

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fierce competition

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the seertiveness of competitors jeopardizes the economy

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competition with

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China

Europe

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China

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  • threatens China to impose tax on solar panels and washing machine
  • tariffs on Chinese consumer electronics, as punishment for theft of American intellectual property
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Europe

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  • E is trying to fight back against DT’s tax reforms
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Success of the beginning trum era (1year)

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  • economic growth 3%

- rising of blue-collar wages

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trump’s environmental policy

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  • Complete overhaul of Obama environmental policiy

- Environment seems to be a second priority

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complete overhaul of Obama environmental policy

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  • 10/17: step backwards in termes of O’s Clean Power Pllan
  • 06/17: trump pulled out the USA of the Paris climate agreement
  • 12/17: Trump scaled back 2 national monuments in Uah
  • 03/17: approved the ocnstruction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline
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Environment seems to be a 2nd priority

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  • the EPA’s budget has been widely shrunk: has cut the EPA budget by over 30%
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enchaîner les erreurs

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to make a wrong move after another

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faire valoir

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to emphasize

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puissance militaire

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military might

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politique de la corde raide

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a brinkmanshi policy

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who organized the CV rally
Jason Kessler
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avowed aim
to reunite the right
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it was a connection of far right group
``` Alt-right Klansmen Neo Nazis hat groups white supremacist + Neo confederates ```
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fanatique
bigot
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the president of Confederacy
has a statue in front of the Seat of Congress in WDC
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Confederacy
1861-1865
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they marched on
Virginia University because it is the preserve of liberal people --> declare a cultural war
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chasse gardée
preserve
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hidden, underlying goal
show that a lot of people could stand up for white people | White matter as well
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theyr are afraid of
being replaced by ethnic minorities
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By 2050
white people will account for less than 50% = outnumbered
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présage | signe avant coureur
harbinger
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according to them mass immigration and the empowerment of ethnic minorities
harbinger of their civilization's end | they are the victim of ethnic cleansing
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the act of violence claimed
1 death | left 19 people injured
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DT's reaction
he failed the simplest of all political teste | he failed the acid teste that shows how credible, reliable a politician can be
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this rally shows
there is still a long way to go before America becomes a colour-blind society race relations have always been strained
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déclarations à l'emporte pièce | prétexte
soundbites
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hypocrite
mealy-mouthed
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tourner autour du pot | tergiverser
beat around the bush | prevaricate equivocate
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viriginia
open carry state
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DT was
very reluctant to condemn Nazis
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he didn't do it on his own initiative
he is reported to have been coaxed into condemning far-right violence --> he did a Uturn
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convaincre
coax
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letftist
anti-racist | Antifa
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DT is
unpredicatable unmanageable self-centred self-congratulatory outspoken
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racial violence
part of american culture | deeply rooted in the America psyche
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end of segregation
1965
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criminalization of young black men
there are more blacks inmate on death ro
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racial profiling
driving while black
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CV was
the largest white-supremacist gathering in more than 40 years --> backward step
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avoir le sens des affaires
to have business acumen
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DT is good at
dog whistling, he uses a lot of coded message
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volte face
Uturn | flip flopping
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The Clean Power Plan
aimed at reducing CO2 emission by 20% by 2030 = milestone event
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trump
climate sceptic
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canular
hoax
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coal in ND
second biggest electric source
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North Dakote
climate sceptics they have no choice but to make the coal industry and the renewable energy coexist bevause Americans are demanding cleaner energy
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ND
are currently working on a prototype | developing a Coal fire plan that will reuse the carbon emission
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climate believers
Democratic states NY
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NY states
tries hard ot fight against carbon pollution | already porduce 25% of its energy from renawable
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the initial goal
to reach 50% but the update goal is to reach 100% of its energy from renawable
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Andrew Cuomo wants
this State to become a sustainable state
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the renewable ernergy find difficult to stay
recently, ernegy pices have dropped

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