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Is the American empire in decline?<\/p>\n

The Trump administration’s recent military actions have had certain observers asking… are we going full empire? But Daniel Immerwahr, a historian and the author of argues that the U.S. has engaged in empire building for hundreds of years \u2014 we’ve just been sneakier about it than other countries.<\/p>\n

In this episode from our friends at host Gene Demby is joined by Daniel to break down why we don\u2019t really think of ourselves as a colonial power \u2013 and how President Trump’s international escapades are scrambling the global order.<\/p>\n

For more episodes about the US empire, check out:
The human labor that makes AI work
Canada hates us, but it’s not all Trump’s fault.<\/p>\n

Support Public Media. Join NPR Plus.<\/p>\n

Follow Brittany on Instagram: @bmluse<\/p>\n

For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR\u2019s Pod Club newsletter at npr.org\/podclub.<\/p>\n

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Is the American empire in decline?<\/p>\n

The Trump administration’s recent military actions have had certain observers asking… are we going full empire? But Daniel Immerwahr<\/a>, a historian and the author of How to Hide an Empire,<\/em> argues that the U.S. has engaged in empire building for hundreds of years \u2014 we’ve just been sneakier about it than other countries.<\/p>\n

In this episode from our friends at Code Switch, <\/em>host Gene Demby is joined by Daniel to break down why we don\u2019t really think of ourselves as a colonial power \u2013 and how President Trump’s international escapades are scrambling the global order.<\/p>\n

For more episodes about the US empire, check out:
The human labor that makes AI work<\/a>
Canada hates us, but it’s not all Trump’s fault.<\/a><\/p>\n

Support Public Media. Join NPR Plus.<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow Brittany on Instagram: @bmluse<\/a><\/p>\n

For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR\u2019s Pod Club newsletter at npr.org\/podclub<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[198],"class_list":["post-480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-its-been-a-minute","tag-colonialism"],"yoast_head":"\nHow often do you think about the American Empire? - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=480\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How often do you think about the American Empire? - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is the American empire in decline?The Trump administration's recent military actions have had certain observers asking... are we going full empire? 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