From novemberays 3. Americans will cast their ballots for the next president , but the future of americas global role is on the ballot today. Looking toward the election, todays panel will focus on issues for the transatlantic relationship and u. S. Foreign policy. Along with many counterparts are watching the election closely. While there are furring views how november will shape the transatlantic relationship, few in europe believe it will revert to its previous form. Revert to its previous form. Recent polling from the council on Foreign Relations on european views of the transatlant transatlantic relationship show that france and germany look at this regardless of the outcome of the relationships. A and todays discussion will discuss the stakes of the election and the discussions for u. S. Foreign policy. Im glad to be joined by those experts for insights and analysis for a second trump term or a biden president. And consider how a geopolitical europe would react to either scenario
Suzanne it is a pleasure to welcome you here today to our conversation on Foreign Policy and the u. S. President ial election. This event is part of the brookings policy 2020 series which seeks to empower voters with factbased, datadriven, nonpartisan information to better understand the policy matters discussed by candidates running for office this year. Thank you all for joining us. We are 29 days away from november 3. Americans will cast their ballots for the next president , but the future of americas global role is also at the ballot. Looking toward the election, todays conversation will focus in particular on its implications for the transatlantic relationship and u. S. Foreign policy toward europe. European leaders and many of their counterparts around the world are watching the election closely. While there are differing views about how the upcoming november election will shape the relationship, few in europe believe it will revert to its previous form. With polling from the Eu
[inaudible] im ready when you are. Are you live . Are we going . Senator whitehouse. Thank. , you can take a bit of a breather on your return to the committee. What i want to do is go through with the people who are watching the conversation that you and i had when we spoke on the telephone. You were kind enough to hear out a presentation that i made and i intend to have some questions in that area. It does not make sense if i have not laid the predicate particularly for our viewers who are watching this. I guess the reason i want to do this is because people who are watching this need to understand that this small hearing room and the little tv box you are looking at, the little screen you are looking at are a little bit like the frame of a puppet theater. If you only look at what is going on in the puppet theater, you are not going to understand the whole story, you are not going to understand the real dynamic of what is going on here. You are certainly not going to understand forces
Weeks ago, he said also on twitter that it would be a big win if the Supreme Court strikes down the health law. Question, do you think we should take the president at his word when he says his nominee will do the right thing and overturn the Affordable Care act . Senatorrrett klobuchar, i cant really speak to what the president has set on twitter. He hasnt said any of that to me. What i can tell you is what i have told your colleagues earlier today is that no one has elicited for me any commitment in a case or even brought up a commitment in a case. Im 100 committed to Judicial Independence from political pressure, so whatever Peoples Party platforms or campaign promises, the reason why judges have life tenure is to insulate them from those pressures. I take my oath seriously to follow the law. I have not precommitted nor what i precommit to decide a case any particular way. Sen. Klobuchar i think this life tenure, this idea that you have a job for life makes this even more important f
A and todays discussion will discuss the stakes of the election and the discussions for u. S. Foreign policy. Im glad to be joined by those experts for insights and analysis for a second trump term or a biden president. And consider how a geopolitical europe would react to either scenario. Before we dive into the conversation id like to take a moment to thank the turkish business industry and association for support and collaboration to help to make this event possible. We are grateful for the u. S. And europe and look forward to continuing our Successful Partnership with them. And as always, an iron clad commitment to independence is at the center of brookings institutions policies and values and the views expressed today here are solely those of the speakers. Once again, thank you all for joining us this morning and now over to tom wright director for the center on u. S. And europe. Suzanne, thank you so much and for that introduction and thank you all for joining us online this morn