Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Donald trump cannot and will not bring himself to concede that he lost the president ial election. Gone but not forgotten. His legacy can be seen in a divided body of International Alliances and deep uncertainty about americas to political ambition. My guest today hr mcmaster served as his adviser until he was fired in 2018. In terms of americas word in the world, will the trump years be seen as world, will the trump years be seen as an world, will the trump years be seen as an operation or a marker of underlying change . Welcome to hardtalk. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with whats happening in the United States right now. Your professional concern throughout your life has been american security. With the president that has lost a n with the president that has lost an election but is refusing to accept defeat, does that feel to you like a period of real vulnerability for the United States . Well, i
Thats it for me for tonight. Is this approach toward afghanistan and prioritising well be back tomorrow. Now on bbc news, its withdrawal to the extent that we actually partnered time for hardtalk. With the taliban against welcome to hardtalk, im the elected afghan government. Stephen sackur. Donald trump hasnt yet i think thats a real travesty, stephen. Accepted it, but he will be and i think what were already seeing is the beginning out of the white house of a humanitarian catastrophe in january next year. Gone, but not forgotten. In afghanistan, and we may be back on the path his legacy can be seen toward the taliban and jihadist terrorists again controlling in a divided body politic, territory, controlling the narcotics trade, strained International Alliances and deep uncertainty about americas and then vastly expanding their geopolitical ambition. Threat to all civilised people. My guest today, hr mcmaster, so im very concerned served as mr trumps about this penchant National Secur
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Donald trump hasnt yet accepted it, but he will be out of the white house in january next year. Gone but not forgotten. His legacy can be seen in a divided body politic, strained International Alliances and deep uncertainty about americas geopolitical ambition. My guest today, hr mcmaster, served as mr Trumps National security adviser until he was fired in 2018. In terms of americas role in the world, will the trump years be seen as an aberration or a marker of underlying change . Hr mcmaster in stanford, california, welcome to hardtalk. Stephen, thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on this show. Let us start with what is happening in the United States right now. Your concern, your professional concern throughout your life has been american security. With a president who has lost an election but is refusing to accept defeat, does that feel to you like a period of real vulnerability for the United States . Well, stephen, ithink it s
Listen to expertise. We will see you in a few moments. Thank you very much. Next to be you in person. I think we are going to get going with the next segment. I am delighted to be joined by our colleagues. We have a lot to cover. It is a good think that i know they will have a lot to say. Please remember to keep in mind we would love to have your questions toward the end. I want to dive right in and i want to start with you if i could. I would love for each of you to give your reaction to what was shared with us. If there are areas of interest or confusion or that you think are important to be aware of, anything that really caught your attention. Mike thanks, melanie. I will focus on one issue because it is the issue that has troubled me with the National Security strategy and Foreign Policy in general, which is the potential to overdo the china threat. I dont think they do anything wrong, the choice of term pacing challenge is right on and he explained very clearly why it is a pacing
Politics like the ukraine. Now, europe may not do as well as we hope as a result of the recent crisis, but it still possesses large Power Resources to influence the ukraine situation, and that is what we should look for in the future. Thanks. Im always tempted to say we should stop there and go for champagne now. I suppose we should plow on. Charlie. Thank you. Like andy, im delighted to be here and to share the panel with the distinguished colleagues, and also because this is a conference that is being held in memory of clara. I didnt know her extremely well. I had memory interesting conversations with her about her passion, which is European Defense and european integration. She is one of the most decent people i knew in washington. I speak for people here and in london wouho worked with her th she is sorely missed. I dont take fundamental issue with andy in that i share his view that europe punches above its weight in a civilian respect. The best testament to that over the last six