President Trump's evolving foreign policy

Donald Trump,Shinzo Abe
President Donald Trump welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington last week.
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Under a month into Donald Trump's presidency, his national security adviser Mike Flynn resigned.

Investigations revealed that Flynn was in contact with a Russian ambassador about sanctions against the country.

This dance with Russia has been constant since Trump took office.

Meanwhile, relations with Mexico and China have been a game of good cop, bad cop — with Trump playing both roles.

MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with David Schanzer of Duke University and reporter Molly O'Toole about all of the foreign policy implications around the resignation of Flynn and Trump's unpredictable temperament.

To hear the full discussion use the audio player above.

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