The job of president of the United States is one which has long stretched beyond its national borders. But this Years President ial candidates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, have very different ideas about how to manage americas complicated relationship with other powerful nations. The outcome of the 2024 us election could have far reaching impacts on people across the globe. So what is Americas Place in the world today, and how would Donald Trump and Kamala Harris shape that role . Im speaking with our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. Hi, lyse. Hello, sumi. Really good to, well, not face to face, but at least speak to you down the line. Indeed. And we also have our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. How are you, james . Very well, sumi. Good to be here. Great to have you both. And i want to start with the fact that many of our listeners will know you, our viewers will know you, you attend summits, you travel the world, you speak to diplomats, you speak to lawmake
Indeed. And we also have our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. How are you, james? very well, sumi. Good to be here. Great to have you both. And i want to start with the fact that many of our listeners will know you, our viewers will know you, you attend summits, you travel the world, you speak to diplomats, you speak to lawmakers. In these conversations, what is the broad sense you re getting on how people right now see america on the world stage? i think the one word i would use is uncertainty. I think that, in the short run, the world is watching and waiting for the outcome of the election in november to see what impact that will have on us policy. And i think more broadly, i think they re just looking at the united states, thinking this is a country that is in transition, that it s moving, and it s a country that is having a debate with itself about what role it should play in the world, and it s been doing that for many years. And it continues. And i think so the world is
the peace plan, this is all a charade, china benefits from the war on ukraine so there will be no peace. it is all game and 100% confident, it will be strategizing about how do we fuel this war because china is incentivized to keep this war going. why? because two of the top geopolitical adversaries perceived adversaries, the united states and russia their respective combat arsenals in this proxy war. president biden is focused on ukraine, xi believes we can do whatever he wants because the chinese avenue assess the united states is incapable of fighting a two front war. ashley: alexandra health live in washington, good good morning. this is president xi first trip in four years to moscow in first visit since unprecedented third term seeking more support in this while trying to frame this trip as diplomatic. in a statement to chinese president, conflict and war benefits no one. they must have a rational exercise in restraint and aggravating tensions to prevent the prices
national security and retired navy special operations, captain, good to see you as always. are you buying xi s line he wants to be peacemaker or part of a chess game, and other moves in the chess game to just place the america on the world stage? good morning, thank you for having me, ashley. the russians are taking all the frontline troops off of china a year and a half ago to prepare for this. it behooves the chinese to elongate this war because it takes the pressure off of them. it is the law of dynamics. keep the heat off of you keeps the heat off of me. ashley: what do you make of the timing of the meeting because he supposed to be meeting with zelenskyy after this. what do you think about that? i would not trust anything the chinese are doing. look what they were doing to our country. they flew a balloon over us. they had 300,000 students in our