'To the Victor Belong the Spoils': Trump's UN speech and the weakest world order in generations

Podcast: Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald · ABC Australia

Opublikowano: 2026-09-30

The world's leaders are heading home from UN General Assembly week, and Donald Trump gave them plenty to talk about: a threat to annihilate Iran, and a line about "the spoils" of victory that Foreign Policy editor-in-chief Ravi Agrawal says shocked him more. Agrawal argues Trump's coercive power may have peaked, with US munitions depleted by the Iran war, an unpopular presidency and midterms looming. So who fills the gap? He tells Geraldine Doogue and Latika Bourke he sees no clear successor, but he does see countries de-risking from Washington through new defence pacts and...