Trump Administration Turns Hostile on Aspen Security Forum

Live from the Aspen Security Forum: America’s inward turn

This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s research director and head of its US programme, and Tom Wright, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Strobe Talbott Centre and former Biden administration official, for an episode recorded live at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. Mark, Jeremy and Tom discuss the forum’s tense atmosphere, marked by the Trump administration’s last-minute ban on Department of Defence participa…

Pete Hegseth bans Pentagon officials from infamous Aspen Security Forum

Pentagon says Aspen Security Forum's values do not align with the US department of defence Pete Hegseth has banned Pentagon officials from speaking at a security conference because it promotes "evil globalism". Senior figures in the US defence department were set to speak at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado this week, following a tradition under both Democrat and Republican administrations. However, Mr Hegseth, the US defence secretary, has …

Trump administration turns hostile on Aspen Security Forum

The Trump administration’s last-minute snub of the Aspen Security Forum this week betrays a growing animosity between the U.S. government and wider national security community. The Pentagon on Monday pulled senior Defense Department officials from the annual event —only a day before the start of the four-day summit in Colorado — claiming the bipartisan gathering…

Politico: Trump "irrevocably changed the world order": EADaily

EADaily, July 20th, 2025. In the six months since his return to the White House, US President Donald Trump has "irrevocably changed the world order," experts admitted on the sidelines of the Aspen Security Forum, Politico reports.

Aspen forum attendees admit there’s no return to a pre-Trump world order

ASPEN, Colorado — Six months into President Donald Trump’s second administration, national security elites at the annual Aspen Security Forum have accepted that this president has irrevocably upended the global order. Against the backdrop of the leafy Aspen Meadows Resort, former and current U.S. and foreign officials, business leaders and analysts acknowledged publicly and privately that the Trump administration has dealt a lasting blow to much…