Extemp Questions 2025 February

•  Is Trump driving America towards a new era of international isolationism?
• Will Trump’s new tariffs spark a global trade war?
• Will new tariffs by the Trump White House backfire on the American economy?
• Will the American public accept the short term economic costs of President Trump’s planned tariffs?
• Will President Trump's decision to end TPS programs cost Republicans the support Latino voters in the midterms?
• Will Congressional Republicans go along with the Trump Administration’s plans to end the Department of Education?
• Can Congolese forces push the M23 militia out of Goma?
• How much will rising trade tensions with the US drive down global economic growth?
• Has President Trump done long-term damage to America’s soft power abroad?
• Will President Trump’s trade actions do more harm than good for the American economy?
• Will M23 militia forces push further west into the DR Cnngo?
• Is the political firewall against Germany’s AFD party breaking apart?
• Does Elon Musk have too much control over the federal government?
• Is global AI development making a pivotal shift in China’s favor?
• Are extremist settlers in the West Bank being emboldened by the Trump White House?
• Is the Netanyahu government enabling settler violence in the West Bank?
• Does President Trump have an achievable legislative agenda?
• Will the American public be patient with the Trump White House over continuing high prices?
• What can the Democrats do to win back working class voters?
• Will President Trump’s economic policies cost him the support of working class voters?
• Can the Trump White House be trusted to enforce government ethics laws?
• Are deportations by the Trump Administration starting to show significant economic effects?
• Will right-wing populism continue to make gains in Europe’s upcoming elections?
• Will the Trump-Musk partnership last?
• How will Germany’s new leadership change national policy towards migrants?
• Will the ceasefire in Gaza continue to hold?
• Is phase two of the Gaza peace deal achievable?
• Is Netanyahu using Gaza as a distraction to annex the West Bank?
• What can Germany’s new leadership do to turn around the economy?
• Will Kash Patel leadership do lasting damage to the institution of the FBI?
• Is DOGE doing more harm than good?
• Has DOGE been successful at finding the waste, fraud and abuse it was supposed to root out?
• Will President Trump ease sanctions against Russia?
• Has the change in US policy towards Ukraine shifted the Russian public's view of the war?
• Can Zelenskyy provide more support to Ukraine?
• Can Europe still rely on the US as a security ally?
• Has Germany’s far-right been successful at normalizing their political views?
• Will Trump follow through on plans to move the Palestinians out of Gaza?
• Should Europe build its own military?
• Has Germany’s AFD party reached its political zenith?
• Can Bolsonaro still make a political comeback in Brazil?
•  Will the fighting in the DR Congo spill over into a larger regional conflict?
• Will the AFD continue to gain support across Germany?
• What can be done to reverse the breakdown in the relationship between Ukraine and the Trump White House?
• Can Europe ramp up defense production in time to save Ukraine?