Since Oval Office Flattery is Required, South Korea’s President Praises Trump’s Garish Redecoration Only to Have Trump Heap Praise on the North Korean Dictator Who Wants to Annihilate South Korea
We begin with today’s White House visit by South Korea’s president who praised Trump’s garish redecoration of the Oval Office in a flurry of ritual flattery, which foreign leaders now understand is a requirement, only to have Trump bring up the refrain of how well he got along with Kim Jong-Un who threatens the annihilation of South Korea and has his troops fighting in Ukraine to help Russia, and how Trump is looking forward to another meeting with the North Korean dictator this year. Joining us is Stephen Noerper, Founder and President of Asia Dialogue and a senior UN program adviser who serves on the faculty of Punahou Academy and Hawai’i Pacific University. A former State Department senior analyst, he’s held fellowships at the EastWest Institute, East West Center, Korea’s Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security, and the Edward. R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy.
A Directionless DNC Meets Today With Coffers Empty and a Growing Split Between Younger Activists and Older Centrists While Trump’s GOP Moves to Wipe Out the Opposition and Install a Dictator
Then with the DNC meeting today in Minneapolis as the Democratic Party’s coffers are almost bare since big donors are holding back funds due to a lack of direction and a growing split between the younger activists and the older centrists, we speak with Philip Rocco, a professor in the Department of Political Science at Marquette University and the co-editor of Publius: The Journal of Federalism. He is the co-author of Obamacare Wars: Federalism, State Politics, and the Affordable Care Act. And his latest book is Counting Like a State, which examines how conflict and cooperation between federal, state, and local governments shapes the implementation of the United States census. We will discuss his article at Jacobin “How the Democratic Party Was Hollowed Out.”
5 More Palestinian Journalists Killed Today as Starvation Takes Hold in Gaza
Then finally, with 5 more Palestinian journalists killed today in an Israeli strike on a hospital, we go to the UK to speak with David Hearst, the Editor of Middle East Eye who formerly was the chief foreign leader writer of The Guardian and its former Associate Foreign Editor, European Editor, Moscow Bureau Chief, European Correspondent, and Ireland Correspondent. We will discuss his article at Middle East Eye, “Netanyahu is on a mission to seize the Middle East. Will anyone stop him?”