Kushner/Witkoff Diplomacy Fails Again with Trump “Ready to Go To War” as Iran Has “Prepared New Surprises”
We begin with Trump saying he is “ready to go to war” on Wednesday when the ceasefire expires while the Iranian side says they have “prepared new surprises for a potential new round of combat” as diplomatic efforts to have VP Vance meet with his Iranian counterparts in Pakistan falter. Joining us to discuss the farcical nature of US diplomacy run by real estate grifters taking conflicting orders from a mentally ill megalomaniac is Jonathan Guyer, program director at the Institute for Global Affairs at the Eurasia Group. A reporter and editor focused on foreign policy, national security, and the Middle East, he is an Arabic and Hebrew speaker and spent 5 years as a correspondent in Egypt. He is a regular contributor at The New Republic, New York Magazine, The Guardian among others, and we discuss his article at The New York Times, “For Kushner and Witkoff, C.E.O. Diplomacy Is No Longer Working.“
Trump Turns Allies Into Enemies While Weakening America at Warp Speed
Then with Trump turning allies into enemies while weakening America at warp speed, we go to Toronto, Canada to speak with Stephen Marche, a novelist and culture writer who has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Esquire, and many other outlets. His recent books include, The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future, and The Last Election, co-authored with Andrew Yang.
How Long Can the Ridiculous Drunken Fanboy in Charge of the FBI Last?
Then finally we assess how long the ridiculous Trump fanboy in charge of the FBI Kash Patel will last after reports of serial drunkenness with his own security detail having to break down doors to wake him. Joining us is Scott Horton, a former lecturer at Columbia Law School and is a contributing editor at Harper’s in legal affairs and national security. He serves on the American branch of the International Law Association, and has represented a variety of journalists and whistleblowers and he has a new Substack, The Horton-Kaiser Report, with former New York Times and Wall Street Journal reporter Charles Kaiser.