TACO Trump Backs Down Then Iran Refutes His Claim He Did So Because They Want to Talk
We begin with TACO Trump backing down from his promised massive attack on Iran claiming the Iranians desperately wanted to re-engage with talks, but Iranian officials scoffed at that and said they are not planning or are interested in talking to Trump. Joining us to discuss whether the new hardline government in Tehran wants a diplomatic solution or would rather keep a low-level war going indefinitely against the “great satan” is Mohsen Milani, the Executive Director of the World Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies and Professor of Politics at the University of South Florida. Professor Milani has served as a fellow at Harvard, Oxford, and Foscari University in Italy and is the author of The Making of Iran’s Islamic Revolution. His latest book is Iran’s Rise and Rivalry with the US in the Middle East.
Has the Fratricide Between the Democrats Running For the US Senate in Michigan Doomed the Party’s Chances of Winning Back the Senate?
Then we assess whether the fratricide between the Democratic candidates running for the US Senate in Michigan has damaged both candidate’s chances of winning in the November general election, thus dooming the Democrat’s chance of gaining control of the Senate. Joining us is Danny Postel, the Politics Editor at New Lines Magazine. Previously he was Senior Editor of the London-based magazine openDemocracy; and was Associate Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Denver and Assistant Director of the Center for Global Studies at Northwestern University. His latest article at New Lines Magazine we discuss is, “Abdul El-Sayed Is In a Fight to Transform the Democratic Party.”