As Trump Squanders U.S. Power and Credibility, Former Allies Find Alternatives For Collective Security
We begin with the devastating consequences of Trump’s squandering of U.S. power and credibility as former allies look for alternative ways to find collective security after having relied on the U.S. for protection and weaponry. Joining us is Aslı Bâli, a professor of law at the Yale Law School, past president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Previously, she served as founding faculty director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA Law and is the former director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies. She has an article at The Guardian, “What should replace the American-led world order?”
Trump’s Relentless Assault On the Law as He Finds Workabounds After Being Struck Down By the Courts
Then we examine Trump’s relentless assault on the law as he aggressively pursues workarounds after being stopped by courts with the help of a craven toady who cowardly Republican senators confirmed as his AG. Joining us is Harry Litman, a former United States attorney and deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department. A professor of constitutional law and national security law at the University of California San Diego and University of California Los Angeles, he is a Senior Fellow at the Annenberg Center at the University of Southern California, the host of the Talking San Diego speaker series, and the Executive Producer & host of the Talking Feds podcast as well as author of the Talking Feds Substack. He is also a senior legal columnist at The New Republic and his latest articles at Talking Feds include “Reflecting Pool Case: A Kafkaesque Debacle Even After the Dismissal”, “Blanche and Trump Snooker Cornyn and Tillis” and “Plucky Protesters Net One Against ICE.“
The Traitor in the Oval Office Praises Putin and Xi as They Covertly Work With Iran to Kill Americans
Then finally we assess how, while the traitor in the Oval Office praises Putin and Xi for being helpful by staying out of the Iran war, the opposite is true as Russia and China covertly help Iran and, as Trump weakens America, they are likely to take advantage of U.S. vulnerability. Joining us is Olga Lautman, a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis who is also the creator and co-host of the Kremlin File podcast series, which features expert discussions on the Kremlin’s internal affairs, global operations, and tactics used from their hybrid warfare toolkit to destabilize Western democracies. She has a Substack newsletter covering Russia, Ukraine, Eastern, and Central Europe with a focus on Russia’s intelligence operations available at olgalautman.substack.com where her latest articles include “Something Is Setting Off Alarm Bells Across NATO” and “Russia Uses Its 2008 Invasion of Georgia to Threaten Armenia.”