Victoria Newland's Promotion to the Lofty New Position of Secretary of State

Ron Khan was removed from power by virtue of a middle of the night no confidence vote and then he was charged and convicted on dubious corruption charges resulting in a prison term. Victoria Newland recently promoted to the lofty new position of deputy secretary of state visited Niger this week demanding that it reinstate its overthrown president who has long been viewed by the US as an ally and partner. We'll examine how much of our premium is placed in Washington and its national security state on changing other nations governments and interfering in their internal politics with a lot more than some Twitter bots. Then we'll speak with former Trump speech writer and current investigative journalist Darren Beatty of Revolver News about the US role in his