In this memoir, John Bolton provides a detailed and critical account of his time as National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump. Bolton describes a presidency marked by chaos, where Trump's decisions were largely driven by reelection calculations, often at the expense of national security and international relations. The book covers various foreign policy issues, including dealings with North Korea, China, Russia, and Iran, as well as domestic conflicts and the tumultuous environment within the Trump Administration. Bolton also discusses the impeachment proceedings and his own experiences with Trump's erratic behavior and lack of impulse control.
In 'American Crusade', Andrew L. Seidel examines key Supreme Court cases over the last thirty years, including cases like 'Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission', 'Trump v. Hawaii', and the recent overturning of 'Roe v. Wade'. Seidel argues that the Supreme Court has turned the protection of religious freedom into a tool to impose Christian privilege and undermine the separation of church and state. The book is a meticulously researched and deeply insightful account of the current political landscape, emphasizing the dangers of Christian nationalism and the importance of maintaining a secular government to protect true religious liberty.
Donald Trump has appointed neoconservative Marco Rubio to oversee US foreign policy as secretary of state. Ben Norton reviews his extremely hawkish record pushing for war on China, Iran, and beyond, as well as the Florida senator's shady support for his drug lord brother-in-law, Orlando Cicilia, who was imprisoned for trafficking $15 million in cocaine.
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0:00 Intro
0:32 China is threat to US unipolar dominance
1:21 Rubio loves Israel
1:55 Rubio wants "disproportionate" attack on Iran
2:25 Religious fundamentalism
3:47 China is "far more dangerous than the cold war"
4:33 Neocolonialism in Latin America
6:03 Rubio wants USA to invade Venezuela
6:25 Monroe Doctrine
7:42 China and Latin America
8:39 Scapegoating China
9:28 Chinagate: the new McCarthyism
10:55 Censorship
11:41 Rubio wants to censor "disinformation"
12:08 Threatening Mexico
13:05 Rubio's shady links to drug lord brother-in-law
14:02 Outro
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