Trump & Carney’s Heated Rivalry

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Aug 26, 2026

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Poh Si Teng

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Feroze Sidhwa

Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, an emergency/trauma physician turned advocate after volunteering in Gaza. Poh Si Teng, director who filmed U.S. doctors in Gaza. They discuss making the documentary, choices about graphic footage, doctors’ shift from clinical care to congressional advocacy, Gaza’s collapsed healthcare, barriers to humanitarian access, and the role of Gazan journalists in telling the story.

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INSIGHT

Ratcliffe Trip Suggests Worrying Russian Moves

John Ratcliffe's surprise trip to Moscow likely signaled U.S. concern about Russian plans to test NATO or strike targets in Europe.
Ben Rhodes said sending the CIA director implies intelligence the White House found worrisome.

INSIGHT

UK Pledged Long-Range Missiles To Ukraine

UK PM Andy Burnham announced Britain would help Ukraine build long-range Storm Shadow missiles, ratcheting up support.
Russia publicly warned the UK, calling such help 'pouring oil on a fire' and threatening retaliation.

ANECDOTE

Pentagon Ousted Stars and Stripes Leaders

The Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes' publisher, editor-in-chief, and a reporter after they spoke about editorial independence on CBS.
Ben Rhodes compared the move to Good Morning Vietnam censorship and warned service members will lose an independent news source.

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Trump starts a trade war with Canada, announces “Economic D-Day” against Iran, while Russia deploys AI killer drones in Ukraine.

Tommy and Ben break down the collapse of US-Canada trade negotiations, the politics animating Prime Minister Mark Carney’s tough talk, and why a trade war carries long-term economic risks for Canada. Then the Trump administration threatens an “Economic D-Day” against Iran, which so far seems like an empty threat. In Ukraine, Russia has deployed autonomous drones that select their own targets using artificial intelligence, while CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes a mysterious trip to Moscow, and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham makes his first foreign trip to Kyiv and promises long-range missiles. The Pentagon fires the publisher, editor-in-chief, and a reporter from the military's own newspaper, “Stars and Stripes,” for speaking about the importance of editorial independence. And the guys dig into the rise of El Salvador's Nayib Bukele as the unlikely standard-bearer for a new wave of hard-right Latin American leaders, and show some terrifying and funny videos from the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games. Then Ben interviews award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa about the new documentary, American Doctor, that exposes the gut-wrenching experiences of doctors who went to Gaza to help, and the battle to force change back in Washington, D.C.

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