Makes We Wonder Why I Even Bring the Thunder
Bombshell
English - January 15, 2019 16:29 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 644 ratingsNews Government military politics war Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Bombshell returns in 2019 with a new set of Bombshell questions and a guest, Dana Stroul, to give our best shot at explaining US-Syria policy. Secretary Pompeo has finished a whirlwind tour (while his staff are unpaid) trying to do the same, and at least one of the parties to potential US-North Korea summit seems to be doing its homework (guess which). The team digs deep into the longest government shutdown in history and considers just what kind of emergency it would be if Trump used national emergency powers to build a wall. Plus, lots of pop culture for the new year.
Syria Policy
Robbie Gramer, "Mike Pompeo Is Flying Solo in the Middle East," Foreign PolicyKeeping up Foreign Relations
North Korea
Jon Herskovitz and Youkyung Lee, "North Korea's Nuclear Program Quietly Advances, Pressuring Trump," BloombergIt's Aghast
Brexit
"Theresa May Facing Crunch Vote on Her Brexit Deal," BBCChina
Marilyn Haigh, "US Trade Representative's Office Will Have Only About 30% of Its Staff Due to the Shutdown As China Talks Approach March Deadline," CNBC "China's Annual Trade Surplus With U.S. Hits Record Despite Trump's Tariff Offensive," Wall Street JournalWhite House Mayhem
Shutdown
Javier Zarracina and Li Zhou, "The Astonishing Effects of the Shutdown, In 8 Charts," Vox "Everything You Need to Know About the Government Shutdown," Washington PostNational Emergency
Elizabeth Goitein, "What the President Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency," Atlantic Quinta Jurecic, "Everyone Calm Down About That Declaration of National Emergency," Lawfare