Gareth Porter talks Trump, Syria, and America's relationship with Israel. Porter says there are quite a few instances so far in Trump's presidency where he's made a public announcement about his plans, and then his aides work behind his back to thwart him. In many of...
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1/18/19 Ron Paul on President Trump’s Foreign Policy
by Scott Horton | Jan 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Dr. Ron Paul joins the show for an assessment of President Trump's foreign policy so far, about half way into his first term. Paul says that compared with Bush and Obama, Trump doesn't look too bad. His instincts are better, especially in the way he questions why...
1/18/19 Daniel Lazare on America’s Inscrutable Foreign Policy
by Scott Horton | Jan 22, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Lazare comes on the show to talk about Hillary Clinton and her staff's role in America's latest wars in the Middle East. He says the story really goest back to Bill Clinton, who broke with Democratic Party tradition by supporting generally right-wing positions...
1/18/19 Hunter DeRensis on Bill Kristol’s ‘Never Trump’ Return
by Scott Horton | Jan 21, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Hunter DeRensis talks about his recent article on Bill Kristol's new publication, The Bulwark, which he sees as a direct successor to the Weekly Standard, and a new home for the "Never Trump" movement. The Standard made a name for itself by pushing for the invasion of...
1/18/19 Mike Swanson on the Current Economic Bubble
by Scott Horton | Jan 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Mike Swanson joins the show for an update on the U.S. economy. He says that some investors think the recent 20 percent drop in the stock market was the needed "correction," and that the economy is now healthy. But Swanson warns that we're far from out of the woods,...
1/18/19 Winslow T. Wheeler on Earmarks in the Federal Budget
by Scott Horton | Jan 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Winslow T. Wheeler explains earmarks in the federal budget, a process by which representatives can subtly direct money away from what it's actually been requested for, often into projects that will go straight contractors in their districts. These firms then make...
1/7/19 Gareth Porter on the Khmer Rouge
by Scott Horton | Jan 9, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter comes back on the show to respond to claims that he's an apologist for Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. In explaining his 1975 book, Cambodia: Starvation and Revolution, he identifies a dangerous trend surrounding American wars abroad, which he himself fell...
1/5/19 Gareth Porter on Ending the War in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Jan 7, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter tells Scott why he's optimistic that the war in Yemen will soon be coming to an end. For one thing, says Porter, the War Powers resolutions in both congress and the senate have created political pressure to end America's backing of the Saudis, even if...
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