#1735 Trump's Making Friends of Enemies and Enemies of Neighbors (Foreign and Domestic Wars)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 7 September 2025
⏱️ 230 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 9/7/2025
Trump has been setting a new tone both at home and abroad which is shaking up everything from the war in Ukraine to threats of force against Mexico, Venezuela, and our own American cities with the militarization of domestic policing. And we made all of this before Trump posted an Apocalypse Now meme about using the Department of War against Chicago.
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KEY POINTS
KP 2: What Ukraine Is Fighting For Denys Pilash - The Majority Report W Sam Seder - Air Date 8-24-25
KP 4: Why Are US Warships Going to Venezuela Part 1 - The Take - Air Date 8-28-25
KP 5: The Dramatic Overhaul Of The Justice Dept. Part 1 - Fresh Air - Air Date 8-20-25
(00:56:33) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On encroaching fascism and the Boston Massacre
DEEPER DIVES
(01:07:01) SECTION A: UKRAINE
A1: Normalizing Militarization Part 1 - Main Justice - Air Date 8-27-25
(01:47:03) SECTION B: MEXICO & VENEZUELA
B1: Trump Admin Prepares to Attack Mexico - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 8-22-25
B2: Is Trump Fading - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 8-22-25
B4: Why Are US Warships Going to Venezuela Part 2 - The Take - Air Date 8-28-25
(02:11:53) SECTION C: THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
C1: The Dramatic Overhaul Of The Justice Dept. Part 2 - Fresh Air - Air Date 8-20-25
C2: Capehart and Ponnuru on the FBI's Raid on Trump Critic John Bolton - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 8-22-25
(02:37:10) SECTION D: DC AND US CITIES
D1: National Guard Troops In Washington Begin Carrying Weapons Part 1 - HasanAbi - Air Date 8-25-25
D2: Normalizing Militarization Part 2 - Main Justice - Air Date 8-27-25
D6: National Guard Troops In Washington Begin Carrying Weapons Part 2 - HasanAbi - Air Date 8-25-25
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| 0:28.5 | love to use. Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Life podcast. Trump has been setting a new tone both at home and abroad, which is shaking up everything from the war in Ukraine to threats of force against Mexico, Venezuela, and our own American cities with the militarization of domestic policing. |
| 0:50.6 | And we made all this before Trump posted an apocalypse now meme about using the Department of |
| 0:56.4 | War against Chicago. For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top |
| 1:01.4 | takes in about 55 minutes today includes breakthrough news, the Majority Report, the Muckrake |
| 1:07.2 | political podcast, the take, fresh air, the socialist program, democracy now, |
| 1:12.6 | and start making sense. |
| 1:14.6 | Then in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more in four sections. |
| 1:18.6 | Section A, Ukraine, followed by Section B, Mexico and Venezuela, Section C, the Justice Department, |
| 1:24.9 | and Section D, D.C. and U.S. cities. But first, a reminder to check out our new show solved on the Best of Left YouTube channel. We are really proud of the show we're making, and we know you'll get real value out of it. And you checking it out will help us find new viewers on YouTube. So thanks in advance for all of your views, like, subscribes, and comments. That's all on the best of left YouTube channel linked in the show notes. |
| 1:47.0 | And now, onto the show. |
| 1:54.4 | Tell me what your take is on everything that we've witnessed, just with that, |
| 1:57.7 | and then we can move to the sort of Zelensky-European side of things. |
| 2:00.8 | Well, the first thing is that it actually happened. |
| 2:04.7 | It actually happened. |
| 2:06.4 | Trump and Putin met for the first time since 2018. |
| 2:10.4 | It's also important that Putin came to the United States. |
| 2:15.3 | I think that's a very significant point. |
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