5/14/25 Dave DeCamp on Trump’s Evolving Middle East Policy

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🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Dave DeCamp returns to the show to discuss recent developments in the Middle East. They talk about Trump’s meeting with the new bin Ladenite president of Syria, the end of US operations targeting the Houthis of Yemen, Trump’s negotiations with Iran, whether Trump really is turning on Netanyahu and the status of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. They finish with a quick look at the talks between Ukraine and Russia. Discussed on the show: “Trump Meets With Syria’s Al-Qaeda Leader-Turned President, Praises His ‘Strong Past’” (Antiwar.com) “Inside Waltz’s ouster: Before Signalgate, talks with Israel angered Trump” (Washington Post) “Disagreements on Iran, Gaza straining Trump-Netanyahu relationship” (NBC News) “Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation” (New York Times) Dave DeCamp is the news editor of Antiwar.com and the host of Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp. Follow him on Twitter @decampdave This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Incorporated; Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, you, welcome to the Scott Horton Show.
0:11.6	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of anti-war.com,
0:16.4	and author of Provoked, how Washington started the new Cold War with Russia and the catastrophe in Ukraine.
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0:37.7	You guys, I have Dave DeKamp, anti-war.com's news editor and the host of anti-war
0:43.8	news, the great podcast, Dave DeCamp on the line.
0:47.4	Welcome back, Dave.
0:48.1	How are you doing?
0:49.0	I'm good, Scott.
0:49.7	Thanks for having me.
0:50.7	Man, I'm so happy to have you back on the show.
0:52.4	We have so much to talk about.
0:53.6	And I just, you know what? I'm old. I usually don't whoop and holler when I get a news alert from anybody.
1:01.4	But this morning, the Washington Times hit me with Trump meets Abu Muhammad Al-Jolani, the leader of al-Qaeda in Syria. I mean, Al-Shara, the new leader of Syria, and says, you're a really great guy or something.
1:19.7	So I'd been pins and needles here, man.
1:22.3	What is Trump's position on the new Syria going to be?
1:25.1	I mean, of all the things that Biden did to screw him over
1:27.8	leaving him the world the way he left it, given obviously must have been the green light to the
1:35.3	Turks to go ahead and launch the massive Al-Qaeda takeover of Syria last November and
1:40.7	December ranks right up there with the worst of him anyway. So what's Trump going to do?
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