5/19/26 Dave DeCamp on China, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Scott brings Dave DeCamp back on the show to run through some of the biggest foreign policy news. They start with Trump’s trip to meet with Xi in China which may have had some implications for US policy towards Taiwan. They then discuss whether Trump is really planning to bomb Iran again if talks continue to get nowhere. DeCamp then provides an update on the chaos and violence that has kicked off in Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza as a result of Trump and Netanyahu’s decision to launch their regional war. Discussed on the show: “Trump Says He Decided To ‘Hold Off’ on Plans To Attack Iran on Tuesday Due To Request From Gulf Arab Allies” (Antiwar.com) “Israeli Strikes Kill Seven in Lebanon, Overall War Toll Passes 3,000 Killed” (Antiwar.com) “Israeli Strike on Gaza City Kills One Palestinian as Constant IDF Ceasefire Violations Continue” (Antiwar.com) Dave DeCamp is the news editor of Antiwar.com and the host of Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp. Follow him on Twitter @decampdave Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/47jMtg7 (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com) Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism: https://amzn.to/3tgMCdw Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/3HRufs0 Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Incorporated https://rrbi.co Moon Does Artisan Coffee https://scotthorton.org/coffee; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616 and Dissident Media https://dissidentmedia.com You can also support Scott’s work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/https://scotthortonshow.com or https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You ladies and gentlemen of the press have been less than honest reporting to the American people what's going on in this country.
0:11.0	Because the babies are making it.
0:13.0	We're dealing with Hitler Revisited.
0:15.0	This is the Scott Horton Show, Libertarian foreign policy, mostly.
0:21.7	When the president visited, that means that it is not a legal.
0:24.5	We're going to take out seven countries in five years. They don't know what the
0:27.6	they're doing. Negotiate now. End this war. And now, here's your host, Scott Horton.
0:39.2	All right, you guys, introducing the great Dave DeCant.
0:42.6	Why, he's the news editor over at anti-war.com.
0:47.3	And he's also the host of the podcast, Anti-War News,
0:50.5	which is available on Spotify and YouTube and all of your other RSS feed type podcast catcher devices and software applications. Welcome back to the show. How are you doing, Dave? Good, Scott. Thanks for having me. Good to be here. Good. Very happy to have you. Um, listen, I don't want to take up too much
1:12.9	your time on too many topics, but I probably will. Can we start with China? Trump went and
1:19.6	they had delayed the thing because of the war in Iran, but then he finally went and had his big
1:24.7	meeting with Chairman Xi. So what great deals were struck by the
1:31.0	president on his big trip? Yeah, so certainly, you know, a big trip, you know, optics-wise,
1:37.6	seeing Trump and Xi together and all the kind of elaborate ceremonies and the fact that Trump
1:42.7	brought along, you know, his top level
1:45.7	officials, Marco Rubio, Pete Heggseth, and also a whole gang of CEOs. But as far as I could tell,
1:52.5	there were not any major deals reached. There were some trade stuff, some commitment to purchase
1:57.9	more goods from each other. But nothing too major. And when it came to
2:03.6	Iran, it looked like nothing, you know, there was some speculation that Trump might try to get China,
2:09.8	some commitments out of China to work harder to open the Strait of Hormuz. But what was interesting,
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