A criminally negligent coronavirus response
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4.8 • 25.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Tommy and Ben go through the latest news on the international response to the coronavirus, including nationwide lockdowns in the UK and India and signs of hope in Italy. Then they look at how the virus is impacting US relations with North Korea, how US sanctions are impeding health care workers in Iran and Venezuela, and how authoritarian leaders are using the pandemic to grab more power. They also cover Mike Pompeo’s trip to Afghanistan and how China is trying to turn the coronavirus into a propaganda win. Then Ambassador Susan Rice joins and does not mince words about her assessment of Trump’s performance.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:10.7 | Welcome back to Potsay the World on Tommy Vittor. |
| 0:12.9 | I'm Ben Rhodes. |
| 0:14.4 | Ben, I like the looks of your, what is that study office? |
| 0:17.8 | Yeah, I've got to do bookshelf just in time for the coronavirus. |
| 0:21.2 | Fantastic. |
| 0:22.0 | So a little cozy in here. |
| 0:23.4 | Well, I wish we were in the studio together, but I'm glad we can still do this. |
| 0:27.0 | Today, we're going to go through all the latest that's happening internationally in terms |
| 0:31.4 | of the response to the coronavirus. |
| 0:33.0 | We'll start with a major lockdown in the United Kingdom, in India, and potentially some |
| 0:38.6 | signs of hope in Italy. |
| 0:40.3 | We'll also talk about how the virus is impacting US relations with North Korea and Iran, and |
| 0:45.7 | how authoritarian leaders are using the coronavirus to grab more power. |
| 0:49.4 | We'll also get into why Mike Pompeo went to Afghanistan and some non-coronavirus news, |
| 0:54.2 | and how China is trying to spin their response into a PR coup. |
| 0:58.2 | And then we're going to be joined by Ambassador Susan Rice, former National Security Advisor |
| 1:01.6 | to President Obama. |
| 1:03.0 | She had firsthand experience managing the Ebola crisis in 2014 and all sorts of other international |
| 1:08.9 | problems. |
| 1:09.9 | She has some tough words for the Trump administration responses that they're been. |
| 1:15.3 | Yeah, it's not tough love either, Tommy. |
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