The current moment is the most grim moment in human history and the wrecking ball in the White House just doesn't give a damn.

He's having fun. He's serving his rich constituency. So what the hell, let's destroy the world.

Welcome to Deconstructed. I'm Mehdi Hussain.

This week, who better to speak with about a combination of domestic and international crises from violence and Syria to the Democratic presidential race in the US than the legendary writer, activist and political theorist, Noam Chomsky?

Wanna know what he makes of impeachment too?

I mean, Trump is impeachable a hundred times over. You know, he's a major crook. Is it politically wise? I frankly doubt it.

Today, in a special episode of Deconstructed, I speak to the one the only Noam Chomsky.

My guest today has been a scathing critic of US Presidents and especially US foreign policy for more than 50 years.

He rose to prominence as an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War and was even included on Richard Nixon's enemies list.

An academic, activist and best-selling author, he's been described as the founding father of linguistic philosophy.

But he's best known today as the intellectual hero to anti-capitalists and to imperialists, socialists and anarchists.

I'm talking, of course, about Noam Chomsky, who was often referred to as one of the ten most quoted sources in the humanities along with Shakespeare and the Bible.

And yet you rarely, if ever, see him quoted, published or invited onto the mainstream media, whether it's the New York Times, Oppett Page or CNN Primetime.

Chomsky, the arch anti-interventionist, surprised a lot of people last year on my colleague Jeremy Scayhill's intercepted podcast when he said that the US should maintain a troop presence in Syria in order to deter Turkish aggression against the Kurds.

Does he still feel that way today in the wake of President Trump's controversial withdrawal of US troops?

And what's his view on impeaching Trump and on the presidential prospects of his old friend, Senator Bernie Sanders?

Recently, and I should add shortly before Trump announced the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,

Noam Chomsky joined me for an interview from his new academic base at the University of Arizona, where aged 90, he's now laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics

and chair of an Environment and Social Justice program.

Professor Chomsky, thanks for joining me on deconstructed.

Very pleased to be with you.

In recent weeks, we've seen some pretty gruesome images coming out of Northeastern Syria.

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