Edan Alexander Release: Is the Trump/Netanyahu Split Becoming More Real? Are Republicans Moving Toward Populist Economics? With Matt Stoller
System Update with Glenn Greenwald
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🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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While it is still unclear whether the reported rift between Trump and Netanyahu will be lasting, Trump continues to deprioritize Israel, angering pro-Israel fanatics like Ben Shapiro. Plus: Trump issues an executive order cutting prescription drug prices. Journalist Matt Stoller explains why he's skeptical of the policy and discusses the significance of Republicans' economic populism movement.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. It's Monday, May 12th. Welcome to a new episode of System Update, our live nightly show that airs every single |
| 0:22.0 | Monday through Friday, no exceptions at 7 p.m. Eastern exclusively here on Rumble, the free speech |
| 0:27.2 | alternative to YouTube. Tonight, on our program last week, we asked whether there was anything |
| 0:32.4 | really authentic or meaningful about various reports suggesting a growing rift between Donald Trump and Benjamin |
| 0:39.0 | and Yahoo. There was some evidence to substantiate that suspicion, but as we noted last week, |
| 0:44.3 | far more than that would be required before believing that there has really been a split |
| 0:49.4 | between any Israeli prime minister and any American president, let alone one as surrounded and funded by Israeli loyalists as Donald Trump has been and still is. |
| 0:59.7 | The last time there was any real divergence, real split between the two governments was during the Bush 41 administration. |
| 1:07.0 | But all of that was quickly resolved by a smear campaign led by Bill Clinton, who was running |
| 1:11.1 | against Bush 41, to brand the Bush administration, quote, anti-Semitic for daring to tell |
| 1:16.9 | Israel that some of its behavior was contrary to American interest and therefore might jeopardize |
| 1:21.6 | their loan guarantees if it continues. |
| 1:23.7 | Now, this is still my view. |
| 1:25.6 | I want to see far more proof before concluding that this divergence |
| 1:29.2 | or even animosity between the two governments is both real and enduring. But the evidence for this |
| 1:34.9 | view is now far more ample and concrete than it was when we reviewed it last week. This split |
| 1:41.9 | extends to several different Middle East regions and a variety of different |
| 1:46.0 | agenda items for both Washington and Tel Aviv. Both the American and Israeli press are reporting |
| 1:51.5 | the anger on the part of Israeli officials for peeling abandoned by President Trump. |
| 1:55.8 | We'll show you all of that evidence and also review the latest in the U.S.-Israel relationship, |
| 2:05.3 | including what that might mean for Gaza, the West Bank, Iran, and beyond. |
| 2:12.7 | Then President Trump yesterday announced that he was about to post one of the most consequential and important decisions he had ever made. |
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