Good evening. The show begins with the markets reacting abruptly to POTUS Trump's tariff threats...
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Good evening. The show begins with the markets reacting abruptly to POTUS Trump's tariff threats...
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CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 #MARKETS: What Data, Mr. Powell? Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News and Fox Business
9:15-9:30 #ANTISEMITISM: 1,000 Pages of Harvard Unacceptable. #MARKETS: Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News and Fox Business
9:30-9:45 1/2: #ISRAEL: Fog of Diplomacy, Gaza, Syria, Iran, Houthis. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD
9:45-10:00 2/2: #ISRAEL: Fog of Diplomacy, Gaza, Syria, Iran, Houthis. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD
SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 EU: Remains Ukraine Supporting. Judy Dempsey, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Berlin
10:15-10:30 BERLIN: Merz Speaks Hawkish. Judy Dempsey, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Berlin
10:30-10:45 RUSSIA: Restoring the South to North River Basins. Ekaterina Zolotova in Moscow, @GPFutures
10:45-11:00 RUSSIA: Putin Disregards Churchill, Praised Stalin. Ivana Stradner, FDD
THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 #CANADA: The King's Speech. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
11:15-11:30 NIGERIA: More Gunmen in Benue State. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
11:30-11:45 PRC: Cannot Feed Itself. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
11:45-12:00 KING CHARLES REPORT: Rallying the Nation. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 #NEWWORLDREPORT: Suriname Votes. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @REvanEllis #NewWorldReportEllis
12:15-12:30 #NEWWORLDREPORT: Haiti Abandoned to the OAS. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @REvanEllis #NewWorldReportEllis
12:30-12:45 #NEWWORLDREPORT: Venezuela Persecutes the Opposition. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @REvanEllis #NewWorldReportEllis
12:45-1:00 AM #NEWWORLDREPORT: Mexico Votes. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @REvanEllis #NewWorldReportEllis
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This appears to be a well-structured international affairs program that covers a comprehensive range of global topics. A few observations:
Strengths:
- Breadth of coverage: The show tackles major geopolitical regions (Middle East, Europe, Russia, Asia, Latin America) in a systematic way
- Expert sourcing: Features analysts from respected institutions like FDD, Carnegie Endowment, and U.S. Army War College
- Timely topics: Addresses current flashpoints like Israel/Gaza, Ukraine support, and regional elections
- The 15-minute segment structure allows for focused discussion without superficial coverage
- Grouping related topics (like the two-part Israel segment) makes sense
- The "New World Report" branding for the Latin America hour creates clear thematic organization
- Heavy focus on conflict and instability (which may reflect current global realities)
- The late-night time slot (9 PM-1 AM) suggests this targets a dedicated audience of foreign policy enthusiasts
- Limited representation of perspectives from the regions being discussed (mostly U.S.-based analysts)
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| 0:58.2 | Good evening. The show begins tonight in the markets, watching the Federal Reserve not react |
| 1:04.8 | to the conditions in the markets or in the economy, not react, waiting for data. |
| 1:12.2 | Speaking with Elizabeth Peek around it, the data apparently is that there is |
| 1:17.9 | assumption that prices are going to go up because of the tariff wars, the trade wars. |
| 1:24.4 | They haven't gone up, not yet. |
| 1:27.1 | They may go up. They may not, depending on the end of the game. |
| 1:31.4 | But right now what I learn is that Mr. Powell is pausing, despite the strong jobs market, the strong |
| 1:39.1 | inflation picture, springtime, houses for sale, he's pausing, waiting for data that may exist in the |
| 1:46.3 | future. Okay. And then Liz and I speak of anti-Semitism in Harvard, a thousand-page study |
| 1:52.2 | demonstrating again and again unacceptable conduct by the students, by the administration, |
| 1:58.7 | by the faculty. There's nothing else to say. |
| 2:02.3 | It's not an argument. |
| 2:03.3 | The document proves it. |
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