Israel’s Plan to Flatten and Occupy Gaza

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Crooked Media

Politics, News

4.8 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Tommy and Ben discuss President Trump’s firing of National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and the dangers that come along with consolidating responsibilities into fewer hands, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to the White House, and cuts to the CIA, military, and other intelligence agencies while Trump plans a “big, beautiful” military parade on his birthday. They also talk about Israel’s plan to occupy and hold Gaza indefinitely, the anti-Trump effect in the Australian election, but a rightward turn for elections in the UK and Romania. Additionally, they cover the rocky start for Germany’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the Trump administration’s defense of Germany’s far-right AfD party after being designated as an “extremist endeavor”, India’s military response to a terrorist attack in the Kashmir region, and they take bets on the papal conclave. Finally, Ben speaks to Clayton Weimers, Executive Director of Reporters Without Borders in the US about the grim state of global press freedom.

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0:48.9	Thank you. the Wise app today or visit wise.com. Terms and conditions apply. Welcome to Potta of the World. I'm Tommy Vitor. I'm Ben Rhodes. Ben, all the way live from
0:53.2	Singapore. You look very international right now. I mean, Vitor. I'm Ben Rhodes. Ben, all the way live from Singapore. You look very
0:54.4	international right now. I mean, you know, Q international hotel room could be anywhere. But yes,
1:01.4	good morning. Good Wednesday morning, Tommy. It is Wednesday morning in Singapore,
1:06.0	which I love, by the way, because you can walk two blocks in any direction and eat a bowl of noodles. But I'm here for a philanthropy summit. I'm here to help support the Obama Foundation and its remarkable leaders here who I had dinner with last night. So yes, coming to you from the other...
1:24.6	Did you see Donald Trump attacked the Obama presidential library in his Oval Office meeting?
1:29.2	I woke up to that.
1:30.8	I actually didn't see the specific report, but yeah, I'm probably not doing any favors for it by saying I'm here on its behalf in Singapore.
1:38.4	But yeah, yeah.
1:39.1	Well, you're fine.
1:40.4	He basically accused all the construction workers in Chicago of like doing land acknowledgments and screaming their pronouns and not like hammering in nails or something. So
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