Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at Background Briefing.org.

I'm me and Masters, and today we'll examine a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with the only policy plan or program Trump is offering,

apart from the reality TV theater of vengeance and retribution,

the war on woke and rounding up immigrants,

and that is drill baby drill,

as though unleashing the liquid gold beneath our feet will lower the price of eggs.

Joining us to discuss Trump's embrace of the fossil fuel industry, which will accelerate global warming and likely do irreversible damage to the planet,

is Dana Noor, a fossil fuels and climate reporter at The Guardian, where her latest article we will discuss is Big Oil spent 445 million in the last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress report says.

Then we'll address how China's new AI model Deep Seek is threatening the US edge in AI and causing tech stocks to tumble with AI chipmaker Navidia down 12%.

Joining us is Dr. Herb Lynn, a senior research scholar for cyber policy and security at the Center for International Security Corporation

and a fellow in Cyber Policy and Security at Stanford University.

He is chief scientist emeritus for the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

at the National Research Council of the National Academies and, in 2016,

served on President Obama's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity.

He was also a professional staff member and staff scientist for the House Armed Services Committee,

where his portfolio included defense policy and arms control issues.

Then finally, we look into whether Trump will fall for Putin's flattery

and meet with him one-on-one to end the war on Ukraine without the Ukrainians at the table,

as well as the Hitler saluting Musk's call at a rally for the anti-NATO pro-Pooten AFD party in Germany

to forget the crimes of the Nazis

just ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

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