News - Trump's Gulf Tour & Deals, Gaza Updates, US Habeas Corpus

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Alex Jordan rejoins the show to see if he can impersonate Danny as well as he impersonated Derek a couple of weeks ago. He and Derek discuss the India-Pakistan ceasefire (01:23); Donald Trump’s big Persian Gulf tour (04:24)(filled with Deals, Bribes, and announcements about Syrian sanctions (7:49) and Iranian nuclear talks (10:40)); the latest developments in Gaza (15:34); the US-China tariff pause (26:52); the PKK’s major disarmament announcement (29:19); a new round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks (32:19); major clashes between militias in Libya (35:49); the arrival of the first group of Afrikaner refugees to the US (39:33); Luis Arce’s decision to quit the Bolivian presidential race (41:17); the sacking of US National Intelligence Council staff for daring to contradict President Trump (43:09); and whether or not the US is still going to have habeas corpus for much longer (46:04). You can watch Alex Jordan on the Quincy Institute’s inaugural episode of the YouTube program “Always at War," which he co-hosted with Courtney Rawlings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige. To listen ad-free, you can subscribe at Americanprostagepod.com. Find the link in our show notes.
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1:12.9	Don't worry. But I'm very pleased to be joined by Alex Jordan. Alex has been on the program before.
1:19.9	You've heard him sub for me doing the news. He's going to try to sub for Danny, try to fill the Danny role this week doing the news. Alex has a show called
1:29.1	Always at War, which he co-hosts with Courtney Rawlings on YouTube. Alex, thanks for jumping in
1:34.9	and covering for us. Covering for Danny, I should say, really. It's his fault. It is his fault,
1:40.0	but you guys have big shoes to fill. I mean, any tips for embodying Danny's, you know, effortless Riz?
1:47.9	If you just follow strictly the script that I've given you, we should be all right.
1:51.6	Beautiful.
1:52.3	That's perfect.
1:53.8	I've just learned to read.
1:55.2	I'm ready for today.
1:56.6	Excellent.
1:57.2	Excellent.
1:57.6	Yeah, you're covered.
1:59.7	All right.
2:00.4	So I'm going to turn it over to you because you are doing the Danny roll. Let's get into the news.
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