News - Ukraine Talks Collapse, India Threatens Pakistan’s Water Supply, IDF Operation Gideon’s Chariots

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and much more content! This week in the news roundup: the Ukraine peace talks collapse (3:30) as Trump stuns European allies with his sudden pivot back to positions beneficial to Russia (7:21); in EU elections, a Romanian centrist wins the presidency (11:06), a Polish centrist wins the first round of the presidential election (13:27), and the Portuguese center-right wins that country’s parliamentary election (14:46); India continues to threaten Pakistani water levels (17:05); South African president Ramaphosa’s visit to the White House goes awry (20:04); in Israel-Palestine, the IDF begins Operation Gideon’s Chariots (23:58), the Israelis allow “minimal” aid into Gaza without distribution (27:13), and a European backlash follows the IDF’s operation and a West Bank shooting incident involving diplomats (31:18); Israel again appears to be preparing to strike Iran (35:17); Evo Morales is excluded from the presidential ballot in Bolivia (38:16); a New Cold War update featuring China pledging additional money to the WHO after a pandemic agreement (40:51); and Trump announces the Golden Dome project (43:44). 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.
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1:11.7	news. But before we do, we've got some quick announcements, quick request maybe. So this week,
1:19.4	we've got a very special guest. I think, Derek, we could drop it at this time. Francis Fukuyama
1:25.0	is making his first appearance, but probably not the last, hopefully, hopefully not the last.
1:31.0	Hopefully not the last. I don't know how much we annoyed him.
1:34.7	Yeah, he seemed to be only slightly annoyed. But no, you'll all have to listen for that. That will be our bonus episode on Sunday.
1:43.4	And beyond Fukuyama, Derek,
1:45.4	I think it's fair to say we've got some really interesting guests coming up in the next few
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2:32.6	So things are coming. We've got beautiful new artwork that we really can't wait to show you.
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