Stopping domestic terrorism

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Politics, News

4.8 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

First, Tommy and Ben talk about the threat from domestic terrorism, the escalating trade war with China, the protests in Hong Kong, tensions with Iran, and the war in Afghanistan. Then they discuss changes to Trump’s national security team, why tensions are increasing between Japan and South Korea, a major announcement from India about Kashmir, more sanctions on Venezuela, why arms control treaties are dying, and what the hell Lindsay Lohan is doing with the Saudi Crown Prince. Then former National Counterterrorism Center Director Nicholas Rasmussen joins to discuss what policy changes are needed to stop rightwing domestic terrorists.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Pottape the World, I'm Tommy Vittor.
0:13.0	I'm Ben Rote.
0:14.0	Ben, today we got a lot of stuff.
0:16.0	Yeah.
0:17.0	I'll always say that.
0:18.5	But, so let's start with some right wing domestic terrorist threats because that's a blast.
0:24.2	Then, I think we should get into the escalating trade war between the US and China.
0:28.5	There have been some updates on the protests in Hong Kong, updates on Iran, updates on Afghanistan,
0:35.0	some new national security personnel will update you on some of the things we talked about
0:38.2	last week at the DNI.
0:40.0	Why tensions are increasing between Japan and South Korea?
0:43.0	Also in the Kashmir region, the Trump administration made another move against Venezuela.
0:47.6	There is some concern that arms control treaties are dying and then finally, Lindsey Lohan.
0:53.2	Yeah, it's not going well.
0:55.0	No, not for Lindsey Lohan.
0:56.0	Not for arms control.
0:57.0	Not for arms control.
0:58.0	This is former National Counterterrorism Center director, Nick Resmucin, who has worked
1:01.2	with Republicans and Democrats to disrupt ISIS plots, al-Qaeda plots, and unfortunately,
1:06.2	now domestic terrorist plots.
1:07.4	So he's a great guy, worked in a bipartisan way and a real expert on this stuff.
1:12.8	Two quick housekeeping things.
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