The Politics of a Pandemic with Sen. Chris Coons

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

As GZERO World kicks off its third season, Ian Bremmer is examining the state of U.S. response and recovery six months into the pandemic. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) joins to discuss what Congress has done to provide economic relief to businesses and people impacted by the unexpected and unprecedented downturn, and next steps still to come. He also takes jabs at GOP Congressional colleagues who he says have “followed (Trump’s) lead rather than science.” Bremmer and Coons also discuss reports of a Russian bounty plot to pay for the murders of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Coons tells the story of 43-year-old Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Christopher Slutman who died in a 2019 roadside bombing alleged to be a part of that plot. The two also dive into election security and the 2020 presidential race. Coons offers details of “The Biden Doctrine,” what U.S. foreign policy could look like if Biden wins. He also discusses lessons learned from Sec. Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 campaign.

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0:00.0	I do think we'll get another round of relief, if nothing else, because the head wins for both
0:05.0	Trump's re-election and for the economy are getting stronger and stronger.
0:10.8	Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast.
0:14.5	Here you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.
0:18.9	I'm Ian Bremmer.
0:19.4	And today, I'm talking to the man known as the Biden whisperer, Delaware Senator Chris Coons.
0:26.2	We'll discuss how the politics of the pandemic at home and abroad have reshaped the presidential
0:31.2	election.
0:31.9	And I'll ask him what a Biden administration foreign policy agenda would look like.
0:36.7	Let's get to it.
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1:01.4	That's L-E-N-N-A-R-G-Z-E-R-O dot com. You're a senator Chris Coons. Good to be with you, sir.
1:18.0	Great to be with you again, Ian. Thanks for having me on.
1:20.4	Absolutely. So I'll jump right in. We are a few months into the pandemic right now. Record high cases.
1:26.6	Nine states with record hospitalizations,
1:29.5	president has dismissed those as embers. Every public health expert is calling for a more
1:35.5	coherent federal response. My question to you is if we're saying the Trump administration is failing
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