The rise of Trump's war cabinet (Weeds crossover!)

Worldly

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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It’s Part 1 of a special crossover with Vox’s The Weeds. On this week’s Worldly, Yochi, Zack, and Weeds host Dara Lind discuss Trump’s national security cabinet reshuffle — and whether the appointment of incoming National Security Adviser John Bolton increases the risks of war with North Korea and Iran. Trump spent his first year in office surrounded by officials preaching policies of relative restraint, but those advisers have been pushed out and replaced with ones who want the US to tear up the Iran nuclear deal and prepare for war with North Korea. Yochi talks about knife fights, Zack confuses everyone by making a Meghan Trainor joke, and Dara sings the praises of sexy alliances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Worldly, Fox's Weekly Guide to the most important stories in the world,
0:12.8	part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:15.0	So we're doing something special this week.
0:17.0	Back-to-back crossover episodes of worldly in the weeds.
0:20.0	Jen's can be on the weeds tomorrow,
0:21.3	and today we welcome our friend
0:22.6	Dair Lind or Darrelin whose name is the only one
0:25.7	mispronounced and confused as much as mine so welcome.
0:28.7	Thank you.
0:29.7	I'm glad that she's on Yoshi.
0:32.1	Yeah. Same. Yeah.
0:33.0	Same.
0:34.0	So we're going to be talking about President Trump's new national security team
0:38.0	and the big and very scary question of whether the odds of war with North Korea and war with Iran
0:42.0	are now going up.
0:44.0	So let's start with John Bolton.
0:45.6	This is Trump's new National Security Advisor who's known for nuanced and measured thinking
0:49.3	about things like the Iran nuclear deal.
0:51.2	I think the deal is inherently flawed. I think it's a
0:54.0	strategic debacle for the United States. You can always tinker around the
0:58.4	edges and the question is whether putting lipstick on a pig is really going to
1:02.3	make a difference here. I think the answer
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