Trump Bashes ‘Interventionists,’ But Wants To Take Over Gaza [Preview]
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Trump went to the Middle East this week, securing trillions in investment commitments that will line the pockets of the capitalists but do nothing to solve the dire crises in the United States. He also publicly denounced U.S. intervention in the Middle East, but then declared his intention to turn Gaza into a US-controlled “freedom zone.” Brian and Layan discuss Trump's Middle East trip, the dangerous chaos at Newark airport, and more.
Brian Becker is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan, a Palestinian organizer with the Shut It Down for Palestine coalition, a popular educator, the Education Director at The People’s Forum, and an editor at 1804 Books.
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| 0:27.2 | Donald Trump went to the Middle East this week, where he was treated like royalty by the |
| 0:31.9 | royalty. The Gulf monarchies from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar all praised Trump, |
| 0:39.0 | saluted him, embellished him, wrapped his visit in every kind of extravagance and pomp, |
| 0:44.8 | and most importantly to Donald Trump, they promised to give him money. Lots of money. |
| 0:51.6 | I'm Leanne Sima Fulahan, here with Brian Becker, and this is in the news, a segment of |
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| 1:14.8 | There's some things that we can learn that we can discern from Donald Trump's visit to the |
| 1:21.0 | Middle East. |
| 1:21.6 | Some of the things are quite obvious. |
| 1:24.5 | He wants to be able to come back with huge commitments from Saudi Arabia, from the UAE, |
| 1:30.9 | from Qatar, from other Gulf monarchies to make investments in the United States. So we can come |
| 1:36.9 | back triumphantly and say, look, I got these other countries to invest in the United States. |
| 1:43.1 | One might take that as a form of extortion. |
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