Trump’s Shadow Foreign Policy
Gaslit Nation
Gaslit Nation
4.7 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Remember when Jared Kushner tried in late 2016 to establish a secret back channel to talk to Russia? Jared and Ivanka ran the Trump transition team, with Paul Manafort operating from the shadows, where he blooms like mold, pretending to have taken a step back to avoid the heat of, well, having been outed by a Ukrainian investigative journalist for being a highly paid Kremlin operative. The latest back channel between the Trump Crime Cabal and Russia is Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán, the Tiger Beat idol of CPAC. This Friday, on International Women’s Day no less, Orbán and Trump will meet at Mar-a-Lago, where America’s nuclear secrets get their own cabana.
For months now Gaslit Nation has warned that Orbán is the new Manafort, the Kremlin’s guy to make sure Trump comes to power, making their shared autocratic dreams come true. As Trump’s coup against our democracy continues, Andrea discusses Trump’s blatant shadow foreign policy with Russia mafia expert Olga Lautman and analyst Monique Camarra of the Kremlin File podcast, and the many challenges and bold action needed for democracy to fight encroaching authoritarianism, before it’s too late.
The sharks are circling, with China setting up police stations in Hungary, a European Union state. Will our democracy survive? As always, it comes down to us, as grassroots power is the most reliable power we have left. See the all new Gaslit Nation 2024 Survival on our homage – GaslitNationPod.com – for simple ways for us to pitch in as it’s all hands on deck!
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Show Notes
We'll post a link to 'Hedge Your Bets' on our social media feeds and in the show notes for this episode on our Patreon page. You can find more of The Detroit Rebellion's music on Bandcamp at detroitrebellion.bandcamp.com or detroitrebellion.blogspot.com
Submit your song to be featured on Gaslit Nation here! https://tr.ee/BuEdw13Nw-
Introducing…The Gaslit Nation 2024 Survival Guide! https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/2024-survival-guide
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Your Daily Reminder https://open.substack.com/pub/trumptyrannytracker/p/trump-tyranny-tracker-your-daily-089?r=3gxpg3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Why Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Meeting With Viktor Orbán Should Terrify Us All: With Trump set to host Orbán at his Mar-a-Lago retreat this week, it’s time to get serious about the rise of the global far right and why its worldview poses such a dire threat.
https://newrepublic.com/article/179510/trump-viktor-orban-mar-a-lago-meeting-terrify
Kushner Is Said to Have Discussed a Secret Channel to Talk to Russia
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/us/politics/kushner-talked-to-russian-envoy-about-creating-secret-channel-with-kremlin.html
How Tony Blinken’s Stepfather Changed the World—and Him: Samuel Pisar was a Holocaust survivor who pushed rival nations to engage in commerce, and he left an imprint on the likely next secretary of State.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/19/samuel-pisar-tony-blinken-secretary-of-state-460155
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Pit your bits you never know because in our times the water flows sometimes |
| 0:09.7 | right up to your neck gets sink a swim what you expect do you smell more world the cage |
| 0:21.6 | where you look it looks that way how do we know what's right wrong |
| 0:28.8 | when everyone just sings along, oh Lord. So, The song you heard at the top of the show was Hedger Betts by the Detroit Rebellion. Detroit Rebellion is swampy existential blues |
| 1:06.4 | garage storytelling psych stoner punk jazz rock influenced by Detroit music such as MC5, Stooges, John Lee Hooker, the White Stripes, yay! |
| 1:17.8 | Stevie Wonder, double yay! Detroit Rebellion started as a solo project, 10 plus years and 4 drummers later, is again a solo project. |
| 1:28.0 | Detroit Rebellion is not from Detroit. The name honors the influential music of Detroit as well as the Detroit |
| 1:35.6 | Rebellion of 1967, an important but tragic part of American history. Jeff |
| 1:41.6 | provided this statement about the song. I see a direct link between the |
| 1:46.1 | decline of Western civilization and Western media and that's what this song is about. We need more discussion of this in public forums. |
| 1:54.8 | Media has tremendous influence over how we conduct ourselves as a community |
| 1:59.4 | and it's going in the wrong direction. |
| 2:01.4 | I write to sing the blues. Creation for me is a struggle to make sense of an |
| 2:06.5 | insane world and there seems to be no shortage of material. We'll post a link to |
| 2:12.1 | hedge your bets on our social media feeds and in the show |
| 2:15.0 | notes for this episode on our Patreon page. |
| 2:17.8 | You can find more of the Detroit Rebellion's music on Band Camp at Detroit Rebellion. |
| 2:24.0 | Bandcamp.com or Detroit Rebellion. |
| 2:27.1 | blog spot.com. |
| 2:29.4 | Thank you so much for sharing your music with us, Jeff. |
| 2:32.8 | And to all the GASlet Nation listeners |
| 2:35.0 | who make music, who are artists, |
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