Trump’s Embrace of the Fossil Fuel Industry, Which Spent $445 Million to Elect Him and the Republican Congress
We begin with the only policy, plan, or program Trump is offering — apart from the reality TV theater of vengeance and retribution, the war on “woke,” and rounding up immigrants — and that is “drill baby drill,” as though unleashing the liquid gold beneath our feet will lower the price of eggs. Joining us to discuss Trump’s embrace of the fossil fuel industry, which will accelerate global warming and likely do irreversible damage to the planet is Dharna Noor, a fossil fuels and climate reporter at The Guardian, where her latest article is “Big oil spent $445 million in the last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress, report says.”
China’s DeepSeek AI Model Threatens U.S. Dominance, as Tech Stocks Tumble
Then we address how China’s new AI model DeepSeek is threatening the U.S. edge in AI and causing tech stocks to tumble, with AI chip-maker Nvidia down 17% today. Joining us is Dr. Herb Lin, a senior research scholar for cyber policy and security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and a fellow in Cyber Policy and Security at Stanford University. He is Chief Scientist Emeritus for the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board at the National Research Council of the National Academies and, in 2016, served on President Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. He was also a professional staff member and staff scientist for the House Armed Services Committee, where his portfolio included defense policy and arms control issues.
Will Trump Fall For Putin’s Flattery?
Then finally, we look into whether Trump will fall for Putin’s flattery and meet with him one-on-one to end the war on Ukraine, without the Ukrainians at the table, as well as the Hitler-saluting Musk’s call at a rally for the anti-NATO pro-Putin AfD party for Germans to forget the crimes of the Nazis, just ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Joining us is Natalie Melnyczuk, a consultant on Euro-Atlantic security and a professor of political science at Wayne State University. She has served as NATO Representative to Ukraine, as the Head of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Kyiv, as a Political Officer in the Political Affairs, and Security Policy Division at the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Section at NATO HQ in Brussels, and as Manager of U.S.A.I.D.’s Parliamentary Development Project at the U.S.–Ukraine Foundation.