Putting the U.S. in Alignment With Israel, Trump Claims “WE” Own the Skies Over Tehran
We begin with Trump saying today that “WE” own the skies over Tehran, implying that the U.S. is operating in tandem with Israel’s military in a war between Israel and Iran that is escalating, while U.S. ships and planes head to the region. Trump is also posting not-so-veiled threats against the Supreme Leader, telling Khamanei that “we know exactly where you are, but we are not going to kill you … at least for now.” Joining us is David Hearst, the Editor of Middle East Eye who formerly was The Guardian’s chief foreign leader, its former Associate Foreign Editor, European Editor, Moscow Bureau Chief, European Correspondent, and Ireland Correspondent. We discuss his article at Middle East Eye, “By allowing Israel to bomb Iran, Trump is pushing Tehran to go nuclear.”
The Moral Dilemma of Fleeing Trump’s Fascism or Making a Stand With the Growing Opposition
Then we speak with a refugee from Trump fascism who, along with her husband Timothy Snyder and a colleague at Yale, have moved to Canada. Joining us is Marci Shore, a professor of history at Yale University who teaches the intellectual history of twentieth and twenty-first century Central and Eastern Europe. She is the author of Caviar and Ashes: A Warsaw Generation’s Life and Death in Marxism, 1918-1968; The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe; and The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution. Her latest book is Eyeglasses Floating in Space: Central European Encounters That Came About While Searching for Truth. She was just profiled at The Guardian in an article “Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out‘.” We explore the moral dilemma of fleeing Trump’s fascism or standing and fighting with the growing resistance.