hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle remember when the political left stood up for free speech and equality for all in topic life remember when the mainstream media called for the same tone and tenor of political discourse appears to be a turning point if you don't agree with the left insults harassment and even violence is a new civil war on. cross talking political civility i'm joined by my guest rob in new york he is a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post in west palm beach we have dr gina loudon she is a psychology expert and host of america trends with dr gina and in los angeles we cross to ron paul cohn he is a comedian frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on with ron all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate gina let me go to you because i know your political stripes pretty well and reflect upon what i had to say in the introduction to mean if you don't agree you face insult

and welcome to crossfire we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle on this edition of crossfire we consider one question is donald trump america's first policy in contradiction to the washington consensus idea of american exceptionalism the answer this question will likely define presidency and change the world in the process. cross talking american exceptionalism i'm joined by my guest michael flanagan in washington he's president of flanagan consulting and a former congressman in charlotte so we have david swanson he is the director of world beyond war dot org and in northwood we cross to introduce paul maher he is a professor of international politics at city university london all right gentlemen crossed the rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated let me go to david first because he's written a book on the topic titled curing exceptionalism ok we have about a year and a half of this presidency i'm getting a pretty good idea what america first means in the mind of donald trump and i know very well what american exceptionalism is and i'm no

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle to the corporate mainstream media fuel america's cultural wars do they magnify political differences it would seem so how else could it be if the only topic that is discussed and argued over is donald trump or journalist infected with trump arrangement syndrome. cross talking trumped arrangement syndrome i'm joined by my guest rob talbot new york he's a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post also in new york we have lionel he's a legal analyst and a news decoder at lionel media dot com and in plymouth we cross to patrick and he is a journalist and writer and founder of the news website twenty first century wire dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rolls in effect means you can jump in anytime you want lionel let me go to you you're also referred to on this program as fella my first question is here does the do the corporate mainstream you remember that program did that do they do the corporate mainstream media. do they contribute to the cultural wars it is divided and is everything

a little unwelcome across all things considered i'm peter lavelle to the corporate mainstream media fuel america's cultural wars do they magnify political differences it would seem so how else could it be if the only topic that is discussed and argued over is donald trump or journalist infected with trump arrangement syndrome . cross talking trumped arrangement syndrome i'm joined by my guest rob talbot new york he's a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post also in new york we have lionel he's a legal analyst and a news decoder at lionel media dot com and in plymouth we cross to patrick and he is a journalist and writer and founder of the news website twenty first century wire dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk roles in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want to let me go to you you're also referred to on this program as fela my first. question is here does the do the corporate mainstream you remember that program did that do they do the corporate mainstream media. do they contribute to the cultural wars as it is we say is divided and is everything

welcome back across the uk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing trump derangement syndrome. ok i want to go back to rob in new york and i want to ask you all the same question a hypothetical rob hypothetical situation blunder me or putin in the kremlin. media they get together and they start attacking donald trump how long will it take this for c.n.n. and m.s.n. b.c. to join in all of sudden wow glad it was on our side now ok i'm asking this seriously ok go ahead what kind of attack is this going to be your foot soldiers marching marching up our shores or is it now no not at all right no no no no no no no no i'm media taxing he's not a reliable partner we can't work with him we can't work with him ok ok that's what i'm getting at ok and i and i'm sure the left would be all over it in a heartbeat keep going rob. no i don't think that's going to happen no think they're going to say see how how fickle they are now they've got her against donald trump and this is a key component hypothetical hypothetical well i don't. brian stelter is not even going t

welcome back across the uk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing trump derangement syndrome. ok i want to go back to rob in new york and i want to ask you all the same question a hypothetical rob hypothetical situation bladder mere putin in the kremlin. media ops they get together and they start attacking donald trump how long will it take this for c.n.n. and m s n b c to join in all of sudden wow glad it was on our side now ok i'm asking this seriously ok go ahead what kind of a tag is this going to be your foot soldiers marching marching up our shores or is it now no not at all right no no no no no no no no i'm media attack saying he's not a reliable partner we can't work with him we can't work with him ok ok that's what i'm getting at ok and i and i'm sure the left would be all over it in a heartbeat keep going rob. no i don't think that's going to happen no think they're going to say see how how fickle they are now they've got her against donald trump and this is a key component probably hypothetical hypothetical well i don't. brian stelter is

though and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle on this edition of crossfire we consider one question is donald trump america first policy in contradiction to the washington consensus idea of american exceptionalism the answer this question will likely define trump's presidency and change the world in the process. cross talking american exceptionalism i'm joined by my guest michael flanagan in washington he is president flanagan consulting and a former congressman. we have david swanson he is the director of world beyond war dot org and in northwood we cross to introduce paul maher he is a professor of international politics at city university london all right gentlemen crossed rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated let me go to david first because he's written a book on the topic titled curing exceptionalism ok we have about a year and a half of this presidency i'm getting a pretty good idea what america first means in the mind of donald trump and i know be very well what american exceptionalism is and i'm not a big p

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the democratic party is in big trouble the party has not come to terms with the outcome of the two thousand and sixteen election they have a leadership out of touch with its base millennial are fleeing so is their slogan now no party for white men. across talking the trials and tribulations of the left i'm joined by my guest so i color in seattle he's a writer activist and progressive you tube or in west hartford we have julio rivera he is editorial director for reactionary times and a newsmax columnist and here in moscow we have don de bar he's an anti-war activist and host of a daily radio program origin. crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate soccer let me go to you first in seattle because you get up at the earliest for this program and it's much appreciated i mean i suppose you came. came across as walk away a movement that is taken a bit of. a flash on the on the internet here i found that to be very curious because i think i instinctively every

oh and welcome the cross-talk were all things considered i'm peter lavelle after three years of conflictit has been estimated that out of a population of twenty seven point four million twenty two point two million people in yemen are in need of humanitarian assistance four point five million children and women are suffering malnutrition while two point nine million people are internally displaced this is a humanitarian catastrophe by any measure so why are the u.s. and u.k. so committed to the saudi u.a.e. war on yemen. crosstalk in the tragedy known as yemen i'm joined by my guess and marandi into and he's a professor at the university of program in london we have charles. as a security analyst and a former u.k. army and counter terrorism intelligence officer and in brighton we cross to catherine shocked and she is a senior analyst with the center all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated let me go to charles first. this war has been going on for three years i gave some of the stats encourage our viewers to go to doctors withou

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered time peter lavelle remember when the political left stood up for free speech and equality for all in topic life remember when the mainstream media called for the same tone and tenor of political discourse appears to be a turning point if you don't agree with the left you face insults harassment and even violence it's a new civil war on. cross talking political civility i'm joined by my guest rob in new york he is a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post in west palm beach we have dr gina loudon she is a psychology expert and host of america trends with dr gina and in los angeles we cross to wrongful cone he is a comedian frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on with ron all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate gina let me go to you because i know your political stripes pretty well and reflect upon what i had to say in the introduction to mean if you don't

and welcome to crossfire we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle on this edition of crossfire we consider one question is donald trump america first. in contradiction to the washington consensus idea of american exceptionalism the answer to this question will likely define trump's presidency and change the world in the process. cross talking american exceptionalism i'm joined by my guest michael flanagan in washington he's president of flanagan consulting and a former congressman in charlottesville we have david swanson he is the director of world beyond war dot org and in northwood we cross to introduce palm our he is a professor of international politics at city university london all right gentlemen crossed the rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated let me go to david first because he's written a book on the topic titled curing exceptionalism ok we have about a year and a half of this presidency i'm getting a pretty good idea what america first means in the mind of donald trump and i know very well what american exceptionalism is and i'm

welcome back to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing trump derangement syndrome. ok i want to go back to rob in new york and i want to ask you all the same question a hypothetical rob hypothetical situation here putin in the kremlin. media they get together and they start attacking donald trump how long will it take this for c.n.n. and them to join in all of sudden while vladimir is on our side now ok i'm asking this seriously ok go ahead look kind of attack is this going to be your foot soldiers marching marching up our shores or as you know that all right no no no no no no no no i'm media taxing he's not a reliable partner we can't work with him we can't work with him ok ok that's what i'm getting at ok and i and i'm sure the left would be all over it in a heartbeat keep going rob. no i don't think that's going to happen no i think they're going to say see how how fickle they are and now they've got her against donald trump in the. hypothetical hypothetical well i don't. brian stelter is not even going to put up for that as long as th

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things were considered on peter lavelle u.s. president donald trump has repeatedly said he wants better relations with russia he did finally have his long sought summit with lot of near putin both presidents called it a success the american political class and corporate media describe the helsinki summit as a failure and trump even worse are the united states and russia destined to be enemies forever.

welcome back across the uk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle remind you we're discussing the tragedy you know newseum. ok let me go back to catherine on skype in brighton well as we've already pointed out on this program when you put it quite definitively in the first part of the program. the people of yemen do not want to be occupied they have proven over the last three years to be quite resistant to that even though the casualties are high in every single way there has never been any doubt solid documentation that iran is helping militarily or any in any kind of meaningful material way so why. what is facing the saudis in the us in the in the emirates i mean it doesn't. have a land invasion in occupied i mean the people of yemen have shown to be quite resilient to the onslaught the experience over the last three and a half years go ahead catherine. well yes i mean historically yemen was nothing they did in that you know the ultimate in power actually you know gave up and allowed yemen to have a great degree of autonomy and it really goes to show you know this i would no

blow in welcome across all things are considered i'm peter lavelle all across the western world the so-called melting pot is melting down immigration legal and illegal is probably the most contentious and divisive issue energizing voters and italy for example the right and left have united on the. in germany the government may collapse and trump has made this his signature cards can the status quo be sustained. stocking immigration i'm joined by my guest john laughlin in paris he's a historian and specialist in international affairs we have roland benedict or he is the co-director of the center for advanced studies of your ex research and in her god that we have niemeyer he is a german journalist and author all right gentlemen crossed rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated and i'm going to john first in paris and i just kind of kicked this whole discussion off by an observation i've had over the last few weeks and months particularly with the events going on in the united states it appears that virtual signalling has replaced policy and debate bec

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle the transatlantic relationship is had many ups and downs since its inception after the second world war it is said this relationship is whether these moments of tensions and differences due to american leadership enter donald trump can the transatlantic relationship survive the current occupant in the white house. crosstalk in the transatlantic relationship i'm joined by my guest michael maloof in washington he is a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the second.

welcome back to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing some real news. ok let me go to eric now we were talking about this new senate bill that's going to sanction the russian economy and individuals but this is a pattern and to an earlier this is warfare by different means that sanction warfare and we see the u.s. applying it in particularly what's maybe what's nuanced here in the trumpet ministration that it's again against quote unquote allies we could talk a little bit about turkey the problem basically is that the global financial system since basically one hundred forty five has been. very heavily dollar. and this was it was and it wasn't really a cup topic for discussion for a long time now more recently the americans have decided that it's easier to throw sanctions than to shoot weapons illegitimate missiles so basically what they can do and be done in the case of russia is cut off individuals from the control of their own assets some of these. were very close to the kremlin others were very distant from the kremlin major russian

welcome back across the uk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle your mind you were discussing the tragedy. ok let me go back to catherine on skype in in a in brighton well as we've already pointed out in this program when you put it quite definitively in the first part of the program. the people of yemen do now. and to be occupied they are proven over the last three years to be quite resistant to that even though the casualties are high in every single way there has never been any doubt solid documentation that iran is helping militarily or any in any kind of meaningful material way so what is facing the saudis in the us in the in the emirates i mean it doesn't. have a land invasion in occupied i mean the people of yemen have shown do them selves to be quite resilient to the onslaught the experience over the last three and a half years go ahead catherine. well yes i mean historically yemen was nothing they did in that you know the ultimate in power actually you know gave up and allowed yemen to have a great degree of autonomy and it really goes to show that you know this i wou

a low in welcome to cross top where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle remember when the political left stood up for free speech and equality for all and remember when the mainstream media called for the same tone and tenor of political discourse appears to be at a turning point if you don't agree with the left you face insults harassment and even violence is a new civil war on. talking political civility i'm joined by my guest rob talbot new york he is a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post in west palm beach we have dr gina loudon she is a psychology expert and host of america trends with dr gina and in los angeles we cross to wrongful cone he's a comedian frequent guest on the jimmy doors show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on with ron all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate you know let me go to you because i know your political stripes pretty well and reflect upon what i had to say in the introduction to mean if you don't agree you face in

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle on this edition ofcrossfire as we discuss whether detente is possible even desirable why isn't it a good idea to get along with russia and much much more. cross talking detente i'm joined by my guest here in moscow erich krauss he's an independent political risk analyst also we have dimitri he's a political analyst with international and in cyprus we have alex christopher he's the director and writer for the duran dot com gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that. you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated let me go to alex first in cyprus we have a new phrase that's popped up in the last latest news cycle and that's criminalizing diplomacy and and esteemed expert probably the greatest living expert on russia in the western world stephen cohen was on c.n.n. with well someone with a very dubious road record when it comes to foreign policy mr max boot before i go to you alex let's have a watch at this clip i've been studying russia for forty five years i've lived in russia and i've lived her

oh and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle after three years of conflict it has been estimated that out of a population of twenty seven point four million twenty two point two million people in yemen are in need of humanitarian assistance four point five million children and women are suffering malnutrition while two point nine million people are internally displaced this is a humanitarian catastrophe by any measure so why are the u.s. and u.k. so committed to the saudi u.a.e. war on yemen. stocking the tragedy known as yemen i'm joined by my guest well hominum randy into and he's a professor at the university of program in london we have charles shubrick she is a security analyst and a former u.k. army and counter terrorism intelligence officer and in brighton we cross to catherine shocked and she is a senior analyst with center all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated let me go to charles first. this war has been going on for three years i gave some of the stats encourage our viewers to go to d

hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle on this edition of crossfire as we discuss whether detente is possible even desirable why isn't it a good idea to get along with russia and much much more. cross talking detente i'm joined by my guest here in moscow eric cry. he's an independent political risk analyst also we have to be a bitch he's a political analyst with international and in cyprus we have our exclusive for oh he's the director and writer for the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated let me go to alex first in cyprus we have a new phrase that's popped up in the last latest news cycle and that's criminalizing diplomacy and and esteemed expert probably the greatest living expert on russia in the western world stephen cohen was on c.n.n. with well someone with a very dubious road record when it comes to foreign policy mr max boot before i go to you alex let's have a watch at this clip i've been studying russia for forty five years i've lived in russia and i've

welcome back across like we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing democratic socialism. ok let me go back to ron here and. again i want to stress the issue of identity politics because when i look at some of the things i mean democratic socialists of america i mean i've been around for a while ok and i looked at some of their older literature and you're spot on they looked at more and working people getting a fair shake that's fine but what i see now is this infusion of identity politics and i think that you know it's i can say pretty confidently given election results of the last two years that doesn't work it doesn't work for the democratic party but they they don't you know the. when you talk about transgender toilets and stuff like that it turns off the heartland i'm from the heartland this is something that people they want the factories the star opening up again they want their wages to go up and then you have these things you know this political correctness and and these pronouns all this nonsense and i don't have any patience for it because

we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing american exceptionalism. ok david you know ever since trump entered the oval office a lot of it's been trying to understand if there's a rhyme or reason to his foreign policy and i think that even on this program it's kind of coming together it seems to me it's kind of like going back to the nineteenth century great powers competition without all the values that were pushed since the second world war it just it's just really kind of brute power and advantage and looking for competitive advantage and it's very brusque and it seems to appeal just as interested pointed out to us in the first part of the program it does appeal to his base go ahead david yeah i think you know it appears to be all donald trump but just as you know reagan and gorbachev came. out of the meeting and were told by their advisors no no no you can't get rid of nuclear weapons every time trump has a good idea like get rid of nafta and nato he talks to his advisors and it's off the table i think that it was actually an actual break with us

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things were considered on peter lavelle u.s. president donald trump has repeatedly said he wants better relations with russia he did finally have his long sought summit with lot of near putin both presidents called it a success the american political class and corporate media describe the helsinki summit as a failure and trump even worse are the united states and russia destined to be enemies forever. cross talking with a phobia i'm joined by my guest brian becker in washington he's the director of the answer coalition as well as host of loud and clear a daily news show on radio sputnik also in washington we have earl rescues and he is the executive vice president of the eurasia center and in managua across sudan he is an adjunct professor of law at the university of pittsburgh as well as author of the plot to scapegoat russia all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it dan when did you finish writing your book the date. yes last last year like last so wha

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle is democratic socialism the future of the democratic party the future of america is moving to the left a winning strategy to take on donald trump's vision of conservative populism one thing is undeniable mainstream politics in both parties were under pressure to evolve and become more accountable. cross talking democratic socialism i'm joined by my guest steve malzberg in new york he's a conservative political commentator in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow at the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute and in los angeles we cross to run the cone he is a comedian is a frequent guest on the jimmy doris show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on withdrawn all right gentlemen crosstalk rules and effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate i always go to the person that got up early is for the program so that means it's you ron in los angeles god bless your soul. we you know we hear a lot about the the ris

a low unwelcome across top where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the democratic party is in big trouble the party has not come to terms with the outcome of the two thousand and sixteen election they have a leadership out of touch with its base millennial are fleeing so is their slogan now no party for white men. across sucking the trials and tribulations of the left i'm joined by my guess is that color in seattle he's a writer activist and progressive you tube are in west hartford we have julio rivera he is editorial director for reactionary times and a newsmax columnist and here in moscow we have don de bar he's an anti-war activist and a host of a daily radio program or a gentleman cross talk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime he want and i always. let me go to you first in seattle because you get up there early as for this program and it's much appreciated i mean i suppose you came. came across this walkaway movement that is taken in a bit of. a flash on the on the internet here i found that to be very curious because i think i instinctively everyone on

welcome back to cross now where all things considered i'm peter lavelle we're discussing the trials and tribulations of the left. ok let's go back to seattle ok we have really beat up on the democrats that lead to the establishment democrats now let's see another angle that's going on i don't want to give the impression and i hope we have it is that people are leaving the democratic party or are pro term they're not all pro trump some of them have moved over to the g.o.p. actually a lot of the data says the g.o.p. is still more attractive than donald trump it's a topic of entirely different program which i think it's quite fascinating because i'm a conservative and i really have contempt for the g.o.p. so i would be an interesting topic but i want to go back to alexandria. cortez so i mean she's a very interesting phenomenon and she's the the reason the most recent eruption of the just rupture in in the two political parties and i get the leadership of the democratic party just so blinded by all of these things here they were blindsided by her election i don't feel sorry for her opponen

hello and welcome to crossfire we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle a trumpy in kind of view it is an understatement to say donald trump is an unconventional and an orthodox political figure his critics do have a point when they say trumped up. here is to be harsher with allies than with real or imagined enemies then there's the middle east and iran why is trump so obsessed with terrain. cross talking a trumpy and kind of view i'm joined by my guest peter ford in london he's a former british ambassador to syria and rein in washington we have james jaharis he's a former u.s. diplomat and former advisor to u.s. senate republican leadership and in new york we have richard murphy is a former u.s. career in basad or to syria and currently an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute right gentlemen crossed rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate james let me go to you first in washington because you've rapidly become the donald trump sure for me you i know you're a supporter of the president and you have a great foreign policy expert

below and welcome to crossfire for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle do the corporate mainstreammedia fuel america's cultural wars do they magnify political differences it would seem so how else could it be if the only top. that is discussed and argued over is donald trump or journalist infected with trump arrangement syndrome. talking trumped arrangement syndrome i'm joined by my guest rob talbot new york he's a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post also in new york we have lionel he's a.

welcome back to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing some real news. ok let me go to eric now we were talking about this new senate bill that's going to sanction the russian economy and individuals but this is a pattern and humility to an earlier this is warfare by different means it's sanction warfare and we see the u.s. applying it in particularly what's maybe what's nuanced here in the trumpet ministration that it's a good used against quote unquote allies we could talk a little bit about turkey. the problem basically is that the global financial system since basically nine hundred forty five has been very heavily dollar. and this was it was an it wasn't really a cup topic for discussion for a long time now more recently the americans have decided that it's easier to throw sanctions than to shoot weapons to the missiles so basically what they can do and they've done in the case of russia is cut off individuals from the control of their own assets some of these. were very close to the kremlin and others were very distant from the kremlin m

welcome back to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing democratic socialism. ok let me go back to ron here and. again i want to stress the issue of identity politics because when i look at some of the things i mean democratic socialists of america i mean i've been around for a while ok and i looked at some of their older literature and you're spot on they looked at more and working people getting a fair shake that's fine but what i see now is this infusion of identity politics and i think that you know it's i can say pretty confidently given the election results over the last two years that doesn't work it doesn't work for the democratic party but they they don't you know that when you talk about. ends gender toilets and stuff like that it turns off the heartland i'm from the heartland this is something that people they want the factories the star opening up again they want their wages to go up and then you have these things you know this political correctness and and these pronouns all this nonsense and i don't have any patience for it b

hello and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle the transatlantic relationship is had many ups and downs since its inception after the second world war it is said this relationship is whether these moments of tensions and differences due to american leadership enter donald trump can the transatlantic relationship survive the current occupant in the white house.