Air Date: 3-15-2025

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It always bears repeating that the progressive perspective on the state of the world is not that everything was going just fine before Trump showed up but there's a world of difference between the leftist desire to improve things and Trump's bull-in-a-china-shop foreign and economic policies. Allow us to list the ways.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Project 2025 Foreign Policy America Last - The Tristan Snell Show - Air Date 8-15-25

KP 2: March 6, 2025 Full Show - Democracy Now! - Air Date 3-6-25

KP 3: Trump's Foreign Policy - It Could Happen Here - 11-14-24

KP 4: Ukraine's Fight for Self-Determination w/ Howie Hawkins - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 3-3-25

KP 5: Russia, Ukraine, US The Global Chessboard - WhoWhatWhy's Podcasts - Air Date 3-4-25

KP 6: After restarting aid to Ukraine, U.S. will present ceasefire proposal to Russia - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 3-11-25

KP 7: Trump's tariff tumult - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 3-6-25

KP 8: Trumps On-and-Off-Again Tariffs, and Decoding Make America Healthy Again - On the Media - Air Date 3-7-25

KP 9: Global Chess Europe's Unity Strengthens While American Trade Policy Falters - The Tristan Snell Show - Air Date 3-6-25

(59:04) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On Monthly-ish Recaps and the week of activism

DEEPER DIVES

(1:02:33) SECTION A: RUSSIA AND UKRAINE

A1: Writing (and Rewriting) Russian History - On the Media - Air Date 2-26-25

A2: Ukraine Nukes, Trump's Trade War, and Mehrsa Baradaran on Neoliberalism - The Foreign Report - Air Date 3-7-25

A3: Merkley 'What Else Could a Russian Asset Do That Trump Hasn't Yet Done - The BradCast - Air Date 3-6-25

A4: Writing (and Rewriting) Russian History Part 2 - On the Media - Air Date 2-26-25

A5: Merkley 'What Else Could a Russian Asset Do That Trump Hasn't Yet Done Part 2 - The BradCast - Air Date 3-6-25

(1:44:50) SECTION B: TRADE WARS AND TARIFFS

B1: The Absurdity of Rearmament w Khem Rogaly - Novara FM - Air Date 3-11-25

B2: From Tariffs to Invasion Threats Mexicos President Sheinbaum Stands Up to Trump - BreakThrough News - Air Date 3-7-25

B3: Global Chess Europe's Unity Strengthens While American Trade Policy Falters Part 2 - The Tristan Snell Show - Air Date 3-6-25

B4: Why Trump Is Wrong & Alexander Hamilton Was Right About Tariffs - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 9-17-24

B5: Trumps On-and-Off-Again Tariffs, and Decoding Make America Healthy Again Part 2 - On the Media - Air Date 3-7-25

B6: Trump's tariff tumult Part 2 - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 3-6-25

(2:27:43) SECTION C: USAID

C1: March 6, 2025 Full Show Part 2 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 3-6-25

C2: Dont Cry for USAID - Confronting Capitalism - Air Date 2-26-25

C3: USAID employees told to burn, shred and destroy classified documents - Deadline White House - Air Date 3-11-25

C4: The latest on the dismantling of USAID - This Week in Global Development - Air Date 2-27-25

C5: Dont Cry for USAID Part 2 - Confronting Capitalism - Air Date 2-26-25

(3:03:26) SECTION D: US REALIGNMENT & NATO

D1: The Absurdity of Rearmament w Khem Rogaly Part 2 - Novara FM - Air Date 3-11-25

D2: Why AP Won't Call It The Gulf Of America, and Are We On The Side Of The Bad Guys Now - Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - Air Date 3-3-25

D3: Fact-Check Juan González on Trump's Outrageous Lies About Panama Canal - Democracy Now! - Air Date 3-5-25

D4: Republican CIVIL WAR Over Trump Iran Negotiations - Breaking Points - Air Date 3-10-25

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Description: Rendering of Donald Trump handing Vladimir Putin the world while they stand at podiums with the American and Russian flags behind them. 

Credit: “trump-putin-russia-usa-politics” by Lola4556677, Pixabay | License: Pixabay

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