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Trump's Imperial Presidency / Mohamad Bazzi

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One of the most interesting things about Trump is he actually doesn't care about the veneer of US support for democracy. We heard past presidents spend a lot of time portraying US military interventions, invasions, and wars within this rhetoric of democracy and promoting human rights and very lofty ideals that essentially masked military intervention, power grabs, attempts at extracting resources from other countries, and attempts to subjugate other countries. In some ways, I'd argue Trump has been refreshing because he doesn't bother with that rhetoric.

Twenty-two years after last joining us, we welcome back Mohamad Bazzi. He discusses his latest at the Guardian, "Trump promised no wars. Now he’s a Bush-style regime change president," and "Trump’s war in Iran marks the culmination of his imperial presidency." 

"The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview in which he, "fights to wake up from a DARVOnian nightmare."

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Mohamad Bazzi

Mohamad Bazzi is Director of the Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies and an associate professor of journalism at New York University. From 2019 to 2021, he was associate director of NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. From 2009 to 2013, he served as an adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), providing regional expertise and analysis. He was also the 2008 Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at CFR.