unless the sanctions are lifted. of course, if you lift the sanctions then they have less incentive to cooperate. so do you think do you see any bend in the iranian position from here? i see some bend. because i think the iranians recognize that they re facing imminent economic collapse and paul: it that bad? that s a fairly forceful statement. imminent economic collapse? i think the iranians are running out foreign exchange reserves, they won t have money to pay for imports they need to run factories, with factories closing they ll have massive unemployment and so their situation is getting worse every day and i think the administration with a few moves could actually bring about that kind of economic collapse which will then put the regime in a position where it will have to choose between negotiations and the survival of its regime. paul: one of those actions, so-called snapback sanctions which were part of the original 2015 deal in there. but that involves the united
campaigns, too much hostility, too much rage, keep wit the adults. paul: here, here, jason. complaint in the u.s. about activist judges who want to legislate from the bench, not only u.s. problem, britain can t leave the european union without trade deal in place, it s been 3 years since brexit and prime minister boar sis johnson wants to leave deal or no deal, the supreme court should get out of the way. paul: dan. depends on how old you r folks at kentucky fried chicken have decided to reinvent the colonel sanders, the white gentleman he has put out to pasture and retired replaced by a new, young sexier cartoon of colonel sanders includes a video game to win his heart. kfc says young people like the new dude, old people would rather prefer colonel sanders who kind of look like santa
call itself. but again, that said, i kind of wish he had let other people do the talking when it comes to what he was hoping for ukraine to look into. paul: is your judgment maybe it was a mistake in judgment, maybe it was undisciplined but it is not a crime to be able to ask a foreign leader to investigate corruption and including the mention of my pligh political r? ukraine has a history, going back to world war ii where there s an awful lot of intrigue, espionage, corruption, affecting very high ranks there. it s like quicksand to get into a conversation with anything about ukraine or to na anyone fm ukraine addressing public corruption. it s not out of line to say we re happy for your country, we want you to address corruption but delving into the biden family situation is something he could have a avoided and still t
answers. paul: adam schiff says this is mafia-like behavior, basically an offer you can t refuse mr. zelensky and therefore it s an abuse of you power. what do you think of that term, abuse of power in this context? there s a couple things that make you cringe when you hear adadam schiff raise these typesf comments. first of all, this is no mafia call. i ve heard some of those from my old job and this ain t the mafia. that s an overstatement. schiff is a former federal prosecutor as well and most federal prosecutors realize if you overstate your case, if you say i m going to prove, a, b and c and you can only prove a, a jury loses all trust in you. that s kind of where we ve gotten with mr. schiff, he s been so relentlessly extreme, he has very little credibility when he recharacterizes a phone call.
investigate political rival joe biden in a july 25th phone call. the complaint also says that there was a concerted white house effort to lock down records of that call afterwards. james trustee is a former justice department prosecutor. welcome, good to see you again. you too. hey, paul. paul: so we ve got the main documents now in public, the transcript, the whistleblower complaint, the office a of legal counsel opinion on how that should have been han handled. do you see as a first look at this any violations of law? i really don t. i mean, i think you ve got a phone call that to the extent that we re happy with the transcript that s created, it s a phone call that s probably not a perfect call as the president would statement i kind of wish he would stay away from some of the things he said. but i don t see a quid pro quo. i don t see an obvious link to what s called a thing of value. i don t think it s a likely criminal violation and certainly not a willful criminal violation