how this affects our sovereignty in the sense that it took place in waters which we understand are under spain s sovereignty last question but any and been able to create. the ship is registered under penalty flag and belongs to a singapore based company gibraltar says the vessel and its cargo have been confiscated. over nor now i m joined by michael friedman he is the co-founder and executive director of the media why news agency he has reported extensively from the middle east he joins me tonight from jerusalem michael it s good to have you back on the show i want to ask you what do we know about spain saying that the united states requested this seizure. that would actually expect exactly that to happen this is part i believe of the series of events that began with the sanctions with which began with the united
a show like no other and the parade wrapping up now was just the start is certainly a departure from the history with its display of military hardware including an air force one fly over and 4 tanks stationed around washington d.c. not since president truman 7 decades ago when the u.s. was at war with korea has the country seen such a presence of military equipment many out here today a wearing make america great again hats they re waving trump 2025 anas a veteran of the vietnam war told me that this is the 1st time that he feels that the military has been properly on it but not everyone is happy the democrats say that this patriotic day should not become a political one with particular reference to trump s salute to america s speech later protest groups like the antiwar group code pink are also outs with the trump baby balloon not seen since protests in london this is a show like no other
military might of the u.s. is center stage and it sharing the stage with the u.s. president trump have said that his salute to america parade was inspired by the steel day parade that he witnessed in paris 2 years ago we re now an american version of the show. that we re going to see on constitution avenue but rolling out the military hardware it has the hallmarks of what we expect to see on red square in moscow of soviet or a russian show of military muscle some former u.s. military officers have even compared today s parade in washington with the parades that north korea loves to show the world soldiers not citizens displayed as goose stepping symbols of military and authoritarian power. humphrey is in washington she was amid the crowds watching the independence parade here s what she still. the president promised
for a while. the in the middle east have changed new alliances and been drawn it s still dynamic but the testing in the prodding in the message sending in all that stuff that happens in any real transition and this is part of that transition so we re going to see quite a bit of it. where the great fears come in or the unintended consequences that if the wrong button is pushed at the wrong time or the wrong message is sent to the wrong party or in the wrong way to the right party something unintended and disasters happen and that s probably a very accurate reading of the situation for sure michael finton joining us tonight from jerusalem michael vincent with the media line news agency we appreciate your insights tonight michael thank you always a pleasure. well the day is almost gone but the conversation continues online you ll find us on twitter either at the w. news or you can follow me at brant off t.v.