Modern Diplomacy
Published 3 months ago
On the first Wednesday of the new year, the world was shocked as protestors broke into the U.S. Capitol in Washington. This was the first breach of the Capitol building in over 200 years. The significance of this riot in a country that is a bastion for democracy cannot be denied, and global media coverage and interest followed accordingly. Yet, for many Haitians these events felt remarkably familiar.
America’s TV commentators made vague references likening the events in Washington to contexts across the globe, “banana republics” with authoritarian regimes. Parallels drawn – correctly or not – were mostly with non-democratic countries. But the most fitting parallel would be Haiti, America’s neighbour to the South and fellow electoral democracy. In 2019, its own legislature was attacked – one in a series of chaotic assaults to our democratic institutions.
amy klobuchar. you saw it this morning, senator durbin on morning joe basically saying the green new deal, what s that? ha, ha, ha. they need to push back. people just want joe biden to make a decision already. get in, get out. this long tortured do i are yeah, it s 2016 all over again. it s silliness. all we keep hearing is that milwaukee is the city for the 2020 convention. democrats are eager to win back wisconsin. it would be a big way to show there s concerns about hotels and doing it in the second tier city would be challenging for the dnc. that s all we keep hearing about. you do think it s going to come down to it? i do. love having you both, thank you much for coming on and making your way to the studio in a wintry washington day. today s big picture comes to us from new york. it s the super snow moon. an amazing shot lighting up the sky behind the statue of a little bit. this is is one of the biggest, brightest supermoons of 2019.
where the president invited us in on a wintry washington day. mr. president, thank you very much for letting us come in today. pleased to do it, dave. rolling, please. and shoot. get out of the way. you re the only movie actor i know of who ever got elected to a high office. did you learn anything as an actor that has been useful to you as president? i m tempted to say something here. go ahead. there have been times in this office when i wondered how you could do the job if you hadn t been an actor. we haven t had a better
don t have the same obvious protections the president might. so they view it broadbroadly. rod rosenstein, still at this moment the doj official overseeing the special counsel, has said both in an interview with the ap and in testimony under oath, that he does not publicly dispute the breadth of that. that s not him saying he thinks it is a good idea or not, but it s him saying it includes that. then you have the doj guidelines which are important, given rudd maybe the president would fire mueller. he needs rosenstein to. if he refuses, you go down the chain. a lot to look at and keep an eye on, chris. without a doubt. thank you so much. ari, thank you. thank you for coming in on this steamy washington day. breaking news in the white house roosevelt room. president trump about to sign an executive order on apprenticeship and workforce initiatives. we ll have it for you live. we ll see what he has to say about this latest controversy
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