From the Bulwark:
Eric and Eliot bemoan the shameful meltdown in the Oval Office between VP Vance, President Trump and President Zelensky. They discuss Vance’s ambush and whether he executed it alone or in concert with Trump and note that those who are blaming Zelensky for rising to the bait are objectively pro-Putin. They discuss Vance’s dark political views and they consider what Europeans can and should do. They also discuss Trump’s delegation of responsibility to others and his “Trump Gaza” AI generated video. Eric asks only partially tongue in cheek what the odds are on Trump declaring himself a god by the end of the term.
Near the late middle of this podcast Eliot Cohen asks (c. 22:50): Can America ever recover from (what appears to be) the Trump foreign policy. Will America’s word ever be trusted again? Cohen goes on to remark (23:15) that many people around the world are remarking, in effect, “actually we’ve known that for some time, Thank you very much. And they have some reason to say those things.” But Cohen does think (23:30) “this is qualitatively different. [...] Something’s broken, and this is not one you can put back together again.”
Perhaps we’re seeing the conversion of shared knowledge to common knowledge.
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