Israeli Knesset
Historian, author, and a member of the Israeli Knesset; author of Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present and Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide; former Israeli ambassador to the United States; former Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem
The US-Israeli Relationship in Crisis Even before Prime Minister Netanyahu criticized President Obama in an address to Congress, it was no secret that US relations with Israel are not what they used to be. Now Israel's former Ambassador to the US is accused of "pouring fuel on the fire" with a new book claiming that President Obama has deliberately caused a rift between two long-time allies. Is he asking American Jews to choose between Israel and their President? We talk with Michael Oren.
What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.