Topic: State Department

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a firebrand speech at a symposium on international terrorism, dismantling the ideologies of radical leftism and communism. Rubio argued that communism envisions a world without God, miracles, or individual heroism, aiming instead for a "small, flat, gray" existence. The hosts also praise Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for his efforts in shutting down illicit money flows.

Economist Michael Hudson explains the 1970s strategy developed by figures like Scoop Jackson to use Israel as a "foreign legion" or "aircraft carrier in the desert." This plan allowed the U.S. to exert control over Middle Eastern oil resources using proxy forces after the Vietnam War made a domestic draft politically impossible. The hosts argue that the U.S. has historically used Israel for its own imperial interests rather than being controlled by it.