About this episode

Ralph discusses the fall of the American Empire and trade wars with Colonel Wilkerson and Toby Heap.

Ralph speaks with Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff for Colin Powell, about the fall of the American Empire and self-proclaimed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth. Then we welcome the CEO and co-founder of the Canadian-based organization Corporate Knights, Toby Heap, to break down Trump’s unprecedented trade war with our closest ally. Plus, Ralph has some choice words for Hakeem Jeffries and his meeting with Jared Kushner and for Hillary Clinton and her take on the war with Iran . Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired U.S. Army colonel. Over his 31 years of service, Colonel Wilkerson served as Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2005, and Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993. Colonel Wilkerson also served as Deputy Director and Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia, and for fifteen years he was the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network , senior advisor to the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft , and co-founder of the…

People in this episode

Host: Ralph Nader

Guests: Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Toby Heap

Topics covered

• American Empire
• trade war
• politics
• military
• international relations

Keywords

• American Empire
• trade war
• Colin Powell
• military
• politics
• Hillary Clinton
• international relations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Corporate Knights

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