About this episode

The episode discusses the recent summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, along with an interview with Noah Rothman about left-wing political violence.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have ended their two day summit in Beijing with lots of talk and no announced breakthroughs. James and Steven break it all down. Speaking of breaking down, we welcome back National Review senior writer Noah Rothman to talk about the left's embrace of political violence that he covers in his new book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence in America. It's a riot. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support .

Topics covered

• Trump-Xi summit
• political violence
• left-wing violence
• Noah Rothman
• current events

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