Has Trump CAVED on his anti-war machine promise?

About this episode

Emily discusses military spending and foreign wars with author Ben Freeman.

Click this link to learn more about PMI’s Q3 results https://www.pmi.com/progress Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily talks with author Ben Freeman about his book 'The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home'... amid the backdrop of potential new wars in Venezuela and Nigeria. They break down how the "war machine" really works, how Marjorie Taylor Greene is fighting the machine, and explain the influence operations of countries like Qatar and Israel, as well as how Trump has opened the door for Big Tech to become the "brave new war machine." Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Emily

Guest: Ben Freeman

Topics covered

• Trump
• military spending
• foreign wars
• politics
• Big Tech
• Marjorie Taylor Greene
• influence operations

Keywords

• Trump
• military spending
• foreign wars
• Marjorie Taylor Greene
• Big Tech
• influence operations
• Venezuela
• Nigeria

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PMI, Qatar, Israel, Big Tech

Books & works: The Trillion Dollar War Machine

Places: Venezuela, Nigeria

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