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America on the Brink of War With Venezuela

America on the Brink of War With Venezuela

The David Frum Show vor 11 Monaten

Quico Toro on the Trump administration’s dangerous game of brinksmanship with Venezuela and why a conflict in the Caribbean could be a disaster for everyone involved. Plus: Trump’s newest attempt at a constitutional coup and a discussion of The Oppermanns

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On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum
opens with a warning about the coming Supreme Court battle over
President Donald Trump’s use of tariff powers. If the Court
endorses Trump’s claim that anything he deems an emergency allows
him to impose tariffs, Frum argues that the United States will face
a constitutional crisis unlike any before. The president will, in
effect, have staged a “constitutional coup,” stripping Congress of
its most fundamental Article I powers. Then Frum speaks with Quico
Toro of Caracas Chronicles about the Trump administration’s
escalating pressure on Venezuela. They explore what American
intervention might look like, the realities of Venezuelan President
Nicolás Maduro’s hold on control, and whether any foreign power
could truly bring his rule to an end. Finally, Frum closes with a
reflection on Lion Feuchtwanger’s The Oppermanns and the rising
tide of conspiracist anti-Semitism seen on both the left and the
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