Presidents often have varied routes to power. It's one of many outlandish claims made by Argentinian president Javier Milei, whose eccentric public persona has earned him the nickname, El Loco, translated literally as "the crazy man". Rather, it's a shrewd political strategy that borrows tactics from US presidential candidate Donald Trump – even down to his campaign tagline: "Make Argentina …
Hamish Macdonald HOST: He's a leader that serves for life. Hamish Macdonald HOST That's Arash Azizi - An Iranian writer and historian and senior lecturer in political science and history at Clemson University in the United States. Hamish Macdonald HOST That's Fereshteh Sadeghi Iranian journalist based in Tehran. Hamish Macdonald HOST But first, I'm going to let Arash explain more …
Please note this is an automated transcript. Hamish Macdonald: Also with me is someone who's written extensively on both Bongbong Marcos and the previous president, Rodrigo Duterte. Hamish Macdonald: I think it's worth going back a little bit in this story of Bongbong Marcos, just to understand how he got there. Richard Javad Heydarian: You know, it depends on how …
LOADING ERROR LOADING A GOP congressman’s effort to get Rep. Maxine Waters to condemn socialism failed spectacularly on Wednesday when she gave the same response, over and over again, to his questions about communist dictators: Donald Trump loves these guys. Guy Reschenthaler went after Waters during a House Rules Committee hearing on a resolution that “denounces socialism in all its …
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