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[00:00:00] This is how we begin gringo, empezamos
[00:00:02] gringo,
[00:00:09] we've been talking
[00:00:10] of about this, we won the first world war,
[00:00:15] of we won the second world war, is he mexican america that is offended
[00:00:21] of in by
[00:00:28] sin duda muy conocida.
[00:00:29] "We're all
[00:00:31] undoubtedly familiar with
[00:00:33] of Churchill's famous statement that the difference between a politician and a
[00:00:36] statesman is that a politician is thinking about the next
[00:00:40] election while a true statesman is thinking about the next
[00:00:44] generation. It is obvious that Trump is thinking about the next
[00:00:48] midterm election, but in
[00:00:49] the worst possible
[00:00:50] way.
[00:00:59] Here is the list." things that raise the question, is this the end of
[00:01:02] trumpism?
[00:01:08] one, the war against Iran leaves him as the big loser, he was unable to change
[00:01:12] the government or bring the Iranian nation to its knees. two, US
[00:01:16] troops are leaving Iraq. This had already been agreed upon under Biden, but Trump could
[00:01:20] have tried to keep
[00:01:21] of them there longer. Nevertheless, he has to accept that the United States can no
[00:01:25] longer be everywhere. Three, he cannot bring
[00:01:28] down the price of gas. or hydrocarbons, which are putting the American people
[00:01:32] of under tremendous pressure, for obedience to Israel, the American
[00:01:36] people are denouncing the fact that their country is not sovereign.
[00:01:40] Five, because of his decisions and threats, which have brought neither peace, prosperity nor
[00:01:44] victory, he has earned widespread rejection from millions of people both
[00:01:48] of inside and outside the United States. Six. The image
[00:01:52] of an egomaniac,
[00:01:53] a dictator who promises everything and
[00:01:55] of delivers nothing, who lies and spreads
[00:01:57] misinformation. Seven, the
[00:02:01] vulgarity of wanting to sease and attack everything, Venezuela, Greenland,
[00:02:04] Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico, the Straight of Homers, Iran, Canada,
[00:02:08] ate his
[00:02:09] popularity.
[00:02:13] The economist puts his net approval rating at minus 25
[00:02:16] points.
[00:02:18] of With all of this in mind, the question is, will Trumpism be remembered as an
[00:02:22] era of glory or as a real
[00:02:23] failure.
[00:02:31] Dear friends, once
[00:02:32] of again I find myself surrounded by doctors, just in case
[00:02:36] I have a stroke while talking about Donald Trump, the problem
[00:02:40] is they're not medical doctors. Look, first I'm going to introduce
[00:02:43] you, look, first I'm going to introduce you to Dr. Felipe Baptista
[00:02:47] here in relations from the
[00:02:49] a Metropolitan autonomous university, thank you for joining us here in
[00:02:53] the studio, gracias por venir
[00:02:56] aquí.
[00:03:00] we have
[00:03:01] of doctor Pablogan, among other things is an
[00:03:05] urban planner. anyway, Pablo, thank you very much for accepting
[00:03:09] the invitation. thank you for the
[00:03:11] invitation.
[00:03:15] well, let's get into the subject and
[00:03:18] of honestly, it scares me. where do we start? donald
[00:03:21] trump once again says i'm going to
[00:03:23] in aniolate Iran. it's not the first time he has said it, the situation
[00:03:27] with the inflation in the United States. comes out very
[00:03:31] aggressive against Mexico at the United Nations headquarters.
[00:03:35] We're going to analyze this issue and I'll start with you here in the
[00:03:38] studio. What are your impressions? Could everything
[00:03:41] that is building up around Trump, including the offer
[00:03:44] of the $500, at some point lead us to the end of Donald
[00:03:47] Trump, or at least the beginning
[00:03:52] of of the end? Sí, Rubén, gran pregunta.
[00:03:56] Yes, Ruben, this is a great question.
[00:03:58] It is important to consider the context. the United States is going
[00:04:01] through as it heads toward the midterm elections, the halfway point
[00:04:05] of the presidential term on November 3 if I remember correctly, the US
[00:04:09] House of Representatives, the US legislature is going to be put to
[00:04:13] vote and the poles give a strong
[00:04:15] of probability that the Democratic Party, the opposition to Donald
[00:04:18] Trump could win the majority, which could be very important
[00:04:22] political setback for Donald Trump, in that sense
[00:04:26] president
[00:04:26] of Donald Trump precisely when he gives his speech at the United nation's
[00:04:30] general assembly starts selling a whole series of
[00:04:34] victories that exist only in the imagination
[00:04:37] of the republican party, that they are going to annihilate Iran, that he
[00:04:41] has resolved eight wars, that he has now acquired
[00:04:45] Greenland, and that he's going to put an end to drug
[00:04:48] trafficking, and that for example, is also media blow
[00:04:52] aimed at selling his maga electorate, the idea that the United
[00:04:56] States is succeeding and that the
[00:04:58] in United States is going to move. of
[00:05:01] gasoline, the price
[00:05:02] of food, the price
[00:05:07] the price of fertilizers, all
[00:05:09] of these are rising because of this war. in west
[00:05:13] Asia and the United States remains very far from its
[00:05:16] objective. well, what objective exactly? changing the
[00:05:20] government in Iran is still very far away, defeating Iran
[00:05:24] is also very far away, and let's say social unity within
[00:05:28] Iran is very strong, which puts the United States a context
[00:05:32] of uncertainty and very far from achieving its
[00:05:35] political, military and economic objectives there in the
[00:05:39] straight of Homus.
[00:05:52] says if all of this has electoral overtones that doesn't
[00:05:56] speak well of american society does it? it doesn't speak well of it
[00:06:00] because then any clown any liar can manage to drive votes
[00:06:04] presumably in favor of his party simply by telling them his
[00:06:08] party simply by telling them a series of lies while their experience
[00:06:12] just described inflation, majority that supposedly is
[00:06:16] against the war with Iran, people resigning from within the military
[00:06:19] establishment.
[00:06:37] two-party republicans
[00:06:39] there cartel, and is democrats and the entire electoral. political
[00:06:43] system is designed so that one the two wins the
[00:06:46] elections, there would need to be genuine democracy in the
[00:06:50] united states for the people to actually
[00:06:52] be able to choose the best candidate within the party
[00:06:55] system. instead, they always choose the one who best
[00:06:59] represents the interests the large corporations which are
[00:07:03] currently in trouble. the united states is already
[00:07:07] in decline, but this is very very dangerous because since it can no
[00:07:10] longer or has been unable.
[00:07:13] to defeat Russia, despite the full strength of NATO, Ukraine is
[00:07:16] being defeated. It has also been unable to compete economically with
[00:07:20] China. China is already on power with the United States and
[00:07:24] overtaking it. It couldn't defeat Iran last year, nor this
[00:07:28] year, despite having repeatedly said 10 times already, that
[00:07:32] they had won the war, and despite yesterday's threats, the
[00:07:36] fact is that it cannot defeat Iran. The problem for us
[00:07:40] here is that he is focusing on what he considers. backyard, which is the
[00:07:44] American continent, and he has dealt some very hard blows. What
[00:07:48] was announced in this treaty with Greenland, is very serious because
[00:07:52] he obtains two military bases and access to Greenland's rare
[00:07:55] earths. The blow he dealt to Venezuela, and taking control
[00:07:59] of its oil, are also very serious. So he has
[00:08:03] focused on dominating the Americas in general, and that is why he
[00:08:07] attacked Mexico, calling it the epicenter of crime
[00:08:11] and drug trafficking. because he would like
[00:08:13] to have puppet government in Mexico like the one they have in
[00:08:17] Argentina, and well Trump is worried because his
[00:08:21] popularity has fallen to 32%, so
[00:08:24] he is kicking and flailing, basically trying
[00:08:27] to keep himself a
[00:08:31] float. Yo conocí a un
[00:08:35] senador mexicano, I knew a Mexican senator, may he rest in
[00:08:39] peace and I'll leave his name out, an old school PRI.
[00:08:42] senator from the international revolutionary party who knew the
[00:08:46] united states very well and he used to tell me, look
[00:08:50] ruben, we were over there, we lobbied, and one
[00:08:54] party would tell us, yes, yes, don't worry, we're going to do this and
[00:08:58] that, and everything, and then when the time came,
[00:09:02] they would vote against it, because the other party voted against it, they
[00:09:05] would pat us on the back and say, we lost, that was the
[00:09:09] game, and then that same senator told me what?
[00:09:12] Look, Ruben, in the future, either the United States
[00:09:16] will destroy the world or the world will destroy the United
[00:09:19] States, that really struck me at the time, but now suddenly I think
[00:09:23] good grief with this trogladite Donald Trump, and I
[00:09:27] say that respectfully, but with conviction, a true
[00:09:31] trogladite to has absolutely moral footing
[00:09:34] whatsoever. I get the impression, for him, morality is just a
[00:09:38] tree that grows berries. How do you see it, what is this Donald?
[00:09:42] Trump mean for the world, because while
[00:09:44] it is true that he has support, he is a
[00:09:48] threat,
[00:09:49] i have absolutely no doubt about that, what do you
[00:09:51] think?
[00:09:53] efectivamente,
[00:09:57] indeed, he respects neither domestic nor
[00:10:01] international law, he himself said that he only respects his
[00:10:05] own morality, and let's look
[00:10:07] at what kind of morality Donald Trump has, he is attacking
[00:10:11] his own allies. for example, we can see the
[00:10:15] serious contradiction he is already creating between the United States
[00:10:18] and Canada, serious is that he is backing,
[00:10:22] serious is that he is backing the genocide. in
[00:10:25] Palestine, that genocide is truly abhorent. There
[00:10:29] have already been more than 70,000 deaths despite the supposed
[00:10:33] ceasefire last October. They continue bombing and killing
[00:10:36] Palestinians. Since the ceasefire, there have been more than
[00:10:40] 300 deaths and not only in Palestine, but in
[00:10:44] Lebanon and throughout West Asia in general. So this is
[00:10:48] a government in decline that is using violence in the most
[00:10:51] cynical and blatant way possible. And top of.
[00:10:55] that while it claims to be negotiating, let's remember that both
[00:10:59] times it has attacked Iran, it was while it was negotiating with
[00:11:03] Iran, and with tactics such as assassinating the
[00:11:06] Ayatollah and his family, kidnapping Maduro, in
[00:11:10] short, violating all international laws, he has
[00:11:13] Maduro imprisoned in New York, even though under international
[00:11:17] law, head of state has immunity, and yet he simply
[00:11:21] disregards all the laws, with Trump we are no longer.
[00:11:55] Zaki was not terrorism, please, there's still educated people who
[00:11:59] tell me it was done to end the second world war. Well, I give
[00:12:03] them my
[00:12:03] blessing.
[00:12:08] Yes, Ruben, it is very important to remember that following the September 11
[00:12:11] attacks, the United States used this event to its advantage
[00:12:15] to, let's say, reshape international politics between
[00:12:19] friends and enemies. Whoever is against me is my
[00:12:23] enemy, or whoever is not with me. is my enemy, from that
[00:12:26] point on, it shaped the entire US foreign policy
[00:12:30] around the fight against terrorism. we can see plan
[00:12:33] colombia, we now see how any government ideologically
[00:12:37] distant from the United States is linked to drug trafficking, linked
[00:12:41] to terrorism. we also see how it links the issue of
[00:12:44] migration, migrants crossing the Mexican border into the United
[00:12:48] States are now also associated with this issue of
[00:12:52] drug trafficking in the four or also... considered
[00:12:55] terrorists or potential terrorists and are sent without due
[00:12:59] process to prisons in El Salvador, so this
[00:13:03] US counter terrorism policy has to be viewed a
[00:13:07] global, regional and local scale, on the global scale it is
[00:13:11] used to achieve its political and military objectives in west Asia,
[00:13:14] on the original scale, for example, it is used to position
[00:13:18] governments that are ideologically close to the United
[00:13:22] States, but that oppose or reject the presence of...
[00:13:25] rival the united
[00:13:28] the hegemanic states and on the local level, meaning within the united states
[00:13:31] itself, it is the fight against terrorism, identifying drug
[00:13:35] traffickers and migrants as one and the same group, right? and
[00:13:39] now they have also put anti-fascist groups into the same basket,
[00:13:42] labeling them as terrorist social groups, when they are actually social
[00:13:46] movements that reject the presence of fascism in the US
[00:13:50] government, so it is very delicate
[00:13:52] issue.
[00:13:54] Donald
[00:14:04] Trump is offering and this Donald Trump is offering and this is a
[00:14:08] country that increasingly resembles a banana republic. Let's
[00:14:12] suppose the democrats win. I'm also convinced that they are
[00:14:16] two sides the same coin. People think for example that
[00:14:20] things go better for us in Mexico when the democrats
[00:14:24] are in power, but I don't think that's
[00:14:25] the case, and ultimately, I think the solution lies
[00:14:28] with the American people, but as Clinton used to say, it's the economy
[00:14:32] stupid, that's what Clinton is to say, so as long
[00:14:36] as they put money in people's pockets so they can pay their
[00:14:39] debts, their cars, their homes, their healthcare, they become
[00:14:43] less concerned with what their government is doing around the world, how do you see
[00:14:47] this issue heading into the midterm elections, or are we
[00:14:51] looking at the imminent end of Trumpism while the United
[00:15:26] democrat Truman and the invasion
[00:15:27] of Cuba in 1961 was carried out by democrat
[00:15:30] Kennedy, so thinking that the Republicans are the bad guys
[00:15:34] and
[00:15:35] the democrats are the good guys.
[00:15:47] Well it's another side the same coin, let's say that Iran's hope, for
[00:15:50] example is that the democrats win majority in the house,
[00:15:54] and in that sense that in two years they can win the presidency
[00:15:58] and the democratic party can put forward someone more
[00:16:01] trustworthy to could negotiate a sease fire agreement with the
[00:16:05] Iranian government. we would have to see how much
[00:16:09] influence this wing the democratic party, which is socialist
[00:16:13] and is let by New York mayor Mamadani actually has. We
[00:16:17] would have to see how much traction it has and what kind of rhetoric they're
[00:16:21] putting forward while campaigning, but I am pessimistic, if the
[00:16:24] Democratic Party wins a majority in the US legislature, I would even
[00:16:28] dear say that Donald Trump's actions could become much more
[00:16:32] radical because he would have nothing left to lose. I'm thinking about
[00:16:36] Cuba, I'm thinking about... Greenland, I'm thinking about Iran. Once
[00:16:40] Donald Trump loses the legislature, his actions could become even more
[00:16:43] radical
[00:16:46] sus
[00:16:50] acciones sean incluso más radicales.
[00:16:54] This first, and then I'd also like to hear your opinion,
[00:16:58] regardless the fact that Donald Trump has repeatedly used Mexico for
[00:17:02] electoral purposes, making a series of statements against Mexico at
[00:17:06] different points throughout. his political career, this time he did it
[00:17:10] before the United Nations General Assembly, and the cameraman focused on
[00:17:14] Roberto Velasco, Mexican foreign minister, and Hector
[00:17:17] Vasconcelos, Mexico's ambassador to the UN. They looked
[00:17:20] extremely worried, didn't they? When Trump once again threat there, was
[00:17:24] excellent, extraordinary, was excellent, extraordinary. We may
[00:17:28] agree with it or not, but it was extraordinary. I
[00:17:32] would have expected the Mexican foreign ministry to respond at the level the
[00:17:36] circumstances.
[00:18:07] "he is trying to link migration and drug trafficking
[00:18:11] is two threats that the United States must combat, and we
[00:18:14] Mexicans get caught in the middle. In that sense, I agree with you that the
[00:18:18] Mexican federal government should be somewhat firmer in
[00:18:21] rejecting these statements and as the Cuban delegation did withdraw
[00:18:25] as an act of dignity, dignified reaction from any
[00:18:29] diplomatic representation. For her part, President Shane
[00:18:33] Baum said at the morning press conference that Mexico was
[00:18:36] being..." to take responsibility in the fight against drug
[00:18:40] trafficking and that Mexico was assuming that responsibility, but
[00:18:44] that it was very difficult to have as a neighbor a country that consumes
[00:18:48] enormous amounts of drugs and produces enormous
[00:18:51] quantities of weapons, and that is the truth, on the other side
[00:18:55] the border, there is no assumption of responsibility for
[00:18:59] consumption or for the production of weapons, most of which end up in
[00:19:03] the hands of criminal groups here in Mexico, so I agree with the
[00:19:06] president, but I would also like to take this opportunity
[00:19:10] to call on the federal government to recognize that this is an
[00:19:14] opportunity for Mexico to diversify not only its trade
[00:19:17] relations but also its political relations with the world. I'm
[00:19:21] thinking about the bricks, I'm thinking about East Asia, I'm thinking about
[00:19:25] Central America even beyond the political differences that may exist
[00:19:29] with different governments, but Mexico has to begin reducing its economic
[00:19:33] dependence on the United States. I was just reading an article in El
[00:19:37] Pai. saying that an article in el pai saying that Donald Trump
[00:19:40] supported an initiative aimed at reducing the states by
[00:19:44] banning US diesel exports the states by banning US diesel exports to
[00:19:48] Mexico. That would be a very because unfortunately the Mexican
[00:19:51] economy depends heavily on diesel imports from the
[00:19:55] United States. So once again this highlights the importance of
[00:19:59] concepts such as energy sovereignty, refining oil and
[00:20:03] building refineries here in Mexico so that Mexican Oil
[00:20:07] can be
[00:20:37] political sovereignty, we need to break with the TMEC, the free
[00:20:41] trade agreement and base ourselves on domestic development,
[00:20:45] strengthening the state so that there can be investment. It is
[00:20:49] important to look at the issue of debt, which has grown
[00:20:52] enormously, it has now reached 20 trillion pesos, and
[00:20:56] the interest payments amount to 1.6 trillion. we need to
[00:21:00] suspend debt payments, audit the debt and renegotiate it
[00:21:04] for the benefit the country. and on the other hand, tax
[00:21:08] reform is very, very important. Mexico is one the
[00:21:11] countries in the world that collects the least taxes,
[00:21:15] 16% compared with an OECD average of
[00:21:19] 34%. percent of GDP, so Mexico needs a
[00:21:23] tax reform so that the state has more resources and so that
[00:21:27] the large corporations pay more. At present, they pay only
[00:21:31] average of 2.5%, and there should also be tax
[00:21:35] on the great fortunes that are growing like wildfire, and that must
[00:21:39] also be held accountable to society, so deep economic
[00:21:42] measures are needed for Mexico to develop its
[00:21:45] sovereignty and stand strong in the face of this dangerous
[00:21:49] neighbor.
[00:21:58] The Mexican government and Mexican society must face this challenge as
[00:22:02] an opportunity as well to talk about energy sovereignty, food
[00:22:05] sovereignty and also political sovereignty. We need to shake off
[00:22:09] Mexico's dependence on the United States and I strongly
[00:22:12] agree that tax reform has been necessary for several
[00:22:16] years, tax reform is urgently needed to... make the
[00:22:20] large multinational corporations that come here to produce
[00:22:24] cheaply and pay extremely low wages, pay their fair
[00:22:27] share rather than taking their profits back to their home countries,
[00:22:31] so tax reform targeting those large pools of
[00:22:34] capital,
[00:22:40] thank you very much, thank you for coming here to the studio despite the
[00:22:44] heavy traffic here in the capital the Mexican Republic, thank you very much,
[00:22:48] and to all of you, my friends, I would... very much like us to reflect
[00:22:52] on ourselves as Mexicans. This is not about saying that we
[00:22:56] should dismiss, reject or become enemies of what is happening in the
[00:22:59] United States from the standpoint of everyday life. I'm
[00:23:03] convinced that Americans are on the frontlines of this very
[00:23:06] debocle, but many them have not realized it. I repeat,
[00:23:10] as long as they have enough to pay their debts, but ultimately, what it
[00:23:14] is about, and I have not lost hope in this, is seeking
[00:23:18] the possibility of better world. where each person can be the
[00:23:22] architect their own destiny while also embracing a sense of
[00:23:26] community and respect. I invite you to join me if you
[00:23:29] so wish on the next
[00:23:31] broadcast
[00:23:44] of bombs stop falling, casualty figures are tallied,
[00:23:48] names are added to list. Numbers cannot measure the lives
[00:23:52] that unravel after the explosions. Wars count those
[00:23:55] killed by missiles. They rarely count those who survived
[00:23:59] them and may later die of grief. Yes, you heard that
[00:24:03] right, grief. 31-year-old say
[00:24:07] became one of those. In the early hours of March 26, a
[00:24:11] US Israel strike reduced her family home a
[00:24:15] neighborhood to rubble. Her husband, local football coach
[00:24:18] Hussein Maliki. and their two young sons, age five
[00:24:22] and three were killed. around them, nine homes were destroyed and
[00:24:26] 24 people died from the US Israely attack. elham
[00:24:30] survived. for seven hours, rescuers searched through
[00:24:33] concrete and twisted steel before pulling her from beneath the
[00:24:37] debris. the fallen sofa had shielded her head from the
[00:24:41] collapsing building, but her injuries were severe. her
[00:24:44] greatest wounds, however, were invisible. weeks later, a video
[00:24:48] of at home standing, on the ruins of her home spread across
[00:24:52] Iran. In her hands was hundred node rescued from the
[00:24:56] rubble, one her young son had written before the
[00:24:59] attack. As she read it, her voice faltered. Around
[00:25:03] her lay the remains the life she had built. Her
[00:25:07] father says that after losing her husband, her children
[00:25:11] and her home, she was never the same. She withdrew
[00:25:15] from the world, spoke constantly of her family and
[00:25:19] struggled to be. even ordinary sounds after more than
[00:25:22] two months of overwhelming grief after losing her family in
[00:25:26] US Israely attack, she suffered fatal stroke and
[00:25:30] died. her story speaks to a quieter taller war of
[00:25:34] survivors who carry the destruction with them
[00:25:37] long after the dost settles. it also reflects a
[00:25:41] wider pattern of us Israeli aggression across the
[00:25:44] region that has left behind a deeper tall not only a
[00:25:48] single moment of impact. But in the lasting human
[00:25:51] consequences that
[00:25:53] follow.
[00:26:13] Looks like we're finally done
[00:26:15] here, I wouldn't hold my breath
[00:26:19] just
[00:26:19] yet.
[00:26:28] At the cradle of Western Civilization, US Secretary of State
[00:26:31] Mark. Rubio tells a familiar story: Persians
[00:26:35] as villains, Athenians as heroes, but is that
[00:26:39] history or just Washington's preferred
[00:26:41] vision? Persians plundered the temples,
[00:26:45] they burned the shrines, they raised the acropolis to the ground. Case
[00:26:49] closed, not so fast, history has habit of
[00:26:53] talking back.
[00:26:56] Alexander, he had great respect for the Persian culture, a little
[00:27:00] inconvenient for narrative that reduce. is Persia to an army of
[00:27:04] Barbarians and Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone has
[00:27:08] message for those lecturing the world its past. I think westerners
[00:27:12] don't understand completely the history of Iran and
[00:27:15] Persia. I would suggest this book is is a great place to
[00:27:19] start.
[00:27:26] Dictate the narrative, but history as outlasted empires
[00:27:29] before, and it has a warning for those... can rewrite it, you
[00:27:33] cannot change history, you'll be defeated by the forces of history,
[00:27:37] which are inevitable, and Americans seem to believe that they can
[00:27:41] change that. this is insanity, this is, it defeats us every
[00:27:44] time.
[00:30:00] Your headlines on Press TV. Iran security chief tells Press TV that the
[00:30:04] US response to Tehron's conditions for reopening the straight for
[00:30:08] moves is inadequate and contains ambiguous
[00:30:11] and must be
[00:30:14] cleared. The IRGC Navy warns all vessels not to turn
[00:30:18] off their navigation systems during Hurmus transit saying all ships
[00:30:21] doing this will be considered hostile and will be targeted and
[00:30:25] Hamas strongly condemns Israel's threat to assassinate the head the
[00:30:29] political bureau stressing that the regime's threat and to
[00:30:32] organized state
[00:30:33] terrorism.