The JDRC Politics Podcast
Episode 23
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
We’re back! In this episode, we talk about 2018 as a whole, and what the past and future of politics entailed and entails. Listen above to learn more.
Here are the main topics discussed on this episode of The JDRC Politics Podcast
- America and China started a trade war
- Trump had another chaotic year in the White House throughout 2018
- In the 2018 midterms, Democrats won the House, but Republicans increased their majority in the Senate
- The Senate confirmed Kavanaugh despite the Democrats’ opposition
- Teresa May clings to power with no deal approved by parliament and Brexit scheduled for March 29
- Russian agents poisoned Sergei Skripal and his daughter
- AMLO became president of Mexico
- French protest Macron
Some other notable mentions…
- Facebook was besieged by scandals like Cambridge Analytica and fake news
- Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against rebels and America retaliated
- Xi Jinping cemented his authority
- Despite a meeting with Kim Jong Un, Trump has made little progress negotiating with the DPRK
- Trump exited the Iran deal and levied crippling sanctions
- Populists control Italy
- Putin continues his rule
- Malaysians got rid of the corrupt party
- Climate change caused devastating wildfires but Trump denied that global warming had a role
- Gun violence continued in the US
- Ethiopia is engaged in peace efforts with Eritrea
- Saudi agents murdered Jamal Khashoggi
Memo mentioned in the show: https://static.politico.com/28/7f/80157df74b96bb352b10f8b7aa66/09-30-18-mitchell-memo-ford-allegations.pdf
JDRC Media Institute
2019
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