Velshi

Fed cuts rates amid interference from Trump

Episode Summary

Ali Velshi is joined by Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman, geopolitics analyst Bobby Ghosh, author and scholar of extremism and radicalization Cynthia Miller-Idriss, and Director of Research at The Soufan Group Colin Clarke

Episode Notes

The ironic plot twist stemming from the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates; how the Trump administration’s continued strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean is sparking fears of a wider confrontation with Venezuela; how a dangerous and once-fringe conspiracy theory peddled by white nationalists is creeping its way into mainstream Republican politics.