The persistent reference to American “exceptionalism” is flawed. The US is one of the most dysfunctional democracies. The legal system is politicalised, the electoral system riddled with gerrymandering and the right to vote constantly under threat by right wing states wanting to roll back “black” empowerment. This is not a democracy that the rest of the world looks at with awe and respect but with distain and contempt.

Didn't Bernie Madoff get 200 plus your sentences as a first time offender? Didn't Martha Stewart get 5 years as a first time offender, didn't Ross Ulbrech get a life sentence as a first time offender?

Making an empty promise to eliminate taxes on tips will probably win him the election.

Why does Preet have a black eye?

@Thichaou

24 күн бұрын

His mom and dad were cousins!😂

@RasAlHaq

24 күн бұрын

Sparring practice. 😉

Mega ,alternative facts believers.Prof.Dr.Nasir Fazal Cambridge USA

Conviction? 34 convictions.

@freeheeler09

24 күн бұрын

And two impeachments, and adjudicated findings for fraud and rape. And then there is Trump’s clear support for dictators like Putin.

The fact that they keep calling trump a convicted felon but they dont seem to say the same thing about hunter biden 😂 that alone should tell you everythg

Trump's coming back. The uniparty is scared

I'm so tired of Ian's strange and simplistic analysis. I can't figure him out AT ALL. I used to watch him, listen to him, thinking i just hadn't figured out his points, but i find him increasingly just wrong.

So many bots in these comments 🤖

How many of these presidents did the same… its because it’s trump

When Mr. Bremmer said "I don't believe it was actually an attempted coup." (15:54) I about spit out my morning coffee in shock. What more proof does he need to call it that? I was very glad when Susan Glasser pushed back on that thought. Mr. Bremmer is an obviously brilliant guy when it comes to geopolitics but I think he has a bit of a blind spot when comes to domestic politics. If I recall he was a bit off on the supposed "red wave" during the midterms and I think he's now under estimating the damage a second Trump term would cause our democracy. I wonder if this might be in an effort to remain, or at least appear to be, a neutral observer. Just my take on this but I will always listen to what he, and the people he interviews, have to say.

@jess7150

24 күн бұрын

I think Bremmer is right about (moderate) people not caring about this conviction but he’s so wrong playing down the threats of Jan 6.

@jmhorange

24 күн бұрын

I assume he means is the technical sense. A real coup is much more coordinated than Jan 6th, which was just chaos and nowhere near the level of overthrowing the government. But by that same token, if that's Ian's definition of an attempted coup, then Russia's attempted coup by Prigozhin to march to Moscow wasn't an "attempted coup" or anywhere near the level of overthrowing the Russian government. Yet I'm sure Ian would have no problem calling that an attempted coup. We shouldn't downplay things with semantics and technical jargon. January 6th was a dangerous day in history and most people's understanding of it was it was an attempted coup so let's use that definition so we are all on the same page.

@faust451

24 күн бұрын

@@jmhorange The coup of 2020 was not really the invasion of the U.S. Capitol building, rather it was the fake electors plot where officials in seven states (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin) prepared falsified/fraudulent certificates of ascertainment claiming Donald Trump and not Joe Biden had won the electoral college votes for those states. Thus far officials in five of those states have been charged for their participation. New Mexico claims state laws are not structured such that fake electors from that state can be prosecuted and Arizona is currently in the midst of grand jury hearings for the fake electors from that state. To Mike Pence's credit, he refused to present/acknowledge these fake slates of electoral votes on January 6, 2021.

Gzero showing they are Bipartisan in their opinion/coverage. LOL

Your bias is showing. The trial smelled of desperation. Since when do misdemeanors turn into felonies? It’s very weak. This conviction over record keeping will hurt future business in New York!

@briancase6180

24 күн бұрын

They turn into felonies because NY law states the conditions under which they can turn into felonies. Trump conspired to falsify documents in furtherance of election fixing. It's pretty simple, actually, and that's why Trump was found guilty. The judges instructions to the jury were simple, the conditions to find a guilty verdict were simple, and Trump is actually a pretty simple criminal. Many times over. He could have avoided ALL of this by stipulating to the affair with Stormy, for example. But he's such a narcissist that he can't ever, EVER, admit to anything that would be human.

TRUMP, BEST PRESIDENT EVER. TRUMP 2024.

Does this satisfy a fair trial? NO.

TRUMP POTUS 2024 !

Do we really need to give 20 minutes to two DNC proxies to lecture us on democracy? Give me a break!

@peregrinare

24 күн бұрын

Who would you prefer, a few MAGA talking points that come straight from the Kremlin...?

You leftist SCU MS have taught us a lot about "freedom & democracy" there!