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Alistair Campbell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

And these energy flows in the modern age where norms are breaking down, it becomes even more important.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

But there is effectively a bit of a humanitarian catastrophe going on in Cuba.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

And interestingly, going back to some of the things we talk about with Trump and the changing world order, the question there, why is the UK government silent?

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

I'm sure the UK government has been saying things, but they haven't cut through to me.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

The things that have cut through to me have been China and Russia.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

condemning this as a violation of sovereignty.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

So it is underlining once more that we're in this very, very different world.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

And of course, Trump is, as ever, he's really sort of using every weapon at his disposal.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

There's economic warfare.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

There are the military threats.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

He sent the head of the CIA essentially to sit down with the government and say, you don't need to go or you don't need to change or go.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

And of course, the threat of military action at the back of this.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

So I think we're talking here about Trump.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

We constantly talk about Trump wanting sort of, you know, right history.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

He keeps saying that he's going to be the president who sorts out Cuba once and for all.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

Now, he says that about a lot of things.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

We'll see whether he actually manages to deliver.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

But if I were Cuban right now, I'd be very, very worried.

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

Which government of the world would do it?

The Rest Is Politics
537. Indicting Trump, Israeli Prisons, and Rory vs. Ed Miliband

Spain!