Behind the News: Is Trump De-Escalating With China? w/ Jake Werner
Plus: Jeet Heer on William F. Buckley.
October 15, 2025
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October 15, 2025
Behind the News: Is Trump De-Escalating With China? w/ Jake Werner
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Summary
<p>Jake Werner of the Quincy Institute analyzes Trump’s creeping softness on China, and how that country sees its role in the world. Jeet Heer, author of a recent <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/william-buckley-sam-tanenhaus/" rel="nofollow">book review</a> for the <em>Nation</em>, talks about the slick but odious William F. Buckley</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="nofollow">Behind the News</a></em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.</p>
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