Background Briefing: June 9, 2019
America's Leading Expert on China "On Hostile Coexistence with China" We begin with an analysis of whether we are now entering not just a post-American but a post-Western era with China as Trump inflames Sinophobia and Xi Jinping stokes Chinese...
Background Briefing: June 6, 2019
Trump Threatens Mexico with a Tariff War We begin with Trump’s threat to slap a 5% tariff on all Mexican exports entering the U.S. starting on Monday unless talks underway in Washington come up with a solution to Trump’s demand that Mexico do what the U.S....
Background Briefing: June 5, 2019
Ending Usury and an "Agenda for Economic Patriotism" Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24/7 at backgroundbriefing.org, I’m Ian Masters and today we will look into a number of stories and issues in the news. We will begin with Bernie Sanders...
Background Briefing: June 4, 2019
The Arrest of the Serial Pedophile Who Was Trump's Go-Between and Fixer We begin with the arrest at JFK airport yesterday of George Nader on charges of “transporting visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct”. Nader is the go-between and...
Background Briefing: June 3, 2019
The Trump Family Outing to Buckingham Palace We begin with the state visit of President Trump to the U.K. and his furious tweeting of insults at the Mayor of London and CNN before lunch and a banquet with the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace which appeared to...
Background Briefing: June 2, 2019
The 30th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre We begin with the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre which changed the course of China away from halting efforts at democratic reform and has led to the current leader for life Xi Jinping’s...
Background Briefing: May 30, 2019
Trump Spews Poison at the Lawman Who Could Not Nail Him Because of a DOJ Rule We begin with the question of what can be done to rid this country of a criminal and a possible traitor who has always been one step ahead of the sheriff and today is spewing poison...
Background Briefing: May 29, 2019
Mueller: A DOJ Rule Places Trump Above the Law We begin with the ten minute statement today by Robert Mueller as he wrapped up his tenure as special counsel at the Department of Justice in which he said that “If we had confidence that the president had clearly...
Background Briefing: May 2, 2019
How Do the American People Learn What Is Actually in the Mueller Report? We begin with Nancy Pelosi’s remark that yesterday Attorney General Barr committed a crime lying to congress and today Barr did not show up before the House Judiciary Committee prompting...
Background Briefing: May 1, 2019
Barr Continues to Blunt the Impact of the Mueller Report We begin with the testimony today from William Barr before the Senate Judiciary Committee in which the Attorney General continued his efforts to blunt the impact of the Mueller report in concert with the...