US of Ed

"This'll lead to not just the massacre of the Kurds, but the massacre of a lot of Syrians and ISIS on the move again."

Since impeachment proceedings, Trump has doubled down on corruption claims surrounding Joe Biden and calls for (still illegal) foreign investigations, as well as throwing out accusations of treason and forbidding cooperation, how low can things go? This week also sees the administration face condemnation for abandoning Kurdish fighters in Syria, another chapter in a long series of betrayals. Also talking Open Skies Treaty, the rich getting richer, China throwing its weight around, and Joe Biden's 2020 hopes.

"Going through this process is excruciating."

On September 24th, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump for allegedly betraying his oath of office and the country's national security. It's a move that some Democrats and anti-Trumpers have been crying out to see for some time, but what will proceedings involve and what happens if Trump is actually impeached? Ed and Sean talk the process, how long, the likely fallout, and compare the cases of previous presidents, Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Richard Nixon.

"With the Mueller investigation, with Cohen, with everything else, the final shoe has dropped."

After a chat with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky was perceived as lightly treasonous, Donald Trump finds himself in the hottest of the hot water that has defined his political career with Nancy Pelosi announcing impeachment proceedings, but Teflon Trump is a long way from sunk. Looking at impeachment, how the Ukraine situation could also hurt Joe Biden, Mr Morrison Goes to Washington, UN Climate Summit, Boris Johnson, and Elizabeth Warren's 2020 chances.

"These are Trump allies, not US allies, Saudi Arabia is not an ally of the United States but an ally of Mr Trump."

Saudi Arabia has lost half its country's oil reserves in an unexpected attack and Trump is pointing the finger at Iran, are American boots on Iranian soil now inevitable? In the courts, conservatives going to bat for Brett Kavanaugh over fresh sexual assault allegations and former Trump aides told to ignore subpoenas by the White House. Also the GM workers strike, Israeli election, Beto O'Rourke's forced buyback proposal and Feelin' the Bern on the road to 2020.

"National security's in a lot of trouble."

National Security Advisor John Bolton has departed the White House, leaving some of America's enemies, and allies, breathing a sigh of relief. But did he jump or was he pushed? And Trump has blown up plans to meet the Taliban at presidential retreat Camp David, but just how bad of an idea was it in the first place? Also talking North Carolina, Republican primaries, Brexit and firebrand Democrat Kamala Harris.

"He's going to have to pay a big price for this, and US citizens will pay that same price."

Although it may fall short of Alabama, Hurricane Dorian has hammered the Bahamas and continues to make its way up the East Coast. Hurricane Trump continues to wreak his unique form of chaos on the economy and the Pentagon budget, and in the UK Boris Johnson has seen his Parliamentary majority blow away. Also talking the Odessa shooting and Andrew Yang's 2020 aspirations.

"He's got no place to turn now with the economy softening."

Hereby, Emperor Trump can try ordering American businesses to turn away from China but he seems to be running out of friends, except for a few Russian oligarchs and British PM Boris Johnson that is. And while the Amazon was burning this week, the president looking to quietly remove protections from Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Also, landmark news for the opioid crisis, the Jeffrey Epstein case, Brexit, and this week's spotlight on South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

"This sounds like something out of the 1930s in Germany. The Jews that you don't like are a liability, and something has to happen to them."

...and I did not speak out, because I was not a Mexican... This week, Trump's big real estate deal, looking to buy Greenland, its resources and 56,000 citizens at wholesale prices, and more worrying comments about ignorant and disloyal Jewish voters. Meanwhile, the global economy teeters on the brink of recession and hope is fading for China. Also talking Russia and the G7, indefinite detention for undocumented families, Brexit, and Beto O'Rourke in the 2020 spotlight this week.

"This sounds like something out of the 1930s in Germany. The Jews that you don't like are a liability, and something has to happen to them."

...and I did not speak out, because I was not a Mexican... This week, Trump's big real estate deal, looking to buy Greenland, its resources and 56,000 citizens at wholesale prices, and more worrying comments about ignorant and disloyal Jewish voters. Meanwhile, the global economy teeters on the brink of recession and hope is fading for China. Also talking Russia and the G7, indefinite detention for undocumented families, Brexit, and Beto O'Rourke in the 2020 spotlight this week.

"The most threatened species is this administration, every one of its birds has been shot, by the Congress, by the public, and so on."

Conspiracies surround the death of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, just the thing to distract from a looming recession, retreat in the China trade war, and weakening of the Endangered Species Act. Looking at the Democrats' 2020 field, we take a butchers at Amy Klobutchar for a possible VP slot. Also talking Hong Kong, gun laws, and mass killings beget more death abroad.