Trump’s Ambassadors Are Creating CHAOS Around the World

The Trump/Xi summit produces two pandas and not much else, violence in Ethiopia could have massive regional consequences, and Manchester City is found guilty of nearly a decade of cheating. Tommy and Ben close the loop on Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington and how Trump walked away with only vague commitments. On Iran, Trump is reportedly planning to resume bombing after the midterms, and a workaround in the Strait of Hormuz is getting oil flowing again, but it may make Trump less likely to cut a deal. A potential plot at a UK base used by US bombers to strike Iran ends with five British men arrested. The guys do a deep dive into Ethiopia, where a peace deal from 2022 is unraveling and the risk of a conflict that could merge with the wars in Sudan and Somalia is very real. Manchester City is found guilty on 115 charges of breaking Premier League financial rules for nearly a decade — and the story highlights the complications of state-owned entities with unlimited money buying their way into sports. OpenAI pauses its latest model because it kept lying, and a previous model hacked an Australian healthcare website. And finally, we take a tour of Trump's ambassador corps: Charles Kushner ignoring France's foreign ministry, Kimberly Guilfoyle steering contracts to her boyfriend's clients in Greece, and the US ambassador to Belgium picking a fight over circumcision. At the end of the show, Tommy speaks to Sam Vigersky, an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about the dangerous on-the-ground reality in Haiti and how the Trump administration is making it worse. CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS: BILT REWARDS: https://joinbilt.com/WORLD SELECTQUOTE: https://selectquote.com/WORLD 3DAYBLINDS: https://3dayblinds.com/WORLD BETTERHELP: https://betterhelp.com/crookedworld SIMPLISAFE: https://simplisafe.com/crookedworld CHAPTERS 0:00 - New England Patriots Sucking 4:12 - Xi Jinping In Washington 11:29 - Ad Break 14:06 - Hormuz Strait Oil Workaround 22:21 - RAF Iran-Related Arrests 27:48 - Renewed Conflict In Ethiopia 45:45 - Ad Break 48:25 - Manchester City UAE Scandal 57:47 - Temp Check On AI News 1:05:57 - Dumb Ambassadors 1:14:30 - Ad Break 1:15:41 - Crooked Con! 1:16:15 - Interview w/ Sam Vigersky Want Pod Save the World ad-free? Subscribe to Friends of the Pod: https://www.crooked.com/friends Head to CrookedCon.com for tickets, lineup announcements, and more! http://crookedcon.com/ For a transcript of an episode of Pod Save the World, please email [email protected]. Photos courtesy of AP Photo Archive Crooked Media believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. We are a media network that showcases stories, voices, and opportunities for activism that inform, entertain, and inspire action, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission. Learn more about us at crooked.com