America vs. The Rest with Alastair Campbell
3/25/20261 hr 27 min
With traditional allies refusing to join America’s war on Iran, Jon is joined by Alastair Campbell, co-host of “The Rest Is Politics.” Together, they examine what NATO’s restraint says about how this war and leadership differ from those of the past, discuss what would happen if foreign leaders stood up to Trump, and consider what role Western military intervention should play in the world. This episode is brought to you by: SURFSHARK - Go to https://surfshark.com/jonstewart and use code jonstewart at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! UPWORK - Visit http://spr.ly/UpworkTWS right now and post your job for free. FAST GROWING TREES - Go to https://fastgrowingtrees.com/tws and use code TWS to get 20% off your first purchase. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more:
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Jon Stewart· Host0:59
[upbeat music] Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Weekly Show podcast. My name is Jon Stewart. It is Tuesday, March 24th. Uh, we are in between deadlines, I think, uh, with Iran, and I, I wanted to get a sense right now... You know, we, we talk a lot about, uh, geez, how did we get here? And Trump, he's just impulsive and he didn't do it the right way. But I seem to remember there were other wars,