WEBVTT - Single Best Idea with Tom Keene: Wendy Schiller & Ethan Bronner

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Single best idea, and it could have gone any number

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<v Speaker 2>of different ways. Yesterday we didn't do when I was

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<v Speaker 2>over at the Plaza Hotel, we did not get single

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<v Speaker 2>best idea done. If we had, we would have led

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<v Speaker 2>with a conversation with Admiral Mullen. Michael Mullen was piercing

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<v Speaker 2>in a lengthy conversation yesterday the former Chairman Joint Chief's

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<v Speaker 2>Staff on all sorts of Pentagon issues. We'll talk about

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<v Speaker 2>that with Ethan Browner in a moment today. Wendy Schiller

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<v Speaker 2>where this was brown University. She starts her fall semester there.

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<v Speaker 2>And international relations. Wendy Schiller on the state of European

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<v Speaker 2>politics and America.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that a lot of these leaders are still

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<v Speaker 1>somewhat stunned that America reelected Donald Trump. From the perspective,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that they, you know, they come from parliamentary systems,

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<v Speaker 1>as you well know, Tom, and in parliamentary systems, many

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<v Speaker 1>of those leaders have what we would call absolute power.

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<v Speaker 1>Right they have a party that elects them from the

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<v Speaker 1>legislative branch, and there all their ministers run things, and

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<v Speaker 1>that you know, the programs President proposes, you know, have

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<v Speaker 1>to go through Congress and be compromised with not In

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<v Speaker 1>parliamentary systems, the government owns the policy making outright. So

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think they're at all surprised that the executive

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<v Speaker 1>branch has become so powerful in American politics. I think

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<v Speaker 1>their surprise institutionally were set up so differently. How did

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<v Speaker 1>the president amass so much power over his own party

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<v Speaker 1>when they're not elected electrially connected the way all across.

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<v Speaker 2>Europe bruns It as simple as that. If you say,

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<v Speaker 2>why is Wendy Schiller famous within international relations? That is

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<v Speaker 2>what she's gifted at. Her textbooks are hugely acclaimed for

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<v Speaker 2>explaining the complexities of international relations simplistically. That was a

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<v Speaker 2>perfect DISCUSSI of something we don't understand, we take for

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<v Speaker 2>granted every day, which is the Madisonian American system. And

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<v Speaker 2>she says, guess what, they're all on a parliamentary system

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<v Speaker 2>and they so it's sort of like Game of Thrones

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<v Speaker 2>gone bad. But anyways, that was brilliant for Professor Schiller.

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<v Speaker 2>What a joy to have Ethan Bronner in our studios today.

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<v Speaker 2>Definitive at The New York Times, The Israeli Bureau chief

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<v Speaker 2>for Bloomberg Ethan Bronner, on the Senate, the House in

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<v Speaker 2>Washington and Israel.

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<v Speaker 3>It's shattering, and there is a concern, especially the Democratic side,

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<v Speaker 3>that it has lost its support for Israel. It has

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<v Speaker 3>only the republic ends of the Democrats that I forget

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<v Speaker 3>which what number, but a surprising number of them voted

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<v Speaker 3>to pose an impose an arms embargo for offensive arms

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<v Speaker 3>toward Gaza, and that's they're quite worried about that.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to get this question in Pul's two important

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<v Speaker 2>SI from Long Island emails in would President Harris do

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<v Speaker 2>anything different?

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<v Speaker 3>I think she would have done many things differently. I

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<v Speaker 3>don't think she would have unleashed Israel.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>I think the more interesting question is would Israel have

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<v Speaker 3>done what it wanted to do anyway? And I think

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<v Speaker 3>it's a decent possibility that it would have been nearly

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<v Speaker 3>as militarily aggressive as it has been because it came

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<v Speaker 3>to the conclusion that it had no choice. Whether or

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<v Speaker 3>not you agree with that, but I'm certain that President

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<v Speaker 3>President Kamala Harris would have acted very differently towards this government.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Ethan Bronner in our studios in New York, riveting

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<v Speaker 2>here on the Mess. It's a very sophisticated word, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'll say it the Mess in Israel, on your podcast

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<v Speaker 2>on Apple and Spotify around the world, on YouTube podcasts

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<v Speaker 2>as well. It's single best idea