https://www.youtube.com/watch/KOYB5RJBQc8 Trump’s inaction on wrongful deportation may spark constitutional crisis |Ian Bremmer | World In :60
If the US won’t work to return a wrongly deported man to El Salvador despite a Supreme Court ruling, are we headed toward a constitutional crisis? Trump claims China-Vietnam talks are intended to “screw” the US. Does this run the risk of pushing Vietnam to China? Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria’s World Bank debt. Could this be a major turning point for Syria’s future and its ties with regional allies?

Subscribe to GZERO’s YouTube channel and turn on notifications (🔔): http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia

Sign up for GZERO’s free newsletters on global politics: https://ift.tt/MkZJioz

Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

If the US won’t work to return a wrongly deported man to El Salvador despite a Supreme Court ruling, are we headed toward a constitutional crisis?

It certainly appears that way, and I think this is the constitutional crisis that the Trump administration would love to have. Because wrongfully deporting someone without evidence, which the Supreme Court says you shouldn’t do, but now is in another country. Very few Americans are sympathetic to the case of this person. And indeed, Trump won on the basis in part of being sick and tired of allowing illegal immigrants to spend enormous amounts of time in the United States without recourse.

So he’s breaking the law here. He’s flouting independent judiciary and their decision-making, but he’s doing it on an issue that most Americans have no sympathy on the other side. So the Democrats would have to be very wary of making this a hill they want to die on, and Trump knows exactly what he’s doing. It is pretty impressive playbook for undermining rule of law and checks and balances on an increasingly authoritarian leaning executive. That’s where we are.

Trump claims China-Vietnam talks are intended to “screw” the US. Does this run the risk of pushing Vietnam to China?

Certainly, most Vietnamese now are more well-disposed towards China than the US. First time we’ve seen that since the war. It’s not true across Southeast Asia. Philippines, about 80% still pro-US, not pro-China. But it is a problem, and Xi Jinping understands that. And that’s why he went in and was received directly by the president as opposed to the prime minister last time who met him at the airport. 45 big deals that they’re signing on trying to improve economic coordination. Clearly a bit of a surprise to Trump, just as the direct retaliation from the Chinese, even though the Americans warned them, “Negotiate, don’t retaliate.” But that’s exactly what China did, and Trump frankly should have expected that was coming. Now he looks a little bit weaker in the way he’s backing down and creating exemptions for a lot of people in this space.

Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria’s World Bank debt. Could this be a major turning point for Syria’s future and its ties with regional allies?

It certainly helps. We’ve also seen the Qataris already say they’re going to offer gas through Jordan into Syria. I think that this is all promising. The Saudis were never going to do that, provide any support as long as Assad was in place. Now they are. The Americans are pulling troops out, and Turkey is going to be the most important country on the ground. But economically, it’s going to be the Gulf States, and that gives this new Syrian regime a better chance to succeed. Something we all clearly are rooting for in terms of one of the places that we’d like to see a little more stability from. Anyway, that’s it for me, and I’ll talk to you all real soon.

Keep up with global news and why it matters. Follow GZERO!
X: https://ift.tt/i1KpI7G
LinkedIn: https://ift.tt/X35uxBS
Instagram: https://ift.tt/70O1boD
TikTok: https://ift.tt/d9ouW6B
Facebook: https://ift.tt/kZfXBSy
Threads: https://ift.tt/pzMGI1S
GZERO World on Apple Podcasts: https://ift.tt/x05CNVw
GZERO World on Spotify: https://ift.tt/1y7H0VP

GZERO Media, a Eurasia Group company, is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights, and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our weekly show on US public television; our newsletters GZERO Daily, GZERO AI, GZERO North, and GZERO Daily with Ian Bremmer; our parody series Puppet Regime; our digital video series including Ian Bremmer’s Quick Take every week; and the GZERO World Podcast. Our content is free and available at https://ift.tt/8fU9apW.

#In60seconds #Trump #China
via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOYB5RJBQc8
Click here