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Max Blumenthal: Donald Trump trapped by neocons for war with Venezuela + Bondi Beach attack

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Max Blumenthal, editor in chief of The Grayzone. He discusses the Trump administrations’ fabrications of left-wing terrorist plots to justify further repression, the Bondi Beach massacre in Australia and how Israel is exploiting it to further its aims of cracking down on anti-Zionist activism and pursuing a second war with Iran, how Israel’s campaign to portray itself as the global voice of Judaism has fueled anti-Semitism as the Gaza genocide continues, the Epstein Files scandal and its damage to Trump, Marco Rubio and the neocon wing trapping Trump in escalation in Venezuela and Syria, President Nicolas Maduro’s strategy of defying the US media and Trump administration, why Russia and China are not taking more action to stop the looming US regime-change war on Venezuela, and much more

20.12.2025
27:42 min
20.12.2025
27:42 min
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Max Blumenthal: Donald Trump trapped by neocons for war with Venezuela + Bondi Beach attack
Twice a week, award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi and his team go underground to cover geopolitics and current affairs from a perspective you won’t find in the mainstream media, with some of the most high-profile guests.