The John Batchelor Show

Good evening; the show begins in the markets and stays on topic for the day's trade war chatter... 1945-1949 INDONESIA WAR OF INDEPENDENCE CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 #MrMarket: VIX drops 20 points. Brett "Break the Glass" Arends, MarketWatch 9:15-9:30#Iran: What Trump must demand from Iran's nukes, chemical, missiles, assets. Andrea Stricher, FDD 9:30-9:45 #PRC: End of the market distortions and imbalance. Elaine Dezenski, FDD 9:45-10:00 #Populism: Left and right and Europe too. Peter Berkowitz SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 #Ukraine: Kursk salient and Russia information war. John Hardie, Bill Roggio, FDD10:15-10:30 #Ukraine: Partition and ceasefire debated, denied. John Hardie, Bill Roggio, FDD 10:30-10:45 #Iraq: Kataib Hezbollah decries Al Sharaa of Syria. Ahmad Sharawi, Bill Roggio, FDD 10:45-11:00 #Syria: Russians shield Alawites from Damascus jihadists. THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 #Houthis: Air campaign continues. BC 11:15-11:30 #Syria: Not improving. Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson 11:30-11:45 #NewWorldReport: Daniel Noboa of Ecuador needs everything. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 11:45-12:00 #NewWorldReport: Jair Bolsonaro medical risks from the stabbing in 2018. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 #Malaysia: Xi inbound. Charles Ortel 12:15-12:30 #Indonesia: Vibrant growing manufacturer. Charles Ortel 12:30-12:45 #Japan: Weathering the trade war. Lance Gatling, Nexial Research. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 12:45-1:00 AM #PRC: "Lose, lose." Anne Stevenson-Yang. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

#PRC: "LOSE, LOSE." ANNE STEVENSON-YANG. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL 1920 SHANGHAI

#JAPAN: WEATHERING THE TRADE WAR. LANCE GATLING, NEXIAL RESEARCH. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL 1942 BATTLE ZONE

INDONESIA: VIBRANT GROWING MANUFACTURER. CHARLES ORTEL.. 1945 INDONESIA WAR OF INDEPPENDENCE

MALAYSIA: XI INBOUND, CHARLES ORTEL. 1941 REFUGEES.

#NEWWORLDREPORT: JAIR BOLSONARO MEDICAL RISKS FROM THE STABBING IN 2018. JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE BRAZIL

#NEWWORLDREPORT: DANIEL NABOA OF ECUADOR NEEDS EVERYTHING. JOSEPH HUMIRE @JMHUMIRE @SECUREFREESOC. ERNESTO ARAUJO, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. #NEWWORLDREPORTHUMIRE 1943 ECUADOR

#SYRIA: NOT IMPROVING. BILL ROGGIO, FDD. HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON. 1914 SYRIA CAFE

#HOUTHIS: AIR CAMPAIGN CONTINUES. BILL ROGGIO, FDD. HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON. 1926 SANAA

#SYRIA : RUSSIANS SHIELD ALAWITES FROM DAMASCUS JIHADISTS. 1925 SYRIA

#iIRAQ: KATAIB HEZBOLLAH DECRIES AL SHARAA OF SYRIA, AHMAD SHARAWI, BILL ROGGIO, FDD. 1917 BAGHDAD

#UKRAINE: PARTITION AND CEASEFIRE DEBATED, DENIED. JOHN HARDIE, BILL ROGGIO, FDD 1855 CRIMEAN WAR

#UKRAINE: KURSK SALIENT AND RUSSIA INFORMATION WAR, JOHN HARDIE, BILL ROGGIO, FDD 1855 CROATS ON CRIMEA

#POPULISM: LEFT AND RIGHT AND EUROPE TOO. PETER BERKOWITZ 1925 BRYAN AT THE SCOPES TRIAL

#PRC: END OF THE MARKET DISTORTIONS AND IMBALANCE, ELAINE DEZENSKI, FDD, 1965 LIU AND MAO

#IRAN: WHAT TRUMP MUST DEMAND FROM IRAN'S NUKES,, CHEMICAL, MISSILES, ASSETS. ANDREA STRICHER, FDD 1307 PERSIA

#MRMRKET: VIX DROPS 20 POINTS. BRETT "BREAK THE GLASS" ARENDS, MARKETWATCH 1907 NYSE PANIC OF 1907

Preview: Colleague Lance Gatling in Tokyo compares MacArthur's remaking of the Japanese economy 1945-1950 with the ambition of the Trump administration to remake the China exploited WTO. More later. 1925 HONG KONG

Preview: Colleague Brett Arends of MarketWatch, writing ROI column, views the US in retrenchment following PRC threat to sell US treasuries and withhold critical minerals from market. More. 1966 MAO AND THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION

Preview: Colleague Joseph Humire, traveling in Ecuador, comments on what the Trump administration can do for the elected Daniel Noboa in cartel besieged Ecuador. More. 1910 ECUADOR