How MAGA is coming around to Trump’s military attacks abroad

MAGA为何开始认同特朗普对国外军事攻击的做法

Apple News Today

2025-12-05

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President Trump suggested that a land strike in Venezuela may be imminent. Politico’s Megan Messerly joins to discuss how the MAGA camp is getting used to the idea of regime change in Caracas. The World Cup draw is today, when fans learn who the nation they are rooting for will match up against in next year’s tournament. The Athletic’s Adam Crafton explains how the event came to be at the Kennedy Center, and what that says about the way Trump has shaped the institution. The effects of budget cuts on clinical trials are beginning to be felt. Washington Post reporter Allyson Chiu breaks down why the loss of funding could make it more difficult to develop treatments in years to come. Plus, the Supreme Court clears the way for Texas’s gerrymandered congressional map, why some countries are skipping next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and the duo behind ‘The Rest Is History’ — Apple Podcasts’s Show of the Year — share their favorite moments from America’s past. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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  • Good morning.

  • It's Friday, December 5th.

  • I'm Shamit Sebastu.

  • This is Apple News Today.

  • On today's show, with the World Cup draw upon us how FIFA's president got so cozy with Trump,

  • the ripple effects of cuts to science research and medical trials,

  • and the crisis facing the Eurovision Song Contest.

  • But first, to the military briefing that split Congress.

  • Yesterday lawmakers got their first look at video showing a series of U.S.

  • strikes on an alleged drug boat back in September.

  • In the video,

  • you see two survivors attempting to flip their capsized vessel back over when they were attacked again.

  • Eleven people in total were killed that day.

  • But even as Congress members watched the same footage,

  • it seems they drew very different conclusions.

  • What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service.

  • That's House Democrat Jim Himes.

  • You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion with a destroyed vessel who are killed by the United States.

  • But here's Republican Senator Tom Cotton.

  • I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat loaded with drugs down from the United States back over so they could stay in the fight.