Climate Change, Saudi-US Relations, A Presidential Op-Ed, and Healthcare Policy Logistics

Hurricane Michael has brutalized the Florida panhandle, and journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after entering a Saudi consulate in Turkey. In the midst of these crises, the President is focused on campaigning. We discuss the news and his USA Today op-ed about American healthcare and the partisan divide. That discussion leads us into a deep dive about the practicality of changing the structure of our national healthcare. 

Recommended Resources:

• Hurricane Michael Death Toll

• Missing writer shows Saudi Arabia’s dark side

• Khashoggi mystery exposes rift between U.S. allies Turkey, Saudi Arabia

• Donald Trump Lands in Saudi Arabia on First Overseas Visit of Presidency

• Trump reluctant to cut off arms sales to Saudis in response to Khashoggi's disappearance

• Donald Trump's USA Today op-ed

• Fact-checking President Trump’s USA Today op-ed on ‘Medicare-for-All’

If you're new to Pantsuit Politics, we recommend checking out these past episodes to get a taste of who we are and what we do:

• Kavanaugh Weariness, Tax Fraud, and Georgia Politics (October 2018)

• Our 9/11 series (Parts One, Two, Three, Four, and our Memorial special)

• The WHCA Dinner, a #MeToo Moment, and Faith and Politics with Jen Hatmaker (May 2018)

• Feminism and the Pro-Life Movement with Claire Swinarski (March 2018)

• Doug Jones and Roy Moore, the Mueller Investigation, and a Kentucky Tragedy (December 2017)

• Las Vegas, Puerto Rico, and American Consumerism (October 2017)

• Harvey Weinstein, Masculinity & Mass Shootings, and Facebook, Trump, and the Attention Economy (October 2017)

• A Crazy Time for Speech and Political Correctness: Coats, Rogers, Comey, Kathy Griffin & Bill Maher (June 2017)

• Our Empathy Deficit (March 2017)

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