Two part show this week! First, Tommy talks with the Wall Street Journal’s Julie Bykowicz about new and insidious ways foreign countries are lobbying the Trump administration. Then, Tommy is joined by Vox’s Alex Ward to discuss North Korea, revelations in Bob Woodward’s book, new theories about what harmed diplomats in Cuba, and Burma.

Show Notes:

Julie Bycowicz

• Wall Street Journal: The New Lobbying: Qatar Targeted 250 Trump ‘Influencers’ to Change U.S. Policy
• Foreign Policy: Qatar’s Ramped-Up Lobbying Efforts Find Success in Washington

Alex Ward

• Vox: “Worldy” Podcast
• Vox: Exclusive: Trump promised Kim Jong Un he’d sign an agreement to end the Korean War
• Vox: Here’s the real reason Trump canceled Pompeo’s North Korea trip
• Vox: The US and Mexico made a trade deal. But it’s not a new NAFTA.
• Vox: Trump just canceled Pompeo’s big trip to North Korea. That’s a really bad sign.
• Vox: A Senate bill to stop election interference got squashed. It might be the White House’s fault.
• Vox: Cohen’s lawyer claims the flip happened because of the Trump-Putin meeting
• Vox: The Pentagon won’t check if US bombs killed kids in Yemen. CNN did it for them.
• Vox: It’s not just Russia. China, North Korea, and Iran could interfere in 2018 elections, too.