Amidst the Mueller saga, Trump finds himself facing a number of subpoenas from Congress. Meanwhile in foreign policy, tensions with Iran are escalating, and Trump is going all-in on the trade war with China, after raising U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. This is happening while one million Uighur Muslims are being held in internment camps in Xinjiang. Julio is joined by Melissa Etehad, foreign affairs reporter for the Los Angeles Times, and All-Star Vann Newkirk, staff writer at The Atlantic, to discuss.

ITT Staff Picks:

• Who is the man advising Trump on national security? Check out this profile by The New Yorker.
• The wild story about the MEK, a fringe Iranian revolutionary group, and their relationship to the White House, via The Guardian.
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