Trump Goes All-In on “Super Intelligence” Ahead of Xi Meeting

Xi Jinping comes to Washington, the UN struggles for relevancy, and the Russian parliamentary elections turn out exactly as expected. Tommy and Ben break down Chinese President Xi Jinping's first state visit to Washington since 2015, including Trump’s personal airport greeting, and what leverage China has on everything from AI to rare earths to Iran. Then a new list of disturbing AI headlines: a Bloomberg investigation on how AI-assisted targeting contributed to the US strike on an Iranian elementary school, a CNN report on how AI nearly triggered a war with China, and the Israeli election is being flooded with AI-generated slop. It's also UN General Assembly week in New York, where Trump met with Zohran Mamdani, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and threatened Iran. The Houthis keep expanding their military campaign in Yemen, attacking Riyadh and Saudi oil facilities, and Trump can't seem to decide whether to help the Saudis or not. Russian parliamentary elections are setting Vladimir Putin’s party up for its largest majority ever. The far-right AfD wins again in two more German regional elections, and Ben and Tommy give some thoughts on Trump’s arch and the Pentagon’s height and weight requirements. At the end of the show Ben speaks to Maher Bitar, executive director of National Security Action, about new polling that reveals why foreign policy is on the ballot in the midterms. CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS: BETTERHELP: https://betterhelp.com/crookedworld INCOGNI: https://incogni.com/pstw Code: PSTW SQUARESPACE: https://squarespace.com/WORLD HUNGRYROOT: https://hungryroot.com/world Code: WORLD QUINCE: https://quince.com/world CHAPTERS 0:00 - FBI Hacked? 5:03 - Xi Jinping Comes To D.C. 14:19 - AI National Security Risks 24:48 - Ad Break 27:32 - UN General Assembly 36:01 - Houthi Rebels Update 44:49 - Ad Break 47:12 - “Elections” in Russia 53:32 - Elections in Germany 56:20 - Loading The Arch With Ammo 1:02:35 - Ad Break 1:04:21 - Crooked Con! 1:04:55 - Interview w/ Maher Bitar Want Pod Save the World ad-free? Subscribe to Friends of the Pod: https://www.crooked.com/friends Head to CrookedCon.com for tickets, lineup announcements, and more! http://crookedcon.com/ For a transcript of an episode of Pod Save the World, please email transcripts@crooked.com. Photos courtesy of AP Photo Archive Crooked Media believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. We are a media network that showcases stories, voices, and opportunities for activism that inform, entertain, and inspire action, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission. Learn more about us at crooked.com