Freddy Gray

Freddy Gray

Freddy Gray is deputy editor of The Spectator

Is Trump going for Iran next?

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Donald Trump’s stunning attack on Venezuela has the world wondering what his next move might be. What does it mean for Iran, Russia, and the future of the global order? Freddy is joined by Owen Matthews and Paul Wood to discuss.

Immigration is foreign policy now

Invade the world, invite the world. That pithy phrase was invented in the 2000s by Steve Sailer, the right-wing writer, to mock the then bipartisan consensus which supported George W. Bush’s war on terror abroad while pushing open borders at home. Or, as Sailer also put it: “Bomb them over there and indulge them over

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Does America need Venezuela’s oil?

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Freddy is joined by Robert Bryce, energy expert and author of Robert Bryce’s Substack, to discuss what America’s strike on Venezuela has to do with energy and oil. They examine the strategic importance of heavy crude, the role of China and Russia in the Western Hemisphere, and why electricity grids – not democracy – may

Which Latin American narco-state will Trump topple next?

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Freddy Gray is joined by Joshua S. Trevino, chief transformation officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and senior director of the Western Hemisphere Initiative at the America First Policy Institute. They discuss the complex history of so-called “narco-states” and how they came to dominate vast parts of Latin America. Trump’s assault on Venezuela may

What is the Donroe Doctrine's plan for Venezuela?

The US launched a military operation in Venezuela, targeting the regime in Caracas and detaining President Nicolás Maduro, who has been transferred to New York where he faces charges of narcoterrorism. Donald Trump has described the move as a decisive defense of American interests, but critics point point to the double standards when it come

Why Trump captured Maduro

Donald Trump likes to start the new year with a bang – or better yet a series of loud bangs. On January 3, 2020, his first administration ordered the drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force. Exactly six years later, his second administration has carried out a

Why is the West ignoring Jimmy Lai?

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Father Robert Sirico joins Freddy to discuss the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai – the British passport holder and Hong Kong media tycoon facing life in jail for opposing the Chinese Communist party. Sirico reflects on Lai’s rise from poverty, his Catholic faith, the collapse of freedoms in Hong Kong, and why the West has failed

So now even Mitt Romney wants to tax the rich

“On the tax front,” says Mitt Romney, “it’s time for rich people like me to pay more.” It’s always slightly annoying for regular Americans when squillionaires announce that people like them ought to be contributing more to the Treasury. (Nobody’s stopping you from writing a big cheque, Mitt!) But Romney’s intervention in today’s New York Times is

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Why did Susie Wiles talk to Vanity Fair?

Freddy Gray speaks to Vanity Fair’s Washington correspondent Aidan McLaughlin about their latest two-part interview with one of Trump’s closest allies Susie Wiles. As chief of staff to the White House, she has given some of the most candid quotes about what really happens inside Trump’s regime.

The bonfire of the New Right’s vanities

The American right has a problem: it can’t stop talking about itself. Commentators, academics and journalists of what used to be called a “conservative” persuasion all tend to think that their ideas are tremendously interesting. And, in the way a difficult child becomes argumentative when he or she isn’t getting attention, they fight. They fear

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