I joined Dublin NewsTalk’s Pat Kenny Show and BBC West Midlands on Monday to analyze both Israel’s open-ended wars on Gaza and Lebanon and Donald Trump’s instability, lies, and threats amid the US Presidential election.

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In a 10-minute conversation in the studio, I evaluate the latest maneuvers of Israel, particuarly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as it pursues the attacks on two fronts and also raises the prospect of confrontation with Iran.

The Israelis are signalling to the Iranians, “Watch your step. At any point we can hit you”. Because the big action still is the open-end Israeli wars.

Then I cut through the white noise in the US to call on the media both to cover issues rather than spectacle, and to publicize the fundamental story about Trump: “This Is Not Normal”.

This is not a normal person who is campaigning to become President.

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I chat with Brett Birks about Trump’s latest photo opportunity, posing in a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania. I summarize the toss-up race, focusing on the seven swing states, and return to Trump’s rambling and threatening declaration v. Kamala Harris’s “attempt to hit the issues”.

In the next two weeks, will there be a focus on the issues or will sound-bite politics prevail?

The US media is continuing to try and make Trump normal and that lets them off the hook over their responsibility….

What’s important to have eyes open, whoever wins this election. I’m worried about a US system which is under great strain.