Did 'backstabbing' Biden just deliver mortal wound to NATO? (Full show)

President Biden’s foreign policy priorities remain consistent, with the current $275 million in support and equipment from the US to Ukraine seeing the addition of plans to arm the geopolitical hot spot with a new missile defense system, the formidable “Iron Dome.” Former Pentagon official Michael Maloof joins News.Views.Hughes to analyze the Biden team’s fixation on Ukraine and how NATO’s creep eastward and domestic political concerns in the US fuel Ukraine’s centrality to Biden’s foreign policy. Meanwhile, Biden has announced a new tripartite deal with Australia and the UK, with Australia receiving nuclear-powered submarines from the UK, with the US working to mediate. Beijing has condemned the action as a “highly irresponsible act” that weaponizes nuclear proliferation. Meanwhile, France is livid at the move, which led to the cancellation of an earlier $90 billion deal it had worked out with Australia to sell submarines. French President Manuel Macron accused Biden of behaving “like Trump” and was vocally offended by what was perceived in France as betrayal at the hands of a “backstabbing” Biden administration. Former naval intelligence officer John Jordan shares his insights. He argues that Macron shouldn’t blame Biden for the strategic interests of Australia being much more in line with his proposals than the earlier deal.

Plus, reports of a right-wing rally on Saturday in support of the hundreds of rioters arrested in connection with the January 6 assault on the US Capitol has led to a nervous Washington resurrecting the fence around the legislative hall and equip it with special surveillance equipment. It is seen as the first test of security after the January 6 riots provoked profound reform. The National Guard is also on standby. Ed Martin of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles joins to discuss the January 6 riot and what to expect on Saturday.