Is Donald Trump a Danger to the World or is Xi Jinping a Greater Threat? The Protagonists.

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Host Mike Ryan.

Col. Grant Newsham, Retired US Marine Officer & Author "When China Attacks: A Warning to America".

Col. Grant Newsham is the author of the recent book "When China Attacks: A Warning to America". He is a retired US Marine officer with decades of experience in the Indo-Pacific – to include serving as reserve head of intelligence for Marine Forces Pacific.

He was the first Marine advisor to the Japan Self Defense Force and helped create Japan's amphibious force. Mr Newsham is also an attorney with experience in international trade and international law.

Dr. Greg Simons, Geopolitical Commentator & Expert in Media & Communications.

Dr Greg Simons is a Professor based at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication, Daffodil International University in Bangladesh. He has expertise on Russian mass media; terrorism; public diplomacy; the relationship between politics, information and armed conflict.

Greg is currently working on the role of information and communication in contemporary geopolitics.

Prof. Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Emeritus Professor California State University.

Oliver Boyd-Barrett is Professor Emeritus at Bowling Green University, Oho and of California State University. He acquired his PhD at the Open University (United Kingdom). He is a scholar of international communication with particular reference to international news agencies of all kinds, and the role of propaganda in international conflicts.

He authored The International News Agencies (Sage/Constable 1980). His most recent (co-authored) book (2025) is Propaganda, Communication and Empire: Western Intervention in Afghanistan. Other recent titles include Conflict Propaganda in Syria: Narrative Battles (2022), and, co-edited with Stephen Marmura, Russiagate Revisited: The Aftermath of a Hoax (2023).

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