Trumpet Hour

• Governments in nations all over the world face discontented peoples protesting the status quo and looking for radical solutions to their problems. In Europe, extremist parties are growing in popularity and drawing enough power from mainstream parties that it is destabilizing their governments.
• In Latin America, mass protests are provoking governments to implement strong-arm tactics to stamp out dissent, sounding echoes of Latin America’s history of dictatorships and military juntas.
• China is backing up its growing economic and political power with impressive advancements in military technology, such as aircraft carriers, stealth fighters, anti-satellite weapons and cyberattack technology.
• We conclude by looking at an important principle of leadership that far too many people are overlooking.

Links

• [00:20] Extremist Parties Rising in Europe (18 minutes)
  • “European Politics Are in a Death Spiral”
• [18:30] Latin America Protests (13 minutes)
  • “Latin America Is About to Abandon Democracy”
• [31:45] China’s Military Advancement (16 minutes)
  • “China Prepares to Blind U.S. Satellites”
• [48:04] The Foundation of Truly Effective Leadership (8 minutes)