Waters questioned Israel’s treatment of Palestinians called the Western media’s coverage “propaganda” and criticized U.S. He was equally blunt on a host of other issues. House of Representatives, for her trip to Taiwan calling her visit an “attempt to poke China in the eye with a stick.” He said it was counterproductive for Washington to contradict its own “One China Policy” and urged American leaders to speak with China to de-escalate tensions. He excoriated Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. Waters has never been shy to express his political views. relations, the Ukraine-Russia conflict, U.S. In an in-depth half-hour interview, our host Nathan King spoke at length with the co-founder of British rock band Pink Floyd on a range of topics from his current tour “This Is Not A Drill” to major geopolitical stories including the Sino-U.S. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.)ĬGTN America releases “Interview with Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters”Īs part of its longstanding commitment to airing opinions and voices not often heard in Western media, CGTN America’s flagship daily current affairs talk show The Heat interviewed legendary English musician, composer and activist Roger Waters. He’s been a fierce critic of former President Trump, referring to him as a “tyrant” and a “mass murderer.(This material is distributed by MediaLinks TV, LLC on behalf of CCTV. When Smerconish said China was at the “top of the list” of human rights offenders, Waters replied, “The Chinese didn’t invade Iraq and kill a million people in 2003.”Įngland-born Waters has long been outspoken about his political views. “You’re believing your side’s propaganda,” Waters told Smerconish about Taiwan and China. Maher wants Trump indicted, says former president ‘has to be held accountable’ Streisand praises Ukraine’s ‘courage’ in Zelensky call, raises money for aid Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) just made a controversial trip to Taiwan that angered Beijing and unsettled the Biden administration.
Beijing has been on a decades-long campaign to pressure other countries to not recognize Taiwan or risk being cut off from China economically. “And if you don’t know that, you’re not reading enough.”īeijing claims sovereignty over Taiwan, but Taiwan has been governed separate from the mainland in the decades since the end of the Chinese Civil War. “That’s been absolutely accepted by the whole of the international community since 1948,” Waters continued. Smerconish and Waters also tangled in a discussion about China, Taiwan and human rights.Īfter the CNN host described the Chinese as “encircling Taiwan,” Waters said, “They’re not encircling Taiwan - Taiwan is part of China.” Putin and Russian media have offered the false narrative to justify the invasion that it was necessary to denazify Ukraine’s leadership, despite the fact that Zelensky himself is Jewish.Īsked by Smerconish about the U.S.’s “role as liberators,” Waters harkened back to the Iraq War to exclaim, “You have no role as liberators! What are you talking about?” Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February after previously invading in 2014 and annexing the region of Crimea. is at fault,” Smerconish said at one point. “But you’re blaming the party that got invaded, come on. Smerconish pushed back on the remarks from Waters, leading to several heated exchanges between the two. Speaking with host Michael Smerconish, Waters wondered aloud why the United States wouldn’t “encourage” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “to negotiate, obviating the need for this horrific, horrendous war that’s killing we don’t know how many Ukrainians and Russians.”īiden has authorized more than $8 billion in security assistance for Ukraine over the course of 17 packages following Russia’s invasion, which began in February, according to White House national security spokesman John Kirby. During his latest solo concert tour, the 78-year-old rocker includes an image of Biden in a montage of “war criminals,” with the message “Just getting started” over the 46th president’s face.
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