Trump, Macron Fawn Over Rebranded Syrian Terrorist?

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In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald investigates the ambiguous nature of the term “terrorism” and how it is applied selectively by governments and the media. He examines several cases, such as the transformation of former al-Qaeda leader Ahmad al-Sharaa from a designated terrorist to a respected leader, and the shifting portrayal of the Azov battalion in Ukraine from neo-Nazis to nationalists. Further he argues that the definition of “terrorism” is based on political convenience rather than consistent principles.

This video was produced by System Update and published on the Glenn Greenwald YouTube channel on the 16th of May, 2025.

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ABOUT GLENN GREENWALD

Glenn Greenwald is a former constitutional lawyer, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, and the author of several bestsellers, including No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State (2014) and Securing Democracy: My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Bolsonaro’s Brazil (2021).  Acclaimed as one of the 25 most influential political commentators by The Atlantic, one of America’s top 10 opinion writers by Newsweek, and one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers for 2013 by Foreign Policy, Greenwald is a former constitutional and civil rights litigator. He was a columnist for The Guardian until October 2013 and a co-founder and former editor at The Intercept, which he left in 2020 to launch his own show System Update on Rumble.