How Putin Dominated Trump, and Can Ukraine Survive

Listen to this episode from Pod Save The World Ad-free (🔓) on Spotify. Tommy & Ben sift through the week’s flurry of meetings on Ukraine, including Putin and Trump’s Alaska summit and Zelensky’s White House visit. They discuss how territory and security guarantees factor into negotiations, what Putin means by the “root causes” of the war, and how Russia won the optics game. They also talk about why a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel isn’t likely, massive anti-war protests in Israel, the Free Press’s ghoulish “reporting” on starving Gazan children, Laura Loomer’s malicious influence on medical visas for injured Palestinian kids, and the imprisonment of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American boy in Israel. Also covered: a rightward shift in Bolivia, Trump’s mobilization against cartels, and we say a fond farewell to State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce. Then, Ben speaks with Representative Ro Khanna about his letter supporting the recognition of a Palestinian state and how to think about the future of Democratic foreign policy. For Friends of the Pod, the boys answer questions about the possibility of the administration weaponizing the Logan Act and Trump’s mafia-style deal allowing Nvidia to sell chips to China. You can watch this episode ad-free on Youtube! 📢 Share | ⚙️ Manage Subscription