The Trump Putin Breakup Explained

特朗普普京裂痕揭秘

What A Day

2025-07-16

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On the 2024 campaign trail, then-candidate Donald Trump repeatedly claimed he could end Russia’s war in Ukraine ‘on day one.’ Roughly 180 days into his second presidential term, the war has only escalated. What has changed is Trump’s attitude toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. This week, Trump announced a new deal to send U.S. weapons to Ukraine, after weeks of complaining about Putin’s increasingly destructive attacks. Ben Rhodes, former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and co-host of Pod Save the World, discusses the significance of Trump’s pivot. He also weighs in on the latest fault lines in the ongoing ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel, mass layoffs at the State Department, and looming cuts to foreign aid. And in headlines: The House joined in on the Jeffrey Epstein discourse, the Supreme Court greenlights mass layoffs at the Department of Education, and former National Security Adviser Mike Waltz testifies at his Senate confirmation hearing to be US ambassador to the United Nations. Show Notes: Check out Pod Save The World – https://tinyurl.com/mrapf4a4Call Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Wednesday, July 16th, I'm Jane Costen, and this is What A Day,

  • the show saluting former University of Kentucky wide receiver Scott Mitchell,

  • who ran down an attempted arsonist in Runyon Canyon in West Hollywood and prevented what could have been a truly devastating fire.

  • That is, in my view, some truly heroic shit.

  • On today's show, the House joins in on the Jeffrey Epstein discourse.

  • And former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz testifies at a Senate confirmation hearing to be U.S.

  • Ambassador to the United Nations.

  • Because we got rid of accountability a long time ago.

  • But let's start with foreign policy.

  • Because we love good things.

  • And sadly, no good things are happening.

  • Take Russia's war against Ukraine.

  • You know, the one President Donald Trump said he would end on day one and then,

  • some 180 days later, still hasn't.

  • The reason the war is still ongoing couldn't possibly have anything to do with Trump's decision to spend months trying to cozy up to Russian President Vladimir Putin,

  • a dictator who's had no issue sending hundreds of thousands of his own citizens to die in the meat grinder of war,

  • a war he started to achieve his vision of making the Soviet Union great again.

  • Nope, Trump spent Tuesday insisting this was all still former President Joe Biden's fault.

  • I think really the question should be asked, why did Biden get us into that ridiculous war?

  • Why did Biden bring us there?