Can Trump help Sudan?

特朗普能帮助苏丹吗?

Today, Explained

2025-11-20

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Two military generals are responsible for Sudan's brutal civil war. The American president just pledged to get involved. This episode was produced by Danielle Hewitt, edited by Amina al-Sadi and Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Hady Mawajdeh and Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Noel King. The two generals -- former allies -- who are now at war in Sudan, seen together at a military ceremony in Khartoum in 2021. Photo by Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • President Trump delivered a shocker today at a meeting between the US and Saudi Arabia that was meant to be about investment.

  • He said he's getting involved in Sudan.

  • His Majesty would like me to do something very powerful, having to do with Sudan.

  • It was not on my charts to be involved in that.

  • I thought it was just something that was crazy and out of control.

  • I just see how important that is to you and to a lot of your friends in the room.

  • Sudan and we're going to start working in Sudan.

  • I didn't think that.

  • Since 1969, Sudan has suffered under some absolutely terrible governments.

  • Those governments were usually headed by military men who took power in coups and then ruled as dictators for years.

  • From 2019 to 2021 after a popular uprising, Sudan was on the road to becoming a democracy.

  • And then There was another coup led by two generals,

  • former allies, and what happened next was predictable.

  • Surprise, surprise, the military leaders fell out as...

  • you know, thieves and warlords so often do and plunge the country into yet another war,

  • which is what we see now.

  • Today, those two generals stand accused of war crimes, of genocide,

  • and arguably of some of the most callous disregard for civilian life on record.

  • Neither one of them seems inclined to stop.

  • Coming up on Today explained the two men who are destroying Sudan and the one man who could maybe do something about it.