436. Is Trump Gifting Ukraine to Putin?

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Wednesday, 13 August 2025 - 51 minutes

Have Zelensky and Europe lost all leverage over Trump and Putin? What’s behind Vance’s ‘odd relationship’ with UK foreign secretary David Lammy? Why does Rory think Starmer’s terrorist proscription of direct action group Palestine Action is ‘really foolish’?

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