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Back to SearchShowdown! Europe And Ukraine Join Forces To Confront Trump
Episode 385
Following Trump's failure to hold the simple lines agreed with European leaders in advance of his summit with President Putin, the heads of the largest European countries, along with others with good…
Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Putin Completely Plays Trump For A Fool
Episode 384
The big summit meeting in Alaska finally took place. After being talked about, written about and speculated about for the preceding week, it turned out to be ... exactly what we thought. For Trump, t…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
China Is Playing Trump’s Game Better Than He Is
Episode 383
China continues to make the most of its near-monopoly on rare earth minerals and magnets - now it is telling businesses they are not allowed to build up a reserve or stockpile. If China suspects them…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
America’s Allies Are Ditching the F-35 - Because Of Trump
Episode 382
In this highly uncertain world, with wars raging and tensions rising - many countries have committed to boosting their defence spending - and that includes buying new fighter jets. Many countries in …
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Trump's America Really IS A Banana Republic
Episode 381
A week ago, we were noting that President Trump fired the head of the statistics bureau that gave the world the bad news about US jobs growth. And we speculated over whether he was really going to pu…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Why Trump’s Alaska Summit with Putin Is Already a Disaster
Episode 380
The more that President Trump does his trademark freewheeling in the run-up to his summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, the more it becomes apparent that this is an illegitimate process. T…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Is Britain Falling Apart?
Episode 379
A growing number of rather vocal people, some with large platforms to amplify their message, are utterly convinced that Britain is in deep decline, on the verge of a massive uprising and even civil w…
Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Trump’s Putin Summit Based On A Big Misunderstanding?
Episode 378
The Trump Putin summit has been confirmed to take place in the state of Alaska next Friday. But as more has come to light, it seems possible that the whole event, and the optimism that Trump expresse…
Published on 1 month ago
Is Trump Bringing In The New Dark Ages?
Episode 377
The comforting line is that it's all just temporary. Sacking the scientists. Removing the research studies. Publishing anti-scientific conspiracy nonsense as if it were fact. But there are some very …
Published on 1 month ago
Will The Trump / Putin Summit End The War In Ukraine?
Episode 376
Suddenly, President Trump and Russia's President Putin are on course to have a face-to-face meeting, possibly as soon as next week. What changed? Was it the threat of secondary tariffs against countr…
Published on 1 month ago