Has Trump Sold Out Ukraine? ╎Russia Historian Sergey Radchenko
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the TableShow Notes
"To say that Boris Johnson went there and forced the Ukrainians to fight on - that is complete bullshit."
Why did Zelensky ignore six requests from Trump to stop hitting Russian refineries, and does the Russian diesel deal that followed make sense while the Iran war has fuel at crisis prices? What was Steve Witkoff doing calling Putin a "great humanitarian" this week? Did NATO expansion provoke the invasion, or is Putin just a man who can't stand being slighted? Is Russia Hitler's Germany, or is Munich an overused analogy. Is Trump is saving Zelensky from himself?
Also: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Steve Witkoff, Henry Kissinger, Boris Johnson, Victoria Nuland, Paul Krugman, Samuel Charap, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Dave Smith, Candace Owens, Theo Von, Iran war, Strait of Hormuz, diesel prices, Donbas, Crimea, NATO.
Sergey Radchenko is the Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the author of "To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power." He is writing a history of the Russia-Ukraine war, to be published when the war ends. Follow him on X: @DrRadchenko.
0:00 Dan's still out; Noam's 2017 Crimea clips: "sanctions till the end of time" 13:40 Sergey Radchenko on Trump's Russian diesel deal and the six requests Zelensky ignored 28:46 Witkoff calls Putin a "great humanitarian": what's the strategy? 36:20 Will Russia roll over Europe? Munich, Kissinger's last word, NATO's empty promise 44:15 Should a victim compromise? Donbas, security guarantees, did the West provoke Crimea 57:40 Why Putin invaded: humiliation, hubris, Obama's Atlantic interview, Afghanistan 1:08:36 The Istanbul talks, the Boris Johnson myth, and the verdict on Trump 1:24:49 Post-game: Dave Smith, the Absolut Pussy ad, Candace Owens, Theo Von
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