The Trump Report

On this edition of the Trump Report, Fergus Macphee is joined by Lt General Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of the US Army in Europe. They discuss the current US operation in Iran, with Ben saying this is just one connected part of a global conflict. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the Trump Report, you'll get the best of our interviews from the past four episodes - as we unpack the US-Israel attack on Iran and what happens next. Maddie Hale speaks to Professor Scott Lucas, retired Air Vice-Marshal Sean Bell, the Pulitzer prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston and the Youtuber Destiny - aka Steven Bonnell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Feinberg, The Independent’s White House Correspondent, joins Maddie Hale to discuss The Financial Times’ article on why Donald Trump’s state of mind is becoming a “global risk”, several publications corroborate NRP’s investigation into the DOJ not releasing 90 documents from the Epstein files which include assault allegations against the US President and the Clintons are set to testify before the House Oversight Committee over their ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton joins Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, the United States abstains from voting alongside Ukraine at the UN General Assembly and an NRP investigation reveals the Department of Justice failed to publish 90 FBI witness records from the Epstein files, three of which accuse President Trump of assault. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the Trump Report, you'll get the best of our interviews from the past three episodes. Maddie Hale speaks to Professor Scott Lucas, and Editor of The Insider Michael Weiss about the war in Ukraine on its fourth anniversary, Donald Trump's plans for Iran, his domestic difficulties, and Greenland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Editor of The Insider, Michael Weiss, joins Maddie Hale to discuss the Guardian reporting the CIA & MI6 uncovered plans for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine months before but had their warnings dismissed, US fighter jets intercept Russian warplanes in airspace off the coast of Alaska and Les Wexner and his attorney are caught in a hot mic moment while testifying before the House Oversight Committee.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of The Trump Report, Fergus Macphee speaks to former British Army colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon to discuss the huge build up of US military force in the Middle East. Hamish says he thinks the President is planning regime change and the amount of force included indicates this may be a prolonged campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to discuss Axios’ report the United States & Israel are days away from a major war with Iran, why a full-scale conflict with Iran would contradict Donald Trump’s presidential promises and a recent report accuses the DOJ of removing FBI documentation from the Epstein files which detailed an alleged victim interviewed four times about her sexual assault claims against President Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, joins Maddie Hale to explain why he believes the Epstein files is causing Republicans and Democrats to point fingers at each other as a “distraction” when the bigger picture involves alleged ties between the late paedophile & Israel, and whether the CIA orchestrated a coverup.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode of The Trump Report, Fergus Macphee is joined by Graham Lanktree, Senior Trade Reporter at Politico. They discuss an exclusive piece he has co-authored which claims Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney is spearheading a new trade alliance between the EU and 12 other Indo-Pacific nations in the wake of Trump's tariffs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Bill Browder joins Maddie Hale to discuss the takeaways from the Munich Security Conference, lawmakers who have gone against Donald Trump in demanding transparency over the Epstein files allude to fearing for their lives and why a potential economic package between the US and Russia should “disturb” Americans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Robert Kelly joins Maddie Hale to discuss Nancy Mace sending a stern message she “won’t back down” from exposing those involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, how the DOJ’s mishandling of the Epstein files has alienated even the most staunch Trump supporters and the Munich Security Conference begins this weekend after JD Vance’s controversial speech at last year’s event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor David Cay Johnston joins Maddie Hale to discuss Nancy Mace labelling the Department of Justice’s handling of the Epstein files as “one of the greatest coverups in American history”, Attorney General Pam Bondi faces gruelling questioning at a House Judiciary Committee hearing and a 2019 FBI investigation contradicts Donald Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of The Trump Report, Fergus Macphee speaks to economics professor Justin Wolfers about positive January figures for the US labour market. Yet beneath the data, a slightly more complicated picture emerges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to discuss a 2017 email from Jeffrey Epstein where he claimed some friends were “concerned” Donald Trump was showing signs of dementia, Republican Congressman Thomas Massie says he’s visiting the Department of Justice to view unredacted Epstein files and several Republicans condemn the US President for posting a video where the Obama’s are depicted as apes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's edition of the Trump Report, former US naval intelligence Malcolm Nance joins Fergus Macphee to discuss new comments from JD Vance on Greenland, plus what Steve Bannon and perhaps even the President want to see at this year's midterms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Henry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics & Public Policy Center, joins Maddie Hale to discuss the latest round of trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US, The US President “walks back” on decisions surrounding the Minnesota ICE raids and emails from Jeffrey Epstein in 2016 show him discussing plans with the “Trump boys” and a cancelled dinner by “Trump’s people”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton joins Maddie Hale to discuss Vladimir Putin striking Ukraine’s energy facilities despite telling Donald Trump he would respect a one week pause, several Democrats accuse the Department of Justice of breaking the law for not releasing all 6 million Epstein files, and whether the US President will join Bill Clinton in testifying before the House Oversight Committee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's edition of The Trump Report, political commentator and host of 'To the Contrary', Charlie Sykes joins Fergus Macphee to discuss the newest release of the Epstein files. Though the President is mentioned thousands of times in the files, the lack of verified claims against him is striking, unlike some other high profile figures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to discuss the Department of Justice releasing over 3 million pages of Epstein-related records, why it chose to withhold an extra 3 million files and whether Donald Trump could be implicated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor David Cay Johnston joins Maddie Hale to react to the release of millions of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein where Donald Trump is accused of crimes against multiple young girls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philip Wegmann, Real Clear Politics’ White House Correspondent, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Vladimir Putin agreeing to pause striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure for one week, Volodymyr Zelenskyy weighs in on the Trump administration’s recent ambitions to annex Greenland and the likelihood the US military will strike Iran again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist & commentator Bethany Elliott joins Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump latest threats of a “massive Armada” heading to Iran, Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations committee where he faced questioning on Venezuela and Ukraine and a new study finds Russia is increasing its use of Starlink to strike further into Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's edition of the Trump Report, Fergus Macphee is joined by Chief EU Correspondent at Politico Zoya Sheftalovich after an exclusive report she co-authored in the publication. It claims that Slovakian Prime Minister and Donald Trump ally Robert Fico told EU leaders of his concern about the 'psychological state' of the President during a recent a meeting between the pair. Sources told Politico he described him as 'dangerous' and was 'traumatised' by the encounter. Both Fico and the White House have denied the reports, calling it 'hateful lies' and 'fake news'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Bill Browder joins Maddie Hale to discuss reports the United States will only provide security guarantees to Ukraine if it gives up the Donbas to Russia, Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin offers Donald Trump a way to receive a Nobel Peace Prize and a keen-eyed reporter finds a framed photo of the US President and Vladimir Putin hanging on a wall near the West Wing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of The Trump Report, Fergus Macphee speaks with the co-founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson about the continuing situation in Minneapolis. After what appeared to be a public climb down and row back on the rhetoric around ICE, where does this leave the city, immigration enforcement and even the second amendment? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to discuss how citizen journalists “exposed” lies made by ICE, mixed messaging coming from the White House after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said that Alex Pretti’s actions “did not” meet the legal definition of domestic terrorism and speculation mounts over whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s job is at risk.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kyiv based journalist & foreign policy expert Jimmy Rushton joins Maddie Hale to discuss life in Ukraine after a Russian attack on the energy grid leaves over 1 million properties without power, the first trilateral meeting between Russia, Ukraine and the United States takes place over the weekend in Abu Dhabi and Donald Trump walks back controversial comments he made about British troops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Political commentator and author Charlie Sykes joins The Trump Report’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump claiming NATO troops who fought in Afghanistan stayed “off the frontlines”, delegations from Russia, Ukraine and the United States meet in the first trilateral summit to end the war and the tension between the United States and Canada intensifies as Donald Trump invites its neighbour from his Board of Peace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Robert Kelly joins The Trump Report’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw threats of tariffs to EU allies, the US President appears to mix up Greenland and Iceland and Steve Witkoff says he’s close to brokering a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Weiss, editor of The Insider, joins The Trump Report’s Maddie Hale to discuss how leaders at the World Economic Forum used their speeches to stick up for Greenland, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen says he used to consider the United states the leaders of the free world and Donald Trump’s former press secretary claims the president is “mentally slipping”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump lashing out at the UK over giving back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, how long the US President has actually been discussing with his inner circle about annexing Greenland and if an invasion of Greenland would spark resignations from the US military. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's edition of The Trump Report, Fergus Macphee speaks to former US naval intelligence officer Malcolm Nance. They discuss Donald Trump's extraordinary intervention to the UK's deal with the Chagos Islands, what this means for the special relationship and why Malcolm believes Trump has just given a sign he's preparing for invasion in Greenland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins The Trump Report’s Maddie Hale to discuss the US President threatening tariffs on EU allies, whether the Republican Party is divided over Trump’s desires to annex Greenland and the one move Trump could make that would “blow the GOP to bits”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's edition of The Trump Report, Fergus Macphee is joined by the investigative journalist and editor of The Insider Michael Weiss to discuss a slightly different topic. Michael has been reporting on anomalous health incidents (AHIs), Havana Syndrome and its links to possible devices for years and this week a CNN report revealed the US bought a mystery device in the last days of the Biden administration that may be linked to these incidents. He explains what the symptoms are and what this new revelation means for wider global security and weapons development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's edition of The Trump Report, Fergus Macphee is joined by Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, Kori Schake. They discuss why Donald Trump has eased off talk of striking Iran, the latest situation in Greenland and Minneapolis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's edition of The Trump Report, Co-founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee what he's expecting from the US meeting with delegates from Greenland and Denmark, and the latest on the situation in Minneapolis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's edition of the Trump Report, Professor of International Politics Scott Lucas tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee why the criminal investigation into Jerome Powell marks a dangerous escalation into authoritarian territory in the US. Also up for discussion is the continued situation in Minneapolis after the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE Agents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ambassador John Bolton, former US National Security Adviser to Donald Trump joins Times Radio's Fergus Macphee on today's episode of The Trump Report to discuss the foreign policy moves by the US seen this week. Yet from Venezuela, to Greenland, to the seized tanker and even Iran, Ambassador Bolton is not convinced there's a coherent plan.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mick Mulroy tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee why today's seizing of tanker by the US is so important and what ramifications it may have for relations with the Kremlin and global security.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"You can have all the rhetoric you want, aeroplanes can come in and bomb stuff, but you can't kill 25 million people. The fight will have to take place on the ground if Trump thinks he's now going to invade Venezuela"As the dust settles on Trump's raid on Caracas Maduro's supporters appear to have held on to power, and might have had a hand in his downfall, Malcolm Nance, US navy intelligence veteran and analyst, tells The Trump Report on #timesradio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor of International Politics Scott Lucas tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee why interim Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez and Donald Trump's threat towards her matter. They also discuss whether the US President's ambitions will stop with Venezuela and how other world leaders could respond.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the Trump Report, former US Naval Intelligence Officer Malcolm Nance tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee what the US capture of Venezuelan for the world, and what Donald Trump might do next.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 20th January 2025, Donald Trump took office for his second term as President of the United States. Since then, The Trump Report has given daily updates into almost all aspects of his presidency. So as we approach 2026, take a look back at how the previous year has changed America and the world.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the latest photos released from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, The New York TImes details the relationship between Epstein and Trump, the clock runs out on the DOJ having to release the Epstein files and EU leaders approve an over £78 billion loan for Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Vladimir Putin’s TV address where he accused European countries of “stoking the level of hysteria”, President Zelenskyy sends a stern message to the United States and EU leaders meet in Brussels to press Belgium to release tens of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets in order to provide Ukraine with the economic and military needs for the next two years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Naval Intelligence Officer Don Bramer joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump ordering a blockade of all sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers, the president’s chief-of-staff insinuates US forces will continue destroying small boats until President Nicolás Maduro is forced from power and the Pentagon investigates Senator Mark Kelly for partaking in a video reminding service members they’re allowed to disobey illegal orders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the last few days of peace talks in Berlin, what Article-5 like guarantees for Ukraine looks like for the US and western allies and Ukraine claims to have struck and disabled a Russian submarine in a “unique special operation” using underwater naval drones in wartime first. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Weiss - editor of The Insider - joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Ukraine’s meeting with US delegates in Berlin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Donald Trump to commit to security guarantees and have it voted on in Congress and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warns Europe to take Putin seriously while comparing his ambitions to those of Hitler in the 1930s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the United States suggesting Donbas become a free economic zone, Belgium threatens legal action against the EU if it moves ahead with plans to use or effectively seize frozen Russian central bank assets and Ukraine’s strikes halt production on a Lukoil-operated oil rig in the Caspian sea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.