The Trump Report

Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale for an in depth analysis of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s “humiliating” meeting where the US President left Alaska without a ceasefire, commitment to slap Russia with further sanctions or a peace deal being made. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former British Army colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the best and worst case scenarios for Friday’s meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, how the Russian dictator will actively try and avoid bruising the US President’s ego and what will be the “only” situation Volodymyr Zelenskyy would ever concede land to Russia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Putin will be playing long term to cement Russia’s position as a superpower.”In the build up to the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska this Friday, Times Radio's Jo Crawford is joined by Igor Novikov, former senior advisor to Zelensky on US relations, to discuss how this meeting will go. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimmy Rushton - Kyiv based journalist & foreign policy expert - joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Russia’s exaggerated claims its broken through frontlines near Pokrovsk, whether Donald Trump will sell out Ukraine by agreeing to give up land to Russia and if secondary sanctions should still be imposed on Russia before Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Donald Trump on Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s upcoming face-to-face meeting, what sort of things the Russian leader will try to convince the US President and how the interests of Ukraine can be prioritised if Volodymyr Zelenskyy isn’t invited to the table. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former MSNBC moderator & podcast host Chuck Todd joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the likelihood Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet face-to-face next week, whether the US President needs to push for Ukraine to be allowed at the negotiating table and how the Trump administration's newly instated tariffs could disrupt the economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economist and Professor Justin Wolfers tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee what effect the end of Donald Trump's tariff pause will have on the global economy and why 'the R word' is being talked about again in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump claiming Russia’s economy “stinks”, how India could end the war in Ukraine tomorrow if it stopped purchasing Russian oil and weapons and the 22-year-old alleged lovechild of Vladimir Putin alludes to criticising her father for taking "millions of lives”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump ordering the repositioning of two US nuclear submarines in response to “foolish” comments made by Russia’s former president, whether the US President will follow through on his economic threats to Russia and India, and if Steve Witkoff’s upcoming visit to Moscow will help broker the end to the war in Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Trump is angry, Trump is frustrated, Trump wants this all to be solved just like that."Times Radio's Jo Crawford is joined by Scott Lucas, professor of US politics at the University College Dublin’s Clinton Institute, and also founder and editor of EA WorldView. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former British Army Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on imported Indian goods and an undisclosed penalty for buying Russian oil and weapons, why Vladimir Putin’s ‘summer offensive’ has “failed miserably” and how Ukraine’s drone strikes on St Petersburg prompted Vladimir Putin to cancel his annual naval parade out of fear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump's new sanction on India won't be enough to end Putin's invasion and will damage relations with India warns Anders Aslund former adviser to the Ukrainian and Russian governments on The Trump Report Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real Clear Politics White House reporter Philip Wegmann joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s claims Jeffrey Epstein used to “take” women working at Mar-a-Lago, reports the US President is considering pardoning both Ghislaine Maxwell and P Diddy and a YouGov poll indicates American consumers believe they will be the most impacted by Trump’s tariffs and trade deals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"This is not a triumph for anyone."Times Radio's Jo Crawford is joined by Dmitry Grozoubinski, director of Explain Trade and author discuss the US-EU trade deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump changing his 50 day deadline for Vladimir Putin to end the war to 10-12 days, whether Russia’s president should be worried further sanctions will cripple his economy and a pro-Ukrainian hacking group successfully causes the cancellation of dozens of Russian flights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Times Radio's Fergus Macphee is joined by Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute to discuss Donald Trump's new US trade agreement with the EU. Scott argues this will increase inflation and act as a tax on the American people.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the New York Times reporting Donald Trump’s name is on the contributor lists for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday book, the US President trying to shift blame onto the Democrats while members of his own party request transparency and what message the UK and Australia are sending the United States by signing a 50 year treaty to cement the AUKUS submarine deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimmy Rushton, Kyiv based security and foreign policy expert, joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Russia and Ukraine’s 40 minute peace talks on Wednesday, how Marjorie Taylor Greene “lied” about a protest in Kyiv and Donald Trump approves a $322 million package worth of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and Hawk surface-to-air missile systems for Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie Sykes, political commentator and author of ‘How the Right Lost Its Mind’ joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Marco Rubio shutting the House session early to avoid a floor vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, how Donald Trump’s attempt to distract his constituents isn’t working and whether the US President will pardon Ghislaine Maxwell if her “paper trail” with Jeffrey Epstein leads to him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"He's playing for time."For today's Trump Report, Times Radio's Jo Crawford is joined by Scott Lucas, professor of US politics at the University College Dublin’s Clinton Institute, and also founder and editor of EA WorldView. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Robert Kelly joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss if First Lady Melania Trump is advising her husband on continuing US support for Ukraine, whether it’s Donald Trump’s own doing for the fact he can't “get out” of the Epstein files saga and if any information or documentation the government has on Jefferey Epstein’s incriminating past will lead to the US President. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s fifth ultimatum to Vladimir Putin, whether Russia’s President is scared by threats from the West and reports Ukrainian troops have used a Putin-style tactic by poisoning the water bottles of Russian troops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Political commentator and author Joe Concha joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss whether the Epstein files drama is a “terminal cancer” to the MAGA movement, if the appropriate next step is for the Trump administration to hire a special counsel to provide an independent investigation into this and Elon Musk uses his Grok AI tool to question what information the government have on who travelled on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"This won’t go away."Times Radio's Jo Crawford is joined by David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, to discuss the latest from the White House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The Kremlin came out a few hours later with the spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, and said, yeah, this is serious."Russia may have finally pushed Trump too far as Europe starts to resupply Ukraine with US bought weapons, says Prof. Scott Lucas on The Trump Report Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The serious problems Moscow is facing today economically could become critical."Trump threat to bring in third party sanctions in 50 days if Putin does not end his invasion could be crushing if Russia's allies cease trading, says Ambassador John Herbst Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kyiv based foreign policy & security expert Jimmy Rushton joins Times Radio's Fergus Macphee to discuss the shift in tone from Donald Trump towards his relationship with Vladimir Putin. It's as the US President has announced a new deal which will see weapons sent to Ukraine.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former MSNBC moderator and podcaster Chuck Todd joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s latest backflip on Vladimir Putin, whether there’s any truth to CNN’s report the US President threatened to bomb Moscow and if further anger from Mr Trump over Vladimir Putin’s refusal to end the war will lead to the Trump administration approving their own military package to Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Through something like a class action, things are going to remain on hold."Trump's political agenda could still be on hold despite the supreme courts block on injunctions from federal courts, says Prof. Adam Steinman from Texas A&M University Law School. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump rearming Ukraine’s military only days after the Pentagon’s pause in missiles, whether the US President realises he will have to “force” Vladimir Putin into ending his war and how Mr Trump “gutting” his administration staff led to a lack of communication with the state departments Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Obama/Biden staffer Christopher Hale joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Vladimir Putin launching Russia’s biggest attack on Ukraine only hours after his phone call with Donald Trump, whether the US Senate will vote this week on Lindsey Graham’s bipartisan sanctions bill targeting importers of Russian and what Elon Musk’s political plans are following his announcement of the ‘America Party’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor of public policy & economics at the University of Michigan Justin Wolfers, tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee what the passing of Donald Trump's 'big beautiful' tax bill means for everyday Americans, and why it won't actually cut taxes.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the Pentagon’s decision to pause some air defence missiles being sent to Ukraine, how Europe can step up and fill the gap if the Trump administration cuts the war-torn country off completely and why Donald Trump would have a phone conversation with Vladimir Putin before he spoke to Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 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 Pentagon’s decision to halt shipments of air defence missiles to Ukraine, whether Donald Trump’s administration were notified before the call was made and how the vacant role of National Security Advisor plays a role in the lack of communication. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the run up to the final vote on Trump's One Big, Beautiful Bill, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, David Cay Johnston, speaks to Times Radio's Jo Crawford about what to expect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump's tactics for getting his big beautiful bill passed in the Senate reflect a wider adoption of autocratic rule by the Trump administration warns Prof. Scott Lucas on The Trump Report. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The billionaire breakup."Elon Musk is likely to be a thorn in Trump's side for the rest of his term in office, says Diane Francis, editor at large at the National Post, on The Trump Report. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Henry Olsen - senior fellow at the Ethics & Public Policy Center - joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the likelihood of Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passing the Senate, how the US President will retaliate against Republicans who have opposed it and why Elon Musk could sue Trump if he revokes Tesla and SpaceX government contracts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kyiv based foreign policy & security expert Jimmy Rushton joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Russia’s recent attacks on the Ukrainian capital, why Vladimir Putin’s comparison of his military equipment to the United States’ is “laughable” and how the Russian leader has been caught “lying” about the capabilities & plans to mass produce Oreshnik missiles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale for a deep dive into how Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire between Israel & Iran, which three actors “manipulated” the US President and why Iran’s Supreme Leader is declaring victory on Israel and the United States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Robert Kelly joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss reports the US military failed to destroy all of Iran’s nuclear facilities, whether Donald Trump's “laziness” has caused him to be unsuccessful in brokering long lasting peace and whether NATO leaders will pressure the US President to remain committed to the alliance and to helping Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Defence expert and former US DASD Jim Townsend tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee how Donald Trump will be feeling after the ceasefire he helped broker between Israel and Iran lasted mere hours. He says it now may be time for Trump to 'move on to something else' other than peace in the Middle East.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Israel and Iran’s violations to Donald Trump’s recently brokered ceasefire, how Vladimir Putin has been weakened by the United States’ firm stance on Iran’s nuclear capabilities and what important discussions need to take place this week at the NATO Summit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US forces have been preparing for a response to Iranian strikes against US bases for some time and could attack imminently if any attacks have killed Americans, warns Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence, Mick Mulroy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former British Army colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon tells Times Radio's Fergus Macphee how Iran's ability to produce nuclear weapons has now been severely weakened by US strikes and that Trump could look to 'take out' Iran's supreme leader Khamenei, but will not send troops to the region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Times Radio's Maddie Hale to analyse Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities before his two week deadline was up, how Iran will seek to retaliate against the United States and why the US President decided to take this risk knowing his Republican Party and MAGA base were divided over US military involvement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Political commentator and author of ‘How the Right Lost Its Mind’ Charlie Sykes joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s decision to delay the use of US military action in Iran by two weeks, how China is playing the “long game” with the United States and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi issues a snide jab to President Trump’s ‘peacemaker’ title. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Political commentator Chris Cillizza joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the repercussions that could unfold if Donald Trump orders US militants to bomb Iran, how it could divide his MAGA base and why the US president can publicly attack Iran’s Supreme Leader but fail to condemn Vladimir Putin for killing an American civilian in Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s administration debating over whether to bomb Iran and how this makes Vladimir Putin terrified he will be the next dictator targeted and assassinated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the US & UK signing a new trade deal, why Donald Trump left the G7 Summit early just as “important conversations” were starting and how Israel set out to “play” the US President when it launched an attack on Iran.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.