{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/68f8f9a3b24744dd48724437?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why the Trump-Putin summit fell apart","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1761147259967-45602e21-68cc-4345-98af-0a9adc1ebb0f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Donald Trump's planned summit with Vladimir Putin is cancelled. Here's why.</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p><br></p><p>Less than a week after Donald Trump offered to meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest, the proposed summit has already fallen apart.</p><p><br></p><p>Officially, \"there's no need\" for the two presidents to meet, since their respective foreign ministers are conducting conversations.</p><p><br></p><p>But what's really behind the cancellation?</p><p><br></p><p>And what on earth is Donald Trump up to in Venezuela? Seven extra-judicial attacks on civilian boats, dozens dead without trial, and now massing troops and weaponry in the Caribbean. </p><p><br></p><p>Is this really about \"narco-terrorism\", or is something more sinister afoot?</p><p><br></p><p>Katie Stallard and Freddie Hayward discuss Trump's foreign policy on the New Statesman podcast.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}