The Trump Report

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.

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.

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'.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.