Trump just learnt a brutal lesson — wars are easier to start than finish | Sean Bell

Trump got just seriously ‘played’—but not by who you'd expect | Scott Lucas

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale for ‘The Week That Was’ to break down Trump's NATO summit, Ukraine's major military boost, the escalating Iran conflict, fresh questions over Trump's behaviour, his crypto empire, and growing divisions within the Republican Party. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Trump will invade Greenland to distract us from his failed Iran war | Rick Wilson

Rick Wilson, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's escalating Iran conflict, growing Republican backlash, clashes with NATO allies over Ukraine and defence spending, and why he believes Trump's Greenland push and economic claims are driven by political desperation. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Trump's allies need to stop taking the punches — it's time to play him at his own game | Sean Bell

Sean Bell, retired Air Vice Marshal, former RAF fighter pilot and military analyst, joins Maddie Hale from the NATO summit in Ankara to analyse Trump's push on NATO defence spending, Ukraine's fight for more Patriot missiles, Russia's latest battlefield struggles, Trump's relationship with Putin, and his escalating feud with Giorgia Meloni. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Trump is 'not well' — and it's getting worse | David Cay Johnston

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston joins Maddie Hale to break down Trump’s America 250 celebrations, his ‘unhinged’ social media spree and obsession with Barack Obama and the controversy surrounding his intervention in the World Cup. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Trump's Pentagon purge is 'more sinister' than we realise | Jim Townsend

Jim Townsend, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's NATO showdown, divisions with Israel over Iran, and why he believes the Pentagon purges are becoming "more sinister." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.