EPISODE · Aug 16, 2025 · 15 MIN
Putin Completely Plays Trump For A Fool
from Mallen Baker: Faultlines · host Mallen Baker
The big summit meeting in Alaska finally took place. After being talked about, written about and speculated about for the preceding week, it turned out to be ... exactly what we thought. For Trump, there was no escaping the fact this was a monstrous fail, as his amateur-hour combo went up against well-prepared, highly experienced opponents. Initially, even Trump didn't much want to speak to the press while he processed what had just happened, and tried to work out how to spin it into some face-saving formula. So now that that's out of the way - what's next? Let's discuss.
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The big summit meeting in Alaska finally took place. After being talked about, written about and speculated about for the preceding week, it turned out to be ... exactly what we thought. For Trump, there was no escaping the fact this was a monstrous fail, as his amateur-hour combo went up against well-prepared, highly experienced opponents. Initially, even Trump didn't much want to speak to the press while he processed what had just happened, and tried to work out how to spin it into some face-saving formula. So now that that's out of the way - what's next? Let's discuss.
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