Root Causes and Summit Highs

Noah Rothman returns ahead of Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin to give a foreign policy progress report of the president's second term. He gets into the fraught history of US-Russia negotiations, applauds the latest maneuvers in the Middle East, and applies a big-picture framing of the geopolitical status quo in response to the charge that collapse is imminent. Plus, Charlie, Steve, and James discuss the federalization of law enforcement in D.C. and the administration's announcement of potential weed reform. Sound from this week's open: President Trump and House Minority Leader Jefferies on DC police “scheme.”Please visit our fantastic sponsors:Cozy Earth: Upgrade your summer. Go to cozyearth.com/RICOCHET for up to 40% off best-selling temperature-regulating sheets, apparel, and more.Qualia Senolytic: Take control of your cellular health today. Go to qualialife.com/ricochet and save 15% to experience the science of feeling younger.