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Trump’s Golden Dome | Ukraine Strikes Deep into Russia | Gaza War Ground Offensive Expansion

In this week's installment of The Geopolitical Update podcast, we discuss intensifying tit-for-tat drone warfare between Ukraine and Russia amidst a substantial prisoner swap and Donald Trump’s call with President Vladimir Putin, President Trump’s unveiling of the United States’ planned Golden Dome initiative—a $175 billion space-based missile defense system designed to intercept hypersonic, ballistic, and space-launched threats, and Israel’s expanded ground offensive in Gaza, which sparked strong criticism from Canada, the UK, and France this week in a rare joint statement issued by the…

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