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Zelensky's Empty Hand: Trump's War, NATO's Nuclear Gamble & a Black Sea Truce
Did the Trump-Zelensky meeting move the Ukraine conflict closer to peace, or did it produce another collection of diplomatic slogans?
Samuel Trapp examines the meeting's vague promise of "potential de-escalatory steps" against what remains unresolved: territory, security guarantees, energy attacks, Patriot shortages, battlefield losses and Ukraine's reported $27 billion defense-budget gap. The episode asks whether Zelensky still has meaningful leverage and whether continued American support has turned the conflict into Trump's war.
The program also considers Turkey's reported proposal for a…
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