Alexander Vindman on Trump Ukraine Disaster

The MeidasTouch Podcast

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Politics, News

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas interviews Alexander Vindman, the author of the new book The Folly of Realism, about Trump’s disastrous press conference with Zelenskyy. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.0	United States Army Lieutenant Colonel. Mr. Vindman, what do we just watch unfold in the Oval Office
1:10.0	with Donald Trump attacking President Zelensky?
1:14.0	It was, maybe one of the most shameful moments, I think, ever in American history.
1:17.9	Your Ukrainian, you have unique experience in this area as well.
1:22.8	What do you make of it?
1:24.3	It was a shit show.
1:25.4	We've never seen anything quite like it.
1:30.5	You know, basically the U.S. has been a supporter of Ukraine for, even if it's been insufficiently supportive, it's been a supporter of
1:38.0	Ukraine for three years, spending somewhere in the ballpark of 60 to 100 billion dollars
1:44.0	to help Ukraine ward off a aggressor, Russia.
1:49.3	And now we have a new Trump administration that invites Zelensky into kind of work out a deal,
1:57.1	figure out how the U.S. might continue to support.
2:00.4	And in this discussion where Zilinski is saying,
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