Angry Trump Shocked to Discover Putin Has Humiliated Him: “Bullshit!”

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

It appears to be dawning on President Trump that he will not be ending the Russia-Ukraine war in one day, as he promised during the campaign. Trump’s frustration at Vladimir Putin is rising: This week he accused Putin of hitting him with “bullshit,” and even admitted Putin’s word to him is “meaningless.” This comes as it’s now being reported that Putin is escalating the war against Ukraine, and that he’s brushing aside Trump’s anger about it. Add it all up and Trump is plainly humiliated, realizing that Putin is laughing off his demand for “peace.” We talked to Mona Charen, policy editor at The Bulwark, who writes well about the Trumpified GOP’s embrace of Putin. She explains how Putin has long played Trump, why Putin feels free to humiliate him, and what the various scenarios ahead look like. Listen to this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.5	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
1:25.7	It appears to be dawning on President Trump that he will not be ending the Russia-Ukraine war in one day, as he promised during the campaign.
1:30.0	Trump's frustration at Vladimir Putin is rising, to the point where he even accused Putin of throwing bullshit at him. Trump even admitted that Putin's
1:35.9	word to him is meaningless. All this comes as it's now being reported that Putin is escalating
1:42.3	the war against Ukraine and that he's brushing aside
1:45.1	Trump's anger about it. Add it all up and it sure looks like Trump has realized to his shock and
1:51.4	horror that Putin is laughing at him. So now what? Is there any reason to believe Trump when
1:58.0	he says he's now figured out what Putin's game is? Will Trump keep
2:01.7	arming Ukraine? Will Republicans finally demand that he do the right thing? We're talking about
2:07.8	all this with Mona Sharon, policy editor at the bulwark, who has been castigating Republicans
2:12.4	for spinelessly going along with Trump's pro-Pootenism. Mona, thanks for coming on.
2:18.6	Hi, Greg. Good to be with you.
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