Can Trump Broker Peace With Putin?

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🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine (which Putin started). While Trump insisted Wednesday there would be “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to some kind of ceasefire, the Russian president has given no indication he plans to give up his goal of eventually taking over all of Ukraine. And Ukraine continues to insist it will not cede any of its territory to Russia. In short: The war is still at a stalemate, and the president of the United States wants to move the needle by hosting the aggressor — an international pariah who faces an arrest warrant on war crimes from the Hague – right here on American soil. Julia Ioffe, a founding member of Puck News and a long-time Russian politics expert, joins us to talk about the Alaska summit and what could come out of it. And in headlines: Trump suggested he may extend federal control of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department beyond the 30-day limit, a panel of appeals court judges opened the door for the White House to suspend or terminate billions in foreign aid funding, and fewer Americans say they’re drinking alcohol.

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, August 14th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is Wadaday, a show that is standing with the good people of India who are reacting with outrage to a government advisory stating that samosas, the delicious fried treat stuffed with spicy potato, might not be very good for your health.
0:18.8	Stand tall, India, stand with tasty, tasty samosas.
0:29.5	On today's show, the chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
0:33.4	I mean, President Donald Trump, announces he's going to host this year's Kennedy Center honors
0:38.3	because ruining things is his favorite pastime, also musicals.
0:42.2	And a federal appeals court panel clears the path for the Trump administration to terminate foreign aid spending.
0:47.8	But let's start with the war on Ukraine.
0:50.2	Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Anchorage, Alaska.
0:54.7	Ahead of his big meeting, he spoke with European leaders and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday to come up with a collective game plan.
1:02.2	Later that morning, during a press conference of the Kennedy Center, Trump reiterated his desire for Russia to agree to some kind of ceasefire.
1:09.3	Any side of Putin didn't agree to end the war,
1:11.4	there would be, quote, very severe consequences of some kind.
1:17.5	Do Russia face any consequences if Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war
1:23.6	after your meeting on Friday?
1:25.6	Yes, they will.
1:27.1	What will the consequences?
1:28.0	There will be, sanctions, tariffs?
1:29.9	There will be, I don't have to say, there will be very severe consequences.
1:33.7	Sure.
1:35.0	As we've mentioned on the show, this is a high stakes meeting at every level.
1:39.5	Russia continues to bombard Ukraine three years into the war, and Moscow was demanding
1:43.2	more Ukrainian territory
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