Welcome to beg to differ the bulwarks weekly round table discussion featuring civil conversation

across the political spectrum.

We range from center left to center right.

I'm Mona Charence, indicated columnist and policy editor at the bulwark and I'm joined

by our regulars Damon Linker who writes a sub-stack newsletter notes from the middle ground

in Linda Chavez of the New Scan and Center.

Lawfair's Ben Wittis is very kindly sitting in today for Bill Galston and our guest is

Eric Edelman, former top official in the state and defense departments, former ambassador

to Turkey and Finland and host of our sister podcast, Shield of the Republic, which if

you are not listening, you must because it is one of the most intelligent, informative

podcasts out there.

So welcome one and all.

We have a lot to get to this week.

We will come to the 30 car pile up that was CNN's town hall with Trump on Wednesday evening.

But first let us turn to events in Russia and Ukraine.

So Eric Edelman, Volodymyr Zelensky announced yesterday that the much anticipated and looked

for spring offensive may have to wait a bit longer because they still need more supplies

Russia held its annual victory day parade and it featured just one solitary tank from

the World War II vintage.

There has been open sniping between the head of the Wagner group or Wagner group.

I'm not sure how you pronounce it and the military leadership in the Kremlin.

And then one more thing just to set this up.

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