Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at background briefing.

I'm Ian Masters, and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with an American citizen who has been targeted by the most powerful person in the country and the world, for that matter,

a lone individual accused of treasoned by the most treasonous president the country has ever had.

As Donald Trump goes through contortion after contortion, trying to pretend that

he wants to end the Ukraine war to stop the killing, it is painfully obvious that he's not on America's

side, but is and always has been on Putin's side. Now, after yesterday's hour and a quarter conversation

with his handler Putin, the charade is coming to the crunch,

with even Republican senators opposing Trump sellout, as it becomes clear that Trump is trying to end the war on Putin's terms

while threatening to walk away if he can't get a deal that no Ukrainian would sign. Given that this

sick man projects his guilt onto those he accuses committing the crimes he continues to get away

with, it is no surprise that Trump has singled out someone he accuses of treason who saw him operate

up close and in person in the Oval Office during his first term.

Most of all, what Trump desperately wants to keep secret from the American people is what he is

actually like in person and on the job, if you could call it that.

Trump is the most ignorant, incompetent, cruel, spiteful, petty, and vengeful person ever

to be even near the highest office he holds.

And just as the curtain was pulled back to reveal the pitiful, quivering Wizard of Oz,

our next guest was the first to pull back the curtain on the Oval Office and reveal to the American

people the unhinged fool that they had elected to his first term, let alone the second.

Joining us is Miles Taylor, a national security expert who works in Washington, D.C.

He served as chief of staff for Kirsten Nielsen, the former

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