Putin Cozies Up To Modi And Xi

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and held hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Beijing this weekend. Their talks came during the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, an event that marked the first time in seven years that Presidents Modi and Xi met in person. It also comes as the US navigates a rocky relationship with China, combats India’s frustration over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and tries to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine. To discuss further what Putin’s latest bromance with Xi and Modi means for his on-again, off-again relationship with Trump, we spoke with Tommy Vietor. He’s the co-host of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the World. And in headlines: The Trump family amasses billions after launching a new cryptocurrency, Americans are losing faith in hard work, and a postwar plan to turn Gaza into an AI-powered smart city is floating around the Trump administration.

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0:00.0	It's Wednesday, September 3rd, my birthday.
0:05.7	I'm Jane Koston, and this is what today, the show that has said that West Point is
0:09.5	reinstalling a portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Sad because Robert E. Lee was a loser.
0:16.0	He lost a civil war, despite having the tremendous luck to fight against Union General George
0:20.7	McClellan,
0:21.5	who was an idiot.
0:22.7	Why are we encouraging safe spaces and participation trophy culture for our troops?
0:27.3	What happened to winning?
0:34.3	On today's show, the American dream is dying.
0:41.4	And the Trump family reaps financial success from a new cryptocurrency.
0:44.1	But let's start with foreign policy.
0:50.1	Because while President Donald Trump spent Tuesday explaining how he enjoyed his very normal, very quiet Labor Day weekend.
0:57.2	I did numerous shows and also did a number of truths, long truths, I think pretty poignant truths. No, I was very active over the weekend. They also knew I went out to visit some people
1:02.2	at the club that I own pretty nearby on the Potomac River. And now I've been very active,
1:09.2	actually, over the weekend.
1:15.3	Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a fun-filled weekend of meetings and handholding.
1:19.2	They met at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting. It was the first time in
1:23.4	seven years that Modi and Xi met in person. And they were meeting at a time when the
1:27.5	relationships between Russia, China, India, and the United States are complex. I mean, China and the
1:34.0	United States have been global foes on pretty much every front for decades now, battling over trade
1:38.6	and most recently, AI policy. But according to the New York Times, Indian leader Modi is upset
1:43.9	with Trump because of Trump's
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