Russian reaction to Trump-Ukraine policy
The World
PRX
4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Russian state television used to portray the US as the Kremlin's biggest adversary. But since President Donald Trump's return to the White House, state-controlled media outlets in Russia are changing their tune. Also, the race between China and Japan to build the fastest bullet train. And, a cross-cultural collaboration between two jazz greats, one from the United States, the other from Brazil. Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento.
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| 0:29.1 | Six weeks after inauguration day, officials at the Kremlin like what they see from the new U.S. |
| 0:35.6 | administration. |
| 0:36.5 | They're in favor of what Trump's doing because they're seeing Ukraine being thrown under the bus. |
| 0:42.2 | I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 0:43.4 | And I'm Carol Hills, how Russia is feeling about a new direction for American foreign policy. |
| 0:49.0 | And in Syria, a new kind of violence erupts. |
| 0:52.1 | Defense forces are carrying out what they're calling precise and qualitative operations |
| 0:56.0 | against what they're calling remnants of the former regime. |
| 0:59.2 | In Tanzania, we'll hear about real progress on maternal and infant health, |
| 1:04.3 | how Hungarian filmmakers struggle with censorship, |
| 1:07.3 | and the race to build the fastest trains on Earth. |
| 1:15.1 | Ha ha ha ha ha. censorship and the race to build the fastest trains on Earth. That's all ahead today. On the world. |
| 1:22.0 | This is the world. I'm Carol Hills. And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for joining us on this Friday. |
| 1:28.0 | President Trump was asked about the war in Ukraine today, and he acknowledged that Russia is, quote, |
| 1:33.8 | bombing the hell out of Ukraine. This is after Russia launched ballistic missiles and drone attacks on Ukraine |
| 1:39.6 | in the early hours of this morning. But despite his comments that the U.S. is having an easier time negotiating |
| 1:45.5 | peace with Russia rather than Ukraine, Trump also says the administration is considering new |
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