The following podcast contains explicit language.

Ooh, there was a mosquito. I don't want mosquitoes around me.

I don't like mosquitoes! Speaking of mosquitoes, hello Hillary how are you doing?

He's written a lot of books about business. They all seem to end at chapter 11.

These are all lies. We say lie, lie, lie, lie.

Dirty rotten liar! I can't lie!

Sons of... Sons of... Sons of...

Sons of... Sons of...

Sons of... Sons of...

Hello, welcome to Trumpcast. To share what the man who spins around an angle is like you wouldn't believe.

The man who does summer salts. The man who looks like a sausage?

Donald Trump. I'm Leon Nephach your guest host for just a few more episodes,

while Jacob Weissberg is on vacation.

Today we're going to talk about Trump's peculiar fondness for a little country called Russia,

and all the reasons why it's leader Vladimir Putin might be cheering Trump's candidacy from afar.

We'll be joined for that discussion by slate contributing editor Frank Fowr,

who wrote a terrific cover story for us in the subject earlier this week.

But first, I feel like we have to acknowledge a story that ran in New York Times on Thursday,

in which reporter Jason Harowitz asked Trump if he could commit to actually serving as president

if he defeats Hillary Clinton. Trump's response? I'll let you know how I feel about it after it happens.

Now, as Harowitz points out in the story, this could just be Trump playing around

or giving a strategically shocking answer in order to grab some headlines. It would be the first time.

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