Trump criticizes Putin, EU tariff delay, cryptocurrency kidnapping charges & more

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🗓️ 26 May 2025

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President Donald Trump says he’s not happy with Russian President Vladimir Putin after a weekend of strikes on Ukraine. Meanwhile, Trump says he’s delaying a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union. A new controversial aid group is set to start delivering help to people in Gaza. A cryptocurrency investor has been charged with kidnapping a man. Plus, it was a historic gold medal match at the Ice Hockey World Championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.0	Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Monday, May 26th.
0:38.6	President Donald Trump says Russian leader Vladimir Putin has, quote, gone absolutely crazy.
0:45.7	Trump criticized Putin in a social media post yesterday, and while speaking to reporters,
0:51.3	after Moscow launched its largest aerial attack of its three-year war
0:55.3	on Ukraine over the weekend.
0:57.0	I'm not happy with what Putin's doing.
0:59.7	He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin.
1:03.0	I've known him a long time.
1:05.0	Always gotten along with him.
1:06.7	But he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all.
1:11.7	Okay?
1:12.5	We're in the middle of talking, and he's shooting rockets into Kiev in other cities.
1:16.7	I don't like it at all.
1:18.3	Officials said the strikes killed at least 12 people in regions across Ukraine, including
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