Trump sours on Putin, pivots on Ukraine.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
On Monday, President Donald Trump announced two measures aimed at pressuring Russia to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. First, Trump said Russia would face tariffs “at about 100%” if it did not agree to a peace deal in the next 50 days, adding that he would impose secondary sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil, such as China, India, Brazil, and Turkey. Second, he outlined a plan for countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to purchase weapons from the United States and then transfer them to Ukraine. The announcement follows recently heightened criticism from President Trump towards Russian President Vladimir Putin over his purported unwillingness to end the war.
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| 0:44.8 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, a place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 1:00.7 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about some new developments in the war in Ukraine, sharing some latest news on President Donald Trump's perspectives on Vladimir Putin and |
| 1:13.8 | some of the things he's doing in a tangible way that might actually change the course of what's |
| 1:18.9 | happening. |
| 1:19.7 | To get it started, I'm going to send over to Will to break down today's main story and some views |
| 1:24.6 | from the left and the right and, of of course from Ukraine and Russia as well. |
| 1:28.2 | And then I will share my take. |
| 1:37.1 | Thanks, Isaac. Here are today's quick hits. Number one, consumer prices in June rose 2.7% from the year prior, a faster rate than May's |
| 1:47.5 | 2.4% annual increase. Prices rose 0.3% from May to June. Number two, the Supreme Court issued |
| 1:55.2 | an unsigned order halting a lower court order that had blocked the Trump administration's layoffs |
| 2:00.5 | at the Education Department. |
| 2:02.6 | The court's three liberal justices dissented. |
| 2:06.1 | Separately, 24 Democrat-led states in the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration for freezing $6 billion in education funding. |
| 2:14.7 | Number three, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell asked the central banks Inspector General |
| 2:19.4 | to review its $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project, which President Trump has alleged |
| 2:25.4 | could be illegal. Number four, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he will remain in the |
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