But if I were to guess, I would have, I would guess that Putin wanted to get into Trump's head a little bit.

Like, play on what they, what Trump perceives to be their personal relationship and say, look at these Ukrainians.

They're trying to kill me.

Now, from the Ukrainian perspective, you're right to say, I don't think anyone's going to be hesitating if they have a chance. But that wasn't what happened here. And what we're actually seeing is a one-person sciop to episode 408. I am your host, Paul Reikoff. It is Thursday, January 8th, and I am coming to you from New York City, USA, where the weather is sunny and warm.

Holy shit. Boy, do we need it right now. Half this city's got the flu. Everybody is stressed.

And I'm going to try to give you something to alleviate some of that. I'm going to try to share some light and some heat and some light and some warmth,

especially on this day, and give you some perspective and some inspiration because I think we really need it,

especially after the news out of Minneapolis yesterday.

Our guest today is going to bring it coming up soon.

We've got the great Tim Mack is

returning to go deep on Ukraine, Venezuela, all things global and international security. He is the

intrepid founder of the counteroffensive. He's an investigative correspondent. He used to work at

NPR. You've heard him on this show three times before. He was an army medic in the U.S.

and a defense reporter. He's just a really smart, thoughtful guy, and he's coming to us from

Kyiv, Ukraine, with the latest from over there as we continue to keep our focus on Ukraine

always. But there is a ton happening today beyond that before we get to 10 Mac. Obviously, all

eyes are on Minneapolis.

We now know the name of the American citizen that was brutally shot and murdered yesterday.

Renee Nicole Good, 37 years old.

You've hopefully heard her name by now.

I hope you will remember her name.

She lived with her partner just blocks away from where she was murdered by

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