Tue Aug 12 2025

Donald Trump wants to win a Nobel Peace Prize and so he’s desperate to end the war in Ukraine.  He’ll be in Alaska later this week meeting the Russian president in the first face-to-face encounter the two men have had since Trump returned to the White House.  The problem is the Ukrainian leader won’t be there and Trump’s talking about some ‘land-swapping’ between the Russian invaders and Ukraine.  Today, international relations expert Rajan Menon on Trump’s theatrics and what the summit will really achieve.  Featured:  Rajan Menon, professor emeritus of international relations at the City College of New York