Inside the Trump-Putin Axis

My Conversation with Jim Acosta

Alexander Vindman Mar 4

Yesterday, I joined Jim Acosta on Substack Live to discuss The Folly of Realism and how Trump is emboldening Putin while undermining America’s security and global standing. In our conversation, we explored why Trump is aligning U.S. foreign policy with the Kremlin’s interests and how this moment was entirely predictable—because America keeps making the same mistakes when it comes to Russia.

I am including two short clips from our discussion in this post, but the full recording of our conversation is available exclusively for paid subscribers here.

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