The Trump Report

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's looming midterm troubles, his weakening grip on Republicans, a Canada tariff U-turn to save the GOP, concerns over Musk's restrictions on Ukraine's military communications and the Epstein scandal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's relationship with Putin, Russia's reported intelligence support for Iran, Ukraine peace talks and NATO, Democrats releasing a new report detailing sexual assault allegations against Trump, and whether the upcoming midterms could mark the beginning of the end of the Trump era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Sir Bill Browder joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s relationship with Putin, why Ukraine peace talks are going nowhere, Elon Musk’s Starlink controversy, Europe’s growing distrust of the US and potential Russian influence over the Trump family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Weiss, editor of The Insider, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s approach to Putin, pressure on Ukraine and growing Republican backlash, alongside Elon Musk’s Starlink scandal, calls for congressional investigations and delays to Ukraine’s air defence supplies.g Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's handling of Putin's war, the growing Starlink controversy involving Elon Musk, and JD Vance's defence of Trump's growing wealth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Pakman joins Maddie Hale to discuss how Putin is playing Trump, Elon Musk's reported Starlink restrictions, whether MAGA voters are seeing through Trump's economic promises, and the president's collapsing approval ratings ahead of the midterms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Pentagon official Jim Townsend joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's growing support for Putin, his attacks on Zelenskyy, concerns over US military support for Ukraine, and the damage his administration is doing to NATO alliances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Robert Kelly & Maddie Hale Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Robert Pape joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's controversial diesel deal with Putin, his threats over Greenland, Russia's attempts to sow chaos in America and growing fears over political intimidation and further escalation of the Iran war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's controversial Putin diesel deal, growing Republican backlash, potential US–Russia business interests, why Canada could have come to America's rescue, concerns over intelligence-sharing with Ukraine and the political fallout ahead of the midterms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former British Army Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's controversial Russian diesel deal, threats to cut military support for Ukraine, his “bonkers” ceasefire claims, growing Republican backlash, escalating tensions in the Middle East and questions over US casualties in the Iran war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Retired Air Vice-Marshal Sean Bell joins The Trump Report to analyse Donald Trump’s controversial diesel deal with Vladimir Putin, warning that the president is acting like a “drowning man grasping at straws” as his Iran war unravels and the midterms approach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Defence Analyst Francis Tusa joins Anna Smith to reveal how $100 oil, a 60% drop in key missile stockpiles and severe maintenance backlogs have left the U.S. military dangerously exposed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Trump Report, Anna Smith is joined by veteran military intelligence analyst Malcolm Nance. They break down President Trump’s comments on Los Angeles and San Diego, the escalating conflict with Iran, rising gas prices, and the domestic fallout ahead of the midterms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economist Justin Wolfers joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s emergency action on soaring diesel prices, rising inflation and business costs, the decline in US manufacturing jobs despite tariff promises, stalled trade negotiations with India and Canada, and why Trump’s trade wars have achieved zero progress. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lt General Ben Hodges joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s Iran war, the growing strain on US military resources, Zelenskyy defying Trump to intensify strikes on Russia’s oil industry, controversial US-Russia business talks and the threat Putin poses to Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olivia Troye, former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s Iran war contradictions, collapsing polling, depleted US weapons stockpiles, tariffs and his pursuit of major awards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s Iran war, soaring diesel prices and depleted US weapons stockpiles, as well as Russia and Ukraine, growing tensions within NATO, Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon overhaul and the “terrible idea” of bringing Elon Musk into planning the future of US warfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ambassador John Bolton joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s Iran war, his relationships with Xi and Kim Jong Un, the extraordinary China weapons claim, potential Russian sanctions relief, Trump's “utter lunacy” Canada war, Carney’s rise — and taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Political podcaster and author Charlie Sykes joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s escalating war with Canada, his media crackdown, mixed signals on Russia and Iran, growing cracks in MAGA and Republican fears over the midterms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Retired Air Vice Marshal and military analyst Sean Bell joined the show to discuss Trump’s Iran war and peace talks, depleted US weapons stockpiles, the suspected RAF Fairford terror plot, his bizarre Xi weapons offer, China and Russia’s growing leverage, and his latest pressure on Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Wilson, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s Xi Jinping meeting and why he says the tariff war has failed, fears over Taiwan, Putin’s G20 invite, Don Jr.’s Russian oligarch controversy, Trump’s media ban and growing Republican panic that he could cost them the midterms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie to discuss Trump inviting Putin to the G20, his red-carpet welcome for Xi Jinping, growing cracks between America and its traditional allies, how Denmark and Greenland “played an absolute blinder” over the Greenland deal, and Trump’s media ban backfiring as the White House scrambles to defend it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Justin Wolfers joins The Trump Report to break down Trump’s “bonkers” economic plans, from a possible diesel export ban and new tariff threats against China and India to his claims about the US economy, as Trump pushes allies away and Mark Carney builds new partnerships towards a potential post-Trump world order. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor David Cay Johnston joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s escalating media war, Ukraine and Russia, why he believes Denmark and Greenland “brilliantly played” Trump and a psychiatrist labels his behaviour “abnormal and pathological. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.