Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits a newly gold-adorned Oval Office, walking away with chips, fighter jets, and upgraded security ties. A major corruption scandal erupts inside Zelensky’s government just as Washington pushes a new peace plan for Ukraine. And a tabletop exercise mapping the risks of shifting thousands of national-security personnel away from counterterrorism, cyber, and sanctions work and into immigration enforcement, and what those trade-offs mean for America’s ability to respond to real threats. “When Washington Smells Weakness,” Episode 3 of The Long Game.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Today’s Agenda: Russia’s Demands, Corruption in Ukraine, and U.S. National Security Shifts
3:04 - Oval Office Spectacle: Trump & MBS
11:30 - What MBS Got (and didn’t) From Washington
14:33 - Attention on Sudan
23:10 - Ukraine at an Inflection Point
24:41 - Trump’s “Ukraine Peace Plan”
32:29 - Corruption Scandal in Kyiv
40:04 - Overhaul of U.S. National Security Priorities
51:53 - The Wrap: Recommended Reads and Topics to Watch
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