Putin Not Likely to Overreact to Drone Strikes

Difficult to be “furious” at deep drone strikes deep into Russia and still remain calm, cool, collected. But Putin is in no hurry; is clearly winning in Ukraine and believes Trump and he may be able to arrive at mutually beneficial deal. Meanwhile, talks.

This Week’s Intelligence Roundtable

This week’s Intelligence Roundtable arguably had as much humor as intelligence. Mentioned “Fred Mertz”, landlord for I Love Lucy (and now for Germany), and battered-by-Brigitte Emmanuel Macron, but also covered more consequential stuff on Ukraine and Gaza.

Russia-Ukraine and an Emotional Trump

Nima, John Helmer & I discuss Russia-Ukraine and Trump’s “emotional overload”. If bored, fast-forward to the end for (1) the moral imperative to stop genocide and (2) “When Grandma Met Queen Victoria” as she (Victoria) reviewed troops going off to Boer War

Can Trump Tamp Down Russophobia

Trump is being called timid by the neocons and the likes of NYT’s David Sanger. Can Trump tamp down Russophobia and move toward rapprochement with Russia on Ukraine? He did so two weeks ago, endorsing Putin’s call to resume the talks w/Ukraine in Istanbul.