Shaun Walker
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard 8 Jul
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Yeah, I was also surprised by that detail.
And it's something we used to write about with Vladimir Putin.
There's a guy who literally carries a suitcase around that kind of follows Putin on his trips.
But I thought that was more like a paranoid Kremlin situation rather than generally a part of like world leaders retinue.
Yeah, I think on Trump, I mean, it's really interesting because in many ways, Kyiv is actually less dependent on the US than it has been at any time in the war.
Obviously, the US doesn't send military aid anymore.
Europe has stepped up with, you know, Viktor Orban's been kicked out of office in Hungary.
Europe stepped up with a huge financial aid for Kyiv.
So in some ways, that gives the Ukrainians a little bit more leeway that, you know, developing their own drones and so on.
But of course, Trump is still really crucial to this idea of how do you end the war?
And is there a way to put pressure on Putin?
You know, Ukraine had a really grim winter last year.
They really don't want to be fighting for another winter if there is any way not to.
And so I think that kind of trying to get Trump back in the frame of mind that, you know, you can't just end this war by ordering Ukraine to give up Donbass.
You have to put some pressure on both sides.
And I think that's where certainly Western leaders and Zelensky will want to see if there's any change in Trump or if we're just sort of back to, you know, I've had a great call with Putin and like Zelensky shouldn't have got into this war, which is what we've heard from him in the past.
Yeah, I think I mean, I think what we've been seeing since Trump comes back, you know, 18 months ago is these sort of two tracks, two schools of thought.
One is like we have to be the Americans have so much we can't do without them.
We have to be as nice as possible to Trump, because even if we get a little bit from Trump, that's better than breaking this alliance.
And, you know, you still see that with Mark Rutte.
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