Can Democrats Embrace AI and Win Back Silicon Valley?
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As the clock ticks down to the crucial Trump-Putin summit, Ukraine's president tries to ensure his country's needs are heard. Plus, how Democrats can win back Silicon Valley.
Democratic leaders often just go to Silicon Valley and stick their hands out and ask for money because they view it as a stronghold without really engaging in a genuine way on policy issues.
And engage hyperspeed. Trump wants to accelerate rocket launches and spaceport development. It's Thursday, August 14th. I'm Azhar Sukri for The Wall Street Journal. Here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
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The world's attention will be focused on tomorrow's summit in Alaska between President Trump and his Russian counterpart to discuss a possible end to the war in Ukraine. Its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is not invited to the Trump-Putin meeting. He's been in discussions with European leaders and is in London for a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Matthew Luxmore is the journal Foreign Correspondent. Matthew, what is Zelensky hoping that Trump and Putin will agree to in their summit?
Well, in many ways, Zelensky is hoping they agree to nothing. Zelensky doesn't want anything to be agreed about Ukraine without Ukraine's involvement. He's really rallied European leaders, the world leaders, since this summit was announced to try and get them to prevail on Trump and get him to agree to essentially not agree on anything with Putin when it comes to Ukraine. Everyone's noticed that Trump initially was talking about land being swapped between the two countries, saying that this is something that is going to be necessary for this war to end. The White House has really wrote back on those statements in the last couple of days. So he's already told Zelensky and the Europeans that he will not be involved.
kind of hashing out any land agreements with Putin. So really, for Trump, as he's put it himself, this is a kind of feel out meeting. As the White House has said, it's a kind of way for the two leaders to get together and for Trump to better understand what Putin's position is, because he feels like Putin has kind of been dragging this process on.
What international summit is drawing attention to Ukraine right now?
And I think he wants to understand how serious Putin is about striking a peace deal in Ukraine.
Yeah, it really does sound like Trump has come round to thinking along the lines of what European leaders have been saying for some time. Now, even though Putin is refusing to meet Zelensky, Russia and Ukraine have actually been exchanging thousands of prisoners over the course of the war.
Yeah, the exchange of tens of thousands of prisoners since the beginning of the war, something that's really unprecedented for two countries during the course of a conflict and not after it, is a kind of fascinating subplot of this war and one that really hasn't been covered very much because these exchanges are taking place quietly, often away from the glare of the media outlets. and the attention of journalists, hundreds of people on a weekly basis recently crossing the border from Russia and Ukraine, many of them emaciated, barely clinging to consciousness. And the reason the story is so fascinating is because this regular exchange of prisoners and the secret channels that are being used to arrange these swaps are kind of the one thin wire that still connects these two warring countries.
to each other. And looking at the way this is done is kind of a good way of looking and kind of trying to understand how Ukraine and Russia might rebuild the relationship after this war is over.
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4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:53
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What international summit is drawing attention to Ukraine right now?
2:53–11:00
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Why is President Zelensky lobbying European leaders before the Trump‑Putin meeting?
11:00–11:44
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What does Zelensky fear could happen if Ukraine is excluded from negotiations?
11:44–14:08
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