The week went out with a bang when an Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, called to finalize a economic partnership that would lead to an end to the Russia-Ukraine War, instead ended in acrimony and Trump tossing Zelenskyy out of the White House.
We analyze the blowup from three angles:
What the deal was that Zelenskyy rejected
Why he rejected it
What this means for a new geo-strategic order that is emerging whether anyone likes it or not
We go on to explore all the moves the Trump White House is making to deal with the economy—and specifically, why what Elon Musk is doing to unearth government waste will help the inflation situation.
Finally, we conclude with the story that wasn’t—the Epstein files were promised this week but what was delivered was nothing new. There are a lot of possible explanations, from the simple and straightforward, to possible grander strategies. We break it all down.
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