TMI Show Ep 181: “Trump Always Chickens Out to Kiev”

Program! Program! You can’t tell where Trump stands on Russia and Ukraine without a program!

Here’s that program. On “The TMI Show” with Ted Rall and Manila Chan, the Financial Times reported that Trump asked Ukrainian President Zelensky if he was capable of bombing Moscow and St. Petersburg with long-range U.S. weapons. Zelensky reportedly said he could. But when pressed by reporters, Trump shot back that asking about capabilities isn’t the same as making a request, “No, he shouldn’t target Moscow.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed the FT for twisting Trump’s words, calling it a dying paper desperate for clicks. Leavitt insisted Trump was just asking questions, not pushing for escalation, as he works to end the war.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin’s Dmitry Peskov says the Kremlin remains open to peace talks with Kyiv, though negotiations in Istanbul this year yielded only prisoner swaps. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused EU and NATO leaders of pressuring Trump to take a hardline stance. This episode unpacks the controversy, the stakes, and the global fallout.

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