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501 | The Summit That Wasn’t: Putin’s Power Play

501 | The Summit That Wasn’t: Putin’s Power Play

Update: 2025-10-23
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When President Trump agreed to meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest, it looked like a potential breakthrough. Instead, it became a masterclass in manipulation. Within 24 hours, the Kremlin pulled the plug — and the world saw how quickly leverage can shift. In this episode, Ambassador Kurt Volker, former US Special Envoy to Ukraine and current Distinguished Fellow at the Center for European Policy analysis unpacks how Putin’s “summit offer” was never about peace talks, but about power, humiliation, and control — and what it reveals about the fragile state of U.S.–Russia diplomacy.

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501 | The Summit That Wasn’t: Putin’s Power Play

501 | The Summit That Wasn’t: Putin’s Power Play