Ukraine or Russia: Whose Side Is Trump On?

Donald Trump has accused Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky
of being a “dictator” and doing a “terrible job”.


After a week in which the US President brought Russia's Vladimir
Putin in from the cold, Nick is joined by the BBC’s former
diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall and the former UK
foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt.


What do they make of Trump appearing to blame Kyiv for the war?
And how should Keir Starmer respond?


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson who
are both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Amol was
the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of
the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University
Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he
was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before that and also
previously worked as ITV’s political editor.


This episode was made by Lewis Vickers with Nadia Gyane and Grace
Reeve. Digital production was by Grace Reeve. The technical
producer was Hannah Montgomery. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The
executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.