Trump's Transactional Foreign Policy

Over the past week, President Donald J. Trump dramatically ceded the stage to Elon Musk in the Oval Office, turned the Democratic mayor of New York City into a political pawn and ensured that Vladimir Putin begins peace talks with Ukraine on Russia’s terms.

The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Maggie Haberman, David E. Sanger and Zolan Kanno-Youngs sit down and discuss the latest week in the Trump administration.

Guests: 

• Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.
• David E. Sanger, the White House and National Security Correspondent for The New York Times.
• Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk are hunting hunt for corruption, but very selectively.
• Mr. Trump says his call with Mr. Putin is the beginningis beginning of the Ukraine peace negotiations.
• How the Jjustice Ddepartmentt. helped sink its own case against Eric Adams.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 

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