From Vox.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits a newly gold-adorned Oval Office, walking away with chips, fighter jets, and upgraded security ties. A major corruption scandal erupts inside Zelensky’s government just as Washington pushes a new peace plan for Ukraine. And a tabletop exercise mapping the risks of shifting thousands of national-security personnel away from counterterrorism, cyber, and sanctions work and into immigration enforcement, and what those trade-offs mean for America’s ability to respond to real threats. “When Washington Smells Weakness,” Episode 3 of The Long Game.

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Chapters:
0:00 – Today’s Agenda: Russia’s Demands, Corruption in Ukraine, and U.S. National Security Shifts
3:04 – Oval Office Spectacle: Trump & MBS
11:30 – What MBS Got (and didn’t) From Washington
14:33 – Attention on Sudan
23:10 – Ukraine at an Inflection Point
24:41 – Trump’s “Ukraine Peace Plan”
32:29 – Corruption Scandal in Kyiv
40:04 – Overhaul of U.S. National Security Priorities
51:53 – The Wrap: Recommended Reads and Topics to Watch

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