The Real Reason Trump Sold Out Ukraine in Putin Diesel Deal

Gargantuan grift Are the wheels coming off the Trump administration? President Trump's deal with Putin to buy Russian diesel has even dismayed some Republicans. Both the domestic politics and the geopolitics of it are baffling. Gerry has another theory about Trump's motivations for making a deal with Moscow. Katy has been on the campaign trail with Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to hear what Republicans are saying ahead of the midterms on November 3rd. The fall of Kimberly Guilfoyle Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump’s ambassador to Greece, has been asked to resign after allegations she solicited $100,000 from a donor to pay her credit card bill. Guilfoyle, the former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr, has denied all wrongdoing and has said she'll vigorously defend her name. Meanwhile, new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia had a rocky first outing in front of the cameras, and now she's facing questions about her CV. Can she survive the week? Elizabeth Holmes tried to sue me Finally, a new documentary takes us inside the extraordinary story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. Gerry was editor of The Wall Street Journal when it broke the story that unravelled Holmes’s billion-dollar blood-testing empire. He remembers how aggressively Holmes tried to sue the paper. Katy Balls, Washington editor and columnist at The Times and The Sunday Times Gerard Baker, columnist at The Times and editor at large at The Wall Street Journal Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson Executive producer: Molly Guinness Picture: Getty Images 00:00 - Trump's controversial Russian diesel deal 01:45 - What is Trump really getting from Vladimir Putin? 03:42 - White House pressures Ukraine: Ceasefire leverage & intelligence threats 04:11 - "A gargantuan grift": Unprecedented allegations 06:53 - Will the Russia deal cost Republicans the midterms? 08:16 - Texas political earthquake: Ken Paxton vs. James Talarico 10:41 - Kimberly Guilfoyle forced out as Ambassador to Greece 13:41 - $100k AmEx bills & donor favours: A pattern of corruption 17:11 - Sacked by Trump: The departures of Guilfoyle and Kristi Noem 18:12 - New Press Secretary Katie Zakaria’s rocky first briefing 20:08 - The shadow of Karoline Leavitt & resume controversy 21:39 - Elizabeth Holmes: Can the Theranos fraudster get a second act? 24:52 - Hiding in plain sight: How the WSJ exposed Silicon Valley's biggest fraud Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/