Is Our Megalomaniacal Wannabe Dictator About to Give Putin the Ultimate Gift of Destroying NATO and Imposing a Death Sentence on Ukraine?
We begin with Trump’s apparent determination to take Greenland by force if he has to in spite of a bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers visiting Denmark and NATO countries sending in troops as a tripwire should our megalomaniacal dictator order JSOC to execute war plans to attack a NATO country, destroy the alliance and issue a death sentence for Ukraine in what would be Trump’s ultimate gift to Putin. Joining us is Rick Wilson, a renowned political strategist, infamous ad-maker, writer, speaker, and political commentator. A 30-year veteran of national Republican politics, he got his start in the 1988 Presidential campaign of George Herbert Walker Bush. In December 2019, he co-founded the Lincoln Project and his books include Everything Trump Touches Dies and Running Against The Devil – A Plot To Save America from Trump And Democrats From Themselves. He writes at therickwilson.substack.com where his latest article is “Greenland and the Pentagon: The Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs Are Failing the Test.”
A Russian Journalist Who Experienced Putin’s Dictatorial Takeover and Sees Parallels With Trump’s Authoritarian Takeover of the U.S.
Then we speak with a brave Russian journalist in exile who experienced Putin’s decades-long dictatorial takeover of Russia and sees alarming parallels with Trump’s authoritarian takeover of the United States. Joining us is Anna Nemzer, a journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker who was a TV anchor on the only independent channel in Russia who Putin labeled as a foreign agent and she was forced to flee Russia when Putin invaded Ukraine. She is a senior host at TV Rain in exile, where she hosts “Total Recall” and is the co-founder of Kronika which preserves endangered media all around the world. Anna is the co-director with Julia Loktev and subject of the new film, shortlisted for the 2025 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, My Undesirable Friends.
This hour broadcasts the show produced by Background Briefing with Ian Masters on Sunday.