Is Trump’s Russia diesel deal designed to win the midterms?

Podcast: Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald · ABC Australia

Opublikowano: 2026-11-02

Trump’s diesel deal with Russia, a Senate race turns ugly, and a midterm election that could reshape his presidency. On the eve of the US midterm elections, Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue are joined by Jeremy Shapiro from the European Council on Foreign Relations to unpack a frantic fortnight in US politics. Trump’s diesel deal with Putin has drawn accusations that Washington is now aligned with Moscow’s interests in the Ukraine war, even as First Lady Melania Trump brokers a surprise humanitarian ceasefire in the besieged city of Oleshky. Shapiro also ad...