US President Donald Trump has called out Vladimir Putin’s “bullshit” and appears to be getting ready to back major US sanctions against Russia. Could this be the end of Trump’s soft spot for the Russian dictator? 

Venetia chats to veteran army officer and chemical and nuclear weapons expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon about what might happen next and why we can’t trust either Trump or Putin. 

They also discuss Russia’s campaign of chemical weapons in Ukraine, the dangers of not supporting Syria’s new Islamist government, and the significance of the new French-British nuclear weapons deal. 

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