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Covers Trump's public demands and accusations involving Zelenskyy, Ukraine's wartime leadership, attacks on Russian oil refineries, and Ukrainian responsibility for fuel prices and U.S. political problems.
Co-hosts Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad examined Katie Zacharia’s record for the shortest White House press secretary tenure in an Oct. 21, 2026 episode of The Guardian’s Decoding America podcast. The episode also compared how women in the Trump administration were treated after perceived mistakes with how men seemed to survive their missteps, and turned to U.S. policy toward Russia’s war in Ukraine.
At a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, on October 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy paused for 15 seconds before smiling and saying "This is my answer" when a Sky News reporter asked whether US President Donald Trump was treating him as a "scapegoat" for American domestic problems, including high diesel prices before midterm elections.
President Trump on Saturday called on Ukraine to replace Volodymyr Zelensky as its leader and pressed Kyiv to stop airstrikes against Russian oil refineries, blaming the strikes for high diesel prices in the U.S. and worldwide. The remarks came a day after Trump announced an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and world markets.