<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Senior political reporter Aaron Blake talks with Post congressional reporter Liz Goodwin and Dan Lamothe, who covers the Pentagon and the U.S. military, about the week’s political news. They dig into Trump’s sharp turn against Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. They also talk about new polling that shows Trump’s sweeping federal policy decisions are </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/trump-policies-opposed-by-americans/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=the-campaign-moment" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">largely unpopular</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">. Plus, why GOP lawmakers are quietly begging Trump to spare their districts from Trump and his ally Elon Musk’s splashy government spending cuts.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Today’s show was produced by Laura Benshoff. It was edited by Lucy Perkins with help from Rachel Van Dongen. It was mixed by Justin Gerrish.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Subscribe to The Washington Post </span><a href="https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?s_l=OFFSITE_PODCAST&amp;p=s_v&amp;s_dt=yearly&amp;utm%5B%E2%80%A6%5De-podcast&amp;utm_medium=acq-nat&amp;utm_campaign=podcast-subs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">.</span></p>