Political Fallout Shelter: Russia, Russia, Russia

Leo and Joe talk about what President Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin may mean for the U.S. military (0:45) and sanctions mean to hurt Russia could instead isolate other American allies (7:45). They also discuss whether Congress can get done their NDAA work in the final week of summer session for the House (12:15) and the best Twitter jokes they heard this week related to Trump’s backtracking from his press conference comments. Listen, download and subscribe on iTunes: https://trib.al/9nuSs3o and Google Play: https://trib.al/61DLkMf.

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