White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, March 25, 2026 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
In our “That Was The Week That Was (in TrumpLand)”, Times Radio’s Maddie Hale and I evaluate the latest fumbles, stumbles, and falsehoods of the Trump camp.
We begin with the sudden departure of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Maddie’s gentler heart means she is kinder to a woman who may have departed for personal reasons. I’m just focused on Leavitt’s lies.
Then we take apart the curious case of Donald Trump being moved in a food truck from Air Force One to a second jet in Ankara last month amid security fears. He and Thirsty Pete Hegseth bailed out, leaving journalists in the dark and Cabinet members like Secretary of State Marco Rubio at risk as they stayed on the threatened aircraft.
The sting in the tail? The episode was triggered by low-quality intelligence from Israel.
We summarize the latest Trump dead end in his War on Iran. We glance at his failed endorsements of the unqualified and perhaps unstable in Republican primaries. And once more we visit the Non-Reflecting Reflecting Pool.
We close with a recurrent topic: will the Kremlin succeed in manipulating Trump, real estate developer Steve Witkoff, and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in their “last shot” at defeat of Ukraine?
