# Trump's allies need to stop taking the punches — it's time to play him at his own game | Sean Bell

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Podcast: [The Trump Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trump-report-7360685)
Published: 2026-07-07T15:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1608

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Sean Bell, retired Air Vice Marshal, former RAF fighter pilot and military analyst, joins Maddie Hale from the NATO summit in Ankara to analyse Trump's push on NATO defence spending, Ukraine's fight for more Patriot missiles, Russia's latest battlefield struggles, Trump's relationship with Putin, and his escalating feud with Giorgia Meloni. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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