Simon Marks Reporting

October 23, 2026 - "American Week": Trump's top envoy calls Putin a "humanitarian" as Republican midterm losses loom

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Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for LBC's Friday drivetime programme, this week presented by Ben Kentish.

In this episode:

-- despite Trump fervently adhering himself to Vladimir Putin, the UK government expresses confidence that America remains on "the side of freedom". -- Hegseth besmirches the honour of fallen allied soldiers yet again. -- Trump engages in racist…