World Leaders Are in New York for UNGA, But Not Putin

The Brian Lehrer Show | 3 hours ago

David Corn, Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones, and author of many books, including his latest, How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America (HarperCollins, 2026), offers analysis of the day's news, including the conspicuous absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin at UNGA, who hasn't attended in over a decade, and his new book that looks at connections between Presidents Trump and Putin.

Photo: The Headquarters of the United Nations' United Nations Secretariat Building in Manhattan, New York (Steve Cadman, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

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