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Week in politics: The tense state of U.S.-Russia relations, what’s next after Trump says DACA deal is off and more

By AirTalk Staff
Published Apr 2, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting with Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova and Alexander Bastrykin, the head of Russia's Investigative Committee, in Moscow on March 28, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Sputnik / Mikhail KLIMENTYEV (Photo credit should read MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting with Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova and Alexander Bastrykin, the head of Russia's Investigative Committee, in Moscow on March 28, 2018.
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Week in politics: The tense state of U.S.-Russia relations, what’s next after Trump says DACA deal is off and more

AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the headlines from the weekend in politics and looks ahead to the week to come.

This week, our political analysts will discuss:

  • Russia

    • Kremlin says Trump invited Putin to The White House

    • Russia expels 60 U.S. diplomats and closes St. Petersburg consulate

    • Russia’s ambassador to U.S. says he can’t remember a time when U.S.-Russian relations were worse

  • DACA future after Trump’s weekend Twitter rant 

  • Follow on furor over Census citizenship question

  • Response from CA cities, counties to Trump’s sanctuary city lawsuit against CA

  • Trump administration's response to Sacramento police-involved shooting

  • Gov. Schwarzenegger’s surgery, and his “new way” comments that Kasich should run

  • Trump calls Roseanne Barr to congratulate her on reboot

  • China hits U.S. with tariffs on 128 products

  • Trump’s Twitter

    • Blasts USPS for getting fleeced by Amazon

    • Continuing VA fallout (former Secretary Shulkin says he was fired via Twitter)

    • With Hope Hicks gone, who can soothe Trump? Plus, Gen. Kelly’s role reportedly shrinking. Plus, POTUS is being told he doesn’t need a communications director

  • CA special elections tomorrow

Guests:

Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush

Matt Rodriguez, Democratic strategist and founder and chief executive officer of Rodriguez Strategies. He is also a former senior Obama advisor in 2008; he tweets