Trump Helps Putin, Israel Votes, Guilfoyle Resigns, Slava Ukraini | with Guest Joel Rubin

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Recorded live Tuesday October 13, 2026 -- Joel Rubin, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Obama administration, joins Julie Roginsky on The Mayday Podcast for a long-form conversation on a busy foreign policy news day: Trump’s diesel deal with Vladimir Putin and the squeeze on Ukraine, Kimberly Guilfoyle’s resignation as ambassador to Greece, and the Israeli election on October 27. Why does a resignation that looks like a scandal also raise serious national security questions? What does it mean when America’s allies start to wonder whether they can still count on us? And what could the next few weeks change, from Washington to Kyiv to Jerusalem? Julie and Joel take on all of…