What does Donald Trump’s reelection mean for the wars in Ukraine and Gaza? 

Guest: Fred Kaplan, Slate’s “War Stories” correspondent, author of the new novel A Capital Calamity and The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War.

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