{"id":4500,"date":"2025-06-16T19:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrainefeed.com\/?p=4500"},"modified":"2025-06-16T19:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:00:06","slug":"ben-hodges-russia-is-a-terrible-ally-jake-broe-podcast-e034on-june-16-2025-at-700-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrainefeed.com\/?p=4500","title":{"rendered":"Ben Hodges: Russia is a Terrible Ally | Jake Broe Podcast (E034)\u200bon June 16, 2025 at 7:00 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4500-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jp9O_2fPvJU&#038;_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jp9O_2fPvJU\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jp9O_2fPvJU<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>\u200bLt. 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In this podcast episode we talk about the current state of the war in Ukraine, Israel &amp; Iran, Trump&#8217;s birthday military parade and Trump&#8217;s politicization of the US military.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow and support Ben Hodges on Twitter here:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/general_ben<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/general-ben.bsky.social<\/p>\n<p>Video of Trump talking about World War II:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/x.com\/JuliaDavisNews\/status\/1933275763547255070<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Become a channel member \ud83d\udd14<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYHosdETLPp6dpJEsgIUTmw\/join<\/p>\n<p>My Patreon Page:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.patreon.com\/join\/jakebroe<\/p>\n<p>Buy Me a Coffee \u2615\ufe0f<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/jakebroe<\/p>\n<p>You can also support me with PayPal:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd25 Find me: JakeBroeYT@gmail.com<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd25 https:\/\/paypal.me\/JakeBroeYT<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcaf LET\u2019S CONNECT \ud83d\udcaf<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd8b Bluesky @RealJakeBroe.bsky.social \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/realjakebroe.bsky.social<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf7 Instagram\/Facebook @JakeBroe \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jakebroe\/<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc26 Twitter @RealJakeBroe \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJakeBroe<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47 \ud83d\udc47 Watch My Other Videos Here \ud83d\udc47 \ud83d\udc47<br \/>\n\u2605 Iran is Getting Destroyed and Russia Can&#8217;t Do Anything<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/zG-0osXV-iM<br \/>\n\u2605 Russia Threatens World with Nuclear Destruction&#8230; Again&#8230;<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/jrPo<br \/>\n\u2605 Russia Lost 2 More War Planes (HA HA)<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/K7pr8WCHXbQ<br \/>\n\u2605 Russia Keeps Taking Horrible Losses!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/6WY1choq1c8<br \/>\n\u2605 Satellites Reveal True Devastation of Russia&#8217;s War Planes<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/id1GBjdcnBA<br \/>\n\u2605 Russia&#8217;s WORST Week of the War<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/NtW19adNEKA<\/p>\n<p>===============<\/p>\n<p>Links are in the order they appear in the video:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/x.com\/JuliaDavisNews\/status\/1933275763547255070<\/p>\n<p>================<br \/>\n#ukraine  #russia  #nato<br \/>\n================\u00a0VIDEO SOURCE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bLt. 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