On this week’s Friday Focus, Rudyard and Janice start the show by reacting to the big news announced by Trump’s defense secretary this week: Russia gets to keep the Donbas border region, no pathway to membership for Ukraine, and no security guarantee from the US. While Putin’s aggression is being rewarded, it’s fair to say that we are witnessing the end of the liberal international order and the return of 19th-century imperialism: the mighty do what they want, the weak do what they must. What lessons will China and Russia take away from America’s abandonment of Ukraine? In the second half of the show, Rudyard and Janice turn to Canadian politics and how Trump’s volatile first few weeks in office have influenced voters north of the border – specifically who Canadians view as the best leader to respond to threats from the US. Can Pierre Poilievre’s disruptive agenda get support in this new political reality? Or is Mark Carney’s calm, steady approach what Canadians are looking for?