What if the escalating tension between Russia and the United States gets worse? Could Donald Trump lead us to conflict with Russia?

Is Russia cornered and lashing out at the US and the world? Russia wants to be a great world power, but can it remain as a single country and achieve that?

What should US policy be towards Russia? Is what we are saying making Russia more aggressive than it needs to be? There is an argument that the US isn’t standing up to Russia enough.

Author George Beebe joined Thom to ask whether Trump is caught in a Russian trap.