Tangle - Trump sours on Putin, pivots on Ukraine.

Episode Date: July 15, 2025

On Monday, President Donald Trump announced two measures aimed at pressuring Russia to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. First, Trump said Russia would face tariffs “at about 100%” if it did not agree to a peace deal in the next 50 days, adding that he would impose secondary sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil, such as China, India, Brazil, and Turkey. Second, he outlined a plan for countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to purchase weapons from the United States and then transfer them to Ukraine. The announcement follows recently heightened criticism from President Trump towards Russian President Vladimir Putin over his purported unwillingness to end the war. Ad-free podcasts are here!Many listeners have been asking for an ad-free version of this podcast that they could subscribe to — and we finally launched it. You can go to ReadTangle.com to sign up!You can read today's podcast⁠ ⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠, our “Under the Radar” story ⁠here and today’s “Have a nice day” story ⁠here⁠.Take the survey: What do you think of Trump’s pivot on Russia and Ukraine? Let us know!Disagree? That's okay. My opinion is just one of many. Write in and let us know why, and we'll consider publishing your feedback.You can subscribe to Tangle by clicking here or drop something in our tip jar by clicking here. Our Executive Editor and Founder is Isaac Saul. Our Executive Producer is Jon Lall.This podcast was written by: Isaac Saul and edited and engineered by Dewey Thomas. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet 75.Our newsletter is edited by Managing Editor Ari Weitzman, Senior Editor Will Kaback, Hunter Casperson, Kendall White, Bailey Saul, and Audrey Moorehead.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I'm your host, Isaac Saul. And on today's episode, we're going to be talking about some new developments in the war in Ukraine, sharing some latest news on President Donald Trump's perspectives on Vladimir Putin and some of the things he's doing in a tangible way that might actually change the course of what's happening. To get it started, I'm going to send over to Will to break down today's main story and some views from the left and the right and of course from Ukraine and Russia as well. And then I will share my take.

Thanks, Isaac. Here are today's quick hits. Number one, consumer prices in June rose 2.7% from the year prior, a faster rate than May's 2.4% annual increase. Prices rose 0.3% from May to June. Number two, the Supreme Court issued an unsigned order halting a lower court order that had blocked the Trump administration's layoffs at the Education Department. The court's three liberal justices dissented.

Separately, 24 Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration for freezing $6 billion in education funding. Number three, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell asked the central bank's inspector general to review its $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project, which President Trump has alleged could be illegal. Number four, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced he will remain in the New York City mayoral election and run as

an independent after losing the Democratic primary to state assemblyman Zoran Mamdani in June. Number five, firefighters in Arizona are battling two wildfires in and around the Grand Canyon. The fires have collectively burned approximately 55,000 acres of land as of today. On Wednesday night, Russia launched its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of the war, bombarding the country with more than 700 drones and a dozen missiles. That attack came a day after Trump said he was very unhappy with Putin during a cabinet meeting. It is just the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the two leaders as Trump is outwardly losing patience with

Putin. On Monday, President Donald Trump announced two measures aimed at pressuring Russia to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. First, Trump said Russia would face tariffs, quote, at about 100 percent if it did not agree to a peace deal in the next 50 days, adding that he would impose secondary sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil, such as China, India, Brazil, and Turkey. Second, he outlined a plan for countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, to purchase weapons from the United States and then transfer them to Ukraine. The announcement follows recently heightened criticism from President Trump toward Russian President Vladimir Putin over his purported unwillingness to end the war.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte touted NATO's success in providing sustained aid to Ukraine. Quote, this is again European nations standing up. I've been in contact with many countries. They all want to be a part of this, Ruta said alongside Trump in the Oval Office. Quote, and this is only the first wave. There will be more. End quote. In addition to the NATO arms plan, Trump said on Sunday that he would authorize the transfer

of an unspecified number of Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, which the European Union would pay for. Trump added that the new weapons deal would provide Ukraine with access to a full complement of weapons, which possibly includes short-range missiles, how it surrounds, and medium-range air-to-air missiles. Quote, Putin really surprised a lot of people, Trump said when announcing the decision. Quote, he talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening. The comments mark an ongoing shift in President Trump's posture toward President Putin. In March, Trump said he believed that Putin was interested in peace and criticized Ukrainian

President Vladimir Zelensky's handling of negotiations, which culminated in a heated exchange in the Oval Office. However, after a July 3rd call with Putin, Trump told reporters the two leaders had made no progress and said that he was, quote, not happy. Then on July 7th, Trump said he was disappointed that Putin continued to bomb Ukrainian cities as they were trying to negotiate a ceasefire.

One day later, during a cabinet meeting, Trump again criticized Putin, saying, quote, we get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth. He's very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless, end quote. Meanwhile, Russia has been ramping up its offensive in Ukraine.

On Saturday, Russia carried out a large scale drone and missile attack in Southwestern Ukraine that killed at least six people and wounded dozens more. Russia has also stepped up its efforts to break through parts of the roughly 620-mile front line, where Ukraine has signaled its troops are under increasing duress. Today we'll cover the new developments in the conflict with views from the right, left, and righters abroad. Then Isaac gives his take. We'll be right back after this quick break.

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Some worry that the US continues to overextend itself in foreign conflicts. The Wall Street Journal editorial board said Trump sends a new message to Putin. It took six months, but President Trump seems to have concluded that Vladimir Putin doesn't want peace in Ukraine. The Russian will have a lovely talk with the president and then quote, the missiles will go off that night, Trump said at the Oval Office on Monday. This new realism is a welcome change from Mr. Trump's previous strategy of leaning only on Ukraine and has a better chance of getting a ceasefire, the board wrote. The best news from Monday's White House meeting is that the free world will continue to arm

Ukraine against Mr. Putin's ravages. The president also threatened a new 100% tariff on countries that buy Russian goods if there's no progress towards a ceasefire within 50 days. The threat is clearly an attempt to get ahead of the bill by senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal that would slap tariffs of up to 500% on countries that purchase Russian oil and gas products, the board said. The 50-day reprieve is too generous to Mr. Putin, who may think it means Mr. Trump doesn't

really want to do it. Graham and Blumenthal issued a statement praising Mr. Trump's turn on weapons, but with a hint of disappointment that he didn't endorse their sanctions bill, which has 85 cosponsors. In the American conservative, Daniel R. DePetrus wrote about America's broken foreign policy. The United States is simply doing too much, the consequence of an outdated US foreign policy of primacy that Washington continues to lean on. In general, primacy is a resource-intensive approach that seeks to defend the state's status as the world's foremost power by keeping competitors

down and allies close," De Petrus said. Maintaining dominance over the international system is the name of the game, and U.S. administrations under Republican and Democratic presidents alike sought to ensure American power was unrivaled and unchallenged. Trump may repeatedly crow about allies in Europe and Asia not picking up their fair share of the defense burden, but the sheen of primacy hasn't worn off yet," De Petrus wrote. Desperately clinging to a dying hegemony means short-changing military readiness over the

long term, rapidly moving military resources thousands of miles at a time without due regard for the long-term strategy and expanding defense assets at a rate that current production can't match. Eventually, those decisions will add up and result in difficult decisions down the line, like the one Washington just confronted regarding Ukraine. Here's what the left is saying. Many on the left believe Trump is genuinely frustrated with Putin, but note that his position

could change again. Others suggest Trump is angry because Putin is hurting his ability to self-mythologize. In CNN, Aaron Blake wrote, Trump seems to really be losing his patience with Putin. But why now? This week, Trump has reversed a brief pause in defensive weapons shipments to Ukraine while suggesting this was undertaken by others in his administration. He has, for now, largely abandoned blaming both sides for the war, after almost always pairing any critique of Russia with the critique of Ukraine, as if they were equal partners

in prolonging Russia's war of aggression, Blake said. And on Tuesday, he without prompting praised the quote, courage of Ukrainian's fighters, suggesting the huge investment the United States has made in Ukraine's defense hasn't been the boondoggle that many in the MAGA base believe. So what's happening here? The question before us is whether Trump's shift today will prove as fleeting as that was, perhaps, but there are signs that it might not be.

For one, it seems the president might be coming to the realization that his goals in Ukraine are irreconcilable with Putin's. For Trump, it's always about getting a win, Blake wrote. And Trump's comments on Tuesday weren't just tough on Putin. They seem to reflect deeper frustration that his Russian counterpart is stringing him along. Perhaps Trump genuinely believed in his deal-making prowess, and he feels Putin has made a fool of him.

In MSNBC, Nicholas Grossman explored the real reason Trump's so publicly frustrated with Putin. Trump is frustrated, but with what? Not that Russia aggressively invaded Ukraine. When Putin ordered that over three years ago, Trump gushed that it was savvy and genius, Grossman said. Nor is Trump frustrated that Russia frequently fires at civilian targets. Trump sometimes laments the war's destructiveness, but always generically, without blaming Russia, like how people talk about natural disasters. If Trump actually cared about Russia killing civilians, he never would have blocked aid for air defense. Most likely, what's frustrating Trump is that the events aren't following his

reality TV script or Russia sympathetic conspiracy theories. He promised he'd end the war on his first day back in office, using pressure on Ukrainians and his personal rapport with Putin to stop the fighting and get himself a Nobel Peace Prize, Grossman wrote. Trump put Putin above U.S. national interests and Putin hasn't returned to favor. Instead of prioritizing Trump's image crafting, Putin keeps prioritizing Russia's national power.

If anything, Putin seems to enjoy these displays of dominance, toying with Trump rather than giving him a fig leaf. And finally, here's what writers abroad are saying. Some writers abroad welcome Trump's pivot, but question whether he will follow through. Others say Ukraine must use its replenished weapons access to force Russia to the negotiating table. In the Kiev Post, Timothy Ash asked, is Trump finally set to call Putin to account? Trump seemed to like to bully the weak, while looking up and conceding ground to the strong.

Something might have changed over the past few weeks, Ash wrote. Give the bully what he wants and he will go away. And what he wants is Ukraine. Initially, the Trump team indeed conceded almost everything and much more in the lead up to the peace talks. No NATO for Ukraine, no bilateral security guarantees from the US. Russia keeps all the land it occupies. Putin's response though, was not to agree to a ceasefire,

let alone peace, but to ask for more. The bigger question is whether Trump will be willing to impose significant sanctions on Russia. The mother of all Russia sanctions bills has over 80 supporters now in the U.S. Senate, including Lindsey Graham, and enough to pass, Ash said. However, with Russia accounting for 10% of global oil exports and large shares of an array of other commodities, Russia, and I think the market, assumes

that Trump would not dare such a disruptive and potentially globally systemic action. Russia is assuming taco. Trump always chickens out. Let's see. Likely Trump will seek to up the pressure on Putin by giving a time frame for pushing on with the 500% tariff bill. In The Spectator, Svitlana Moranets argued Trump has given Ukraine a chance to stop Putin in his tracks. It took Donald Trump six months, at least six useless phone calls with Vladimir

Putin, and more than a thousand Ukrainian civilians killed since the start of his second term for the realization to finally hit Russia has no intention of ending the war. Moranets wrote. Ukrainians will greet this news with great relief. Their country's survival has relied on the erratic moods within Trump's administration that have led to three halts in military aid since January. Now Ukraine can expect a continuous flow of weapons to the front line.

Putin's plan to crush Ukraine when American aid dries up may have failed, but he still has an overwhelming advantage in manpower and weapon quantities, Moranet said. When summer, the best season for the ground offensive ends, Trump believes Putin will come to the negotiating table. Ukraine's best chance is to use this time and America's weapons to stabilize the front line and stop Russian advances once and for all. All right, now back to Isaac for his take. All right, that is it for the left and the right are saying, which brings us to my take.

How much time did we waste? How many lives Ukrainian and Russian were lost to satisfy the fantasy that Vladimir Putin was someone that he wasn't? How many Americans followed the president's lead and bought the line that Ukraine is the real aggressor, that Zelensky is the real dictator, that Putin is the real defender against wonton aggression? How much closer could we be to the end of the war if Trump had seen Putin for who he really was

from the start? Yes, I am glad President Trump is beginning to see Putin clearly, but we shouldn't let him off the hook for taking the first six months of his administration to get there either. Let's not forget that the entire Oval Office blowup with Volodymyr Zelensky was sparked by Zelensky having the audacity to tell Trump and Vice President

JD Vance that Putin could not be trusted. Specifically, Zelensky asked them to explain what they meant by diplomacy, because Ukraine had tried its share of diplomacy, but Putin consistently broke his promises and wrought more war. For that, Vance, who is still never stepped foot in Ukraine, chastised Zelensky, saying he was disrespectful to litigate this in front of the US media. Trump then piled on insisting Zalinski didn't have the cards before going off about the Russia hoax and Hunter Biden. This moment set peace talks back months.

At the time, plenty of people blamed Zalinski for a tactical error in Trump diplomacy, including us. But his only crime was simply pointing out that Putin broke a 2014 ceasefire and would break future deals if they weren't enforced. And he was right. Take a listen at how Trump describes what it's like to engage in peace talks with Putin. I speak to him a lot about getting this thing done. And I always hang up and say, well, that was a nice phone call. And then missiles launched into Kiev or some other city. I said, strange.

And after that happens three or four times, you say, the talk doesn't mean anything. My conversations with them are always very pleasant. I say, isn't that a very lovely conversation? And then the missiles go off that night. I go home, I tell the First Lady, you know, I spoke with Vladimir today, we had a wonderful conversation. She said, Oh, really? Another city was just hit. So it's like,

look, he's I don't want to say he's an assassin, but he's a tough guy. It's been proven over the years. He's fooled a lot of people. He fooled Bush, he fooled a lot of people. He fooled Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden. He didn't fool me. The thing is, he did fool Trump. In fact, he fooled Trump more than he fooled any of the other presidents he listed. They all had clear eyes about who Putin was,

what he was capable of, and what his end goals were, even if they also failed to contain him. Journalists and pundits have been pointing out for years Putin's very obvious simple strategy, showering Trump in flattery in order to keep himself on the president's good side. Trump's telling of their relationship as shown in the quotes above is actually quite revealing. Putin was so nice to me before murdering a bunch of Ukrainians.

I just can't figure out what his deal is. Of course, Putin's deal is that he wants to conquer Ukraine, and he knows Trump could lead a force to stop him, so he's decided to eliminate that force by playing into Trump's weakness, adulation. In many ways, now that we know Trump is capable of seeing Putin for who he is, his behavior in the first six months of his second term almost becomes more inexcusable. Even now, Trump's tactics are hard to justify or understand. On July 3rd, Putin told Trump explicitly that he planned to escalate the war and make a renewed push to reach the administrative borders of Ukraine in the next 60 days.

Trump responded by waiting nearly two weeks before announcing a 50-day deadline for a peace deal. Yes, Trump is finally demonstrating real frustration with Putin and meeting him with action, but his chosen tactic grants Putin the timeline he wanted. However, some of Trump's moves are much more aggressive than a delayed trade response. He's selling weapons to NATO that will pass through Ukraine. He's also strengthening his relationship with the head of NATO, who has very clear interest in beating back Putin,

and has not been shy about saying the alliance needs Trump to do so. According to a report in the Financial Times, Trump went as far as asking Zelensky to ramp up Ukraine's strikes deep inside Russia, even asking Ukraine if it could strike Moscow if the U.S. were to sell at long-range missiles. Personally, I find these updates heartening, not because I want the war to escalate, but because I think one side in this war is very clearly morally right. And I believe the US should back it. I was open-minded about Trump pursuing a peace deal and I cheered the mineral

rights deal he struck with Ukraine. But I'm also deeply unsurprised by his failure to usher in any lasting peace so far. Making peace with Putin is difficult when the Russian president believes 40 million free Ukrainians belong to him. And make no mistake, he does. This much has been clear since March of 2022. Far too many people in the Trump administration have had blinders on about that basic fact

at the heart of the matter, but it appears the reality is finally setting in. Now, I'm curious to see how Trump's base reacts to this latest pivot. Trump supporters are already in the midst of their most divisive inter-party war of Trump's second term over the Epstein files. Many Republicans do not want the U.S. to continue to support Ukraine,

and more still have spent the last six months defending Trump's position that Zelensky is the primary instigator in the war. Vance has been pushing the U.S. to stop sending money and arms to Ukraine since 2022 and railing against supporting Europe so far in his vice presidency. And for months, Trump has bullhorned his belief that the war must end and peace must be pursued at all costs, even if Ukraine has to give up more territory. How the base responds will have real impacts on Trump's commitment, but the more important question is how Putin will react.

Trump is suggesting Ukraine strike deep into Russia, supplying them with new weapons and threatening massive tariffs against Russia's trading partners. Russia may be more responsive to economic and military pressure than to peace talks, and Trump is just unpredictable enough that Putin may not like his odds of success if he pushes back. Trump's change in posture could legitimately be the best thing for Ukraine in years. That's all good news. However, Trump's misread of Putin that preceded it has lost Ukraine a lot of time, cost more Ukrainians and Russians their lives,

allowed the war to escalate and increased the likelihood that any peace deal will now involve more territorial concessions for Ukraine since they continue to lose ground in the war as time passes. For this new path to lead to peace, Trump will need to retain this accurate impression of Putin. He'll need domestic support to keep his commitment from becoming a political loser, and Ukraine will need the resolve to wait for the tides of the war to change. These are all fresh mountains to climb in pursuit of an acceptable peace agreement for Ukraine. They're all surmountable, but we're off to a belated start. We'll be right back after this quick break.

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service fees, exclusions, and terms apply. Instacart, groceries that over-deliver. This episode is sponsored by the OCS Summer Pre-Roll Sale. Sometimes when you roll your own joint, things can turn out a little differently than what you expected. Maybe it's a little too loose, maybe it's a little too flimsy, or maybe it's a little too covered in dirt because your best friend distracted you and you dropped it on the ground. There's a million ways to roll a

joint wrong, but there's one roll that's always perfect. The pre-roll. Shop the summer pre-roll and infuse pre-roll sale today at OCS.ca and participating retailers. All right. That is it for my take, which brings us to your questions answered. This one's from Chris in San Diego, California. You said, it's been about a year since the first presidential assassination attempt, yet I know absolutely nothing about the person, how it happened, or why it happened. Feels like we know so much about so many other things, but these major events in history feel like they happen and we know very little. Did I miss something?

With today's media and online presence, I'm kind of surprised we don't know more about this by now. First of all, great question. At the time of the shooting, we knew very little about the motives of the attempted assassin who took aim at then candidate Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The public has not learned everything about him since,

but we have learned a few important details. Now, a disclaimer, Tangle's standard policy is not to name shooters because of the well-known contagion effect. In our initial coverage of this story, we actually made an exception due to the historical nature of the event. But given the new information from the FBI, which they've shared about the shooter since, that I'm going to talk about in a second, we're actually going to adhere to our standard policy in today's reader question, so I won't be naming the shooter. As we wrote at the time, the 20-year

old who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump's almost certainly had right wing views. He was registered to vote as a Republican. His high school classmates described him as conservative and he grew up with conservative parents. However, his politics are still not well understood. He reportedly did not talk about politics in high school very much, and he made a one time $15 donation to Act Blue on the day of Biden's inauguration. The FBI has described the shooter as an isolated loner, and the Bureau says what it's learned about him since the shooting fits a profile of a person with no definitive ideology.

The FBI also said that it believes he was not motivated by politics, but instead by a desire for significance and fame, thus affirming our position to not name him here. We also know that his preparation was more extensive than initial reports show. He bought a ticket to the rally online, searched where Trump would be speaking from, scouted the location, and even researched how to make a homemade bomb. Recently, an extensive CBS report uncovered that the shooter's personal habits started to shift after he purchased a rifle in the summer of 2023.

Though he continued to keep to himself, he started to practice at a shooting range and use a VPN when online. Closer to the day of the Butler rally, he began to research when the DNC and RNC events would be held, and a classmate of his at community college said he started to fidget more and talk faster. That being said, public knowledge is sparse

for two major reasons. The shooter is dead. He was shot that day by a Secret Service sniper, so we can't learn more about him through statements, actions, or a public trial. Second, the FBI is still investigating him, and it probably has only released a small portion of what it has uncovered. The government probably has a pretty accurate picture of the attempted assassin, but sensitive details about his life will be classified for quite a while. Alright, that is it for your questions answered. I'm going to send it back to Will for the rest of the pod and I'll see you guys tomorrow. Have a good one.

Peace. Alright on to today's Under the Radar story. A new report from a bipartisan Senate commission alleges the Secret Service made a string of errors that preceded the assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump on July 13, 2024. Among several quote, preventable failures detailed in the report, the commission identified a lapse from the Secret Service security room agent who was responsible for managing Communications between all parties ensuring a protect these security the commission found that the room agent did not communicate to law enforcement

That a local tactical team was looking for a person equipped with a rangefinder Outside the security perimeter roughly 25 minutes before the shooting Furthermore the report suggests that the Secret Service failed to inform the shooting. Furthermore, the report suggests that the Secret Service failed to inform counter snipers at the event about heightened threats to Trump's life leading up to the rally. Quote, the lack of structured communication was likely the greatest contributor to the failures of the Secret Service, the report said. The Washington Post has this story and you can find the link to it in today's episode notes. And here are today's numbers. The number of days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine is 1,237 days. The United States estimated total goods trade with Russia in 2024 was $3.5

billion, according to the US Trade Representative. Next, the approximate total value of US trade with all countries in 2024 was five point four trillion dollars, according to Statista. Next, the percentage of US adults who support increasing US sanctions on Russia is 44 percent, and the percentage who support maintaining current sanctions on Russia is 19 percent, according to a June 2025 YouGov poll. The percentage of U.S. adults who support sanctioning countries that buy Russian oil and gas is 49%, and those who oppose it is 20%. Next, the percentage of U.S. adults who support increasing military aid to Ukraine is 26%,

and those who support maintaining current levels of aid is 23%. And finally, the percentage of U.S. adults who support decreasing military aid to Ukraine is 13% and those who support stopping all aid is 19%. And finally, here is today's Have a Nice Day story. When Jonathan O'Neill began researching the Novogajidic Greenstone Belt in 2008, he faced a major challenge. The rocks lacked zircon, a standard mineral used to date ancient crust. But in a new study, O'Neill turned to a more recent dating method involving the rare earth

element samarium and determined a minimum age of 4.16 billion years, potentially making the belt Earth's oldest known rocks. Quote, the time scales are so long and the history of these rocks and minerals is so tortured that gleaning any primary information from them at all is pretty amazing. Penn State geoscientist, Jesse Reimnick said, CNN science has the story.

And again, you can find the link to it in today's show notes. All right, that is it for today's edition. We'll be back tomorrow. Until then, have a great day. Our executive editor and founder is me, Isaac Saul, and our executive producer is John Lowell. Today's episode was edited and engineered by Dewey Thomas. Our editorial staff is led by managing editor Ari Weitzman with senior editor Will Kavak and associate editors Hunter Tasperson, Audrey Moorhead, Bailey Saul, Lindsay Knuth, and Kendall White. Music for the podcast was produced by Dyett75. To learn more about

Tangle and to sign up for a membership, please visit our website at retangle.com. This episode is sponsored by the OCS Summer Pre-Roll Sale. Sometimes when you roll your own joint, things can turn out a little differently than what you expected. Maybe it's a little too loose, maybe it's a little too flimsy. Or maybe it's a little too covered in dirt because your best friend distracted you and you dropped it on the ground. There's a million ways to roll a joint wrong, but there's one roll that's always perfect. The pre-roll. Shop the summer pre-roll and infuse pre-roll sale today at ocs.ca and participating retailers.

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in as fast as 60 minutes. Plus enjoy $0 delivery fees on your first three orders. Service fees, exclusions and terms apply. Instacart. Groceries that over-deliver.