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I don't see how we can continue to maintain this kind of strong line on Putin whilst also allowing Trump and Netanyahu essentially to run right in the Middle East.
I don't see how we can continue to maintain this kind of strong line on Putin whilst also allowing Trump and Netanyahu essentially to run right in the Middle East.
You know, ever since he, while Barack Obama was still president of America and Netanyahu didn't meet with him and instead met with Trump when Trump was a candidate for the 2016 election.
You know, ever since he, while Barack Obama was still president of America and Netanyahu didn't meet with him and instead met with Trump when Trump was a candidate for the 2016 election.
The global fallout of the US elections keeps happening because this week Trump also announced and then deferred tariffs to Canada and Mexico, as well as applying a 10% tariff on some Chinese goods. But what about the United Kingdom? Sorry, here is another, unfortunately, Donald Trump clip in regards to our government.
The global fallout of the US elections keeps happening because this week Trump also announced and then deferred tariffs to Canada and Mexico, as well as applying a 10% tariff on some Chinese goods. But what about the United Kingdom? Sorry, here is another, unfortunately, Donald Trump clip in regards to our government.
I mean, that made almost no sense. If you can try and sort of extract some coherence from Trump's word soup to the BBC from that clip, he's described the UK as way out of line, but maybe OK. We don't seem to be directly in the firing line, but the EU, which seems to be very much firmly in his crosshairs...
I mean, that made almost no sense. If you can try and sort of extract some coherence from Trump's word soup to the BBC from that clip, he's described the UK as way out of line, but maybe OK. We don't seem to be directly in the firing line, but the EU, which seems to be very much firmly in his crosshairs...
That's a hostility that also aligns with a lot of the tech companies that have been outright supporters of him because of some legislation that he's trying to look at in terms of online safety. But anyway, that's a separate conversation. But in terms of the way out of line comment, our government didn't agree.
That's a hostility that also aligns with a lot of the tech companies that have been outright supporters of him because of some legislation that he's trying to look at in terms of online safety. But anyway, that's a separate conversation. But in terms of the way out of line comment, our government didn't agree.
A spokesperson for Keir Starmer said, we've got a fair and balanced trading relationship and that our trade is worth about 300 billion pounds. The spokesperson also noted that we are each other's single largest investors with 1.2 trillion pounds invested in each other's economies. Thank you.
A spokesperson for Keir Starmer said, we've got a fair and balanced trading relationship and that our trade is worth about 300 billion pounds. The spokesperson also noted that we are each other's single largest investors with 1.2 trillion pounds invested in each other's economies. Thank you.
But look, that's the obligatory US update done. But if you want the US perspective on Trump's delayed trade war or Elon Musk's growing grip on the government, Pod Save America unpacks it all. How Musk's handpicked crew is dismantling key agencies, why Trump's trade deal changes little and whether Democrats can stop the chaos.
But look, that's the obligatory US update done. But if you want the US perspective on Trump's delayed trade war or Elon Musk's growing grip on the government, Pod Save America unpacks it all. How Musk's handpicked crew is dismantling key agencies, why Trump's trade deal changes little and whether Democrats can stop the chaos.
Plus, former Obama adviser Brian Deese breaks down just how bad things could get.
Plus, former Obama adviser Brian Deese breaks down just how bad things could get.
Listen, there's not much to celebrate at the moment, but it is really, really worth highlighting when this kind of stuff happens, when positive things happen through specific actions by activists and experts like Tessa. It's really, really good news, but the fight might not be over.
Listen, there's not much to celebrate at the moment, but it is really, really worth highlighting when this kind of stuff happens, when positive things happen through specific actions by activists and experts like Tessa. It's really, really good news, but the fight might not be over.
There's speculation that the government might attempt to reissue licenses and the oil companies can continue work on the developments and gather further data about just how much CO2 it might emit. But for drilling to happen, they would need to be issued a new licence from the government.
There's speculation that the government might attempt to reissue licenses and the oil companies can continue work on the developments and gather further data about just how much CO2 it might emit. But for drilling to happen, they would need to be issued a new licence from the government.