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and of course, the eu—us relationship is at the but, bernd, you're kind of the man of the hour, really. you've spent most of the last week with president trump tell us what you were doing. i was there for five days down in florida, a bit of time golfing. on the sunday, he flew to the nascar race in daytona, the daytona 500. and we did a flyby in air force one — and all the tvs in air force one are set to fox, perhaps unsurprisingly flying by the nascar race. and then, to my right, i looked out and i see the stands. and then, landed and

the motorcade drove of pinch—yourself moments injournalism. yeah, it was quite a surreal experience. you know, he's always been a showman, and he made interesting to see that from being a part of it. they put on a basketball game. but, you know, they're pretty set on fox, it appears. and we should explain, i suppose, for our maybe non—sporting or non—american audience — that nascar, that daytona 500 is the biggest race in that rally season. i mean, it's absolutely huge, isn't it? oh, it's huge. and i never really followed nascar personally, but i didn't realise there's 110,000 seats at that race.

and so, when we get in and, you know, you hear the roar ofa crowd, i mean, it was a bigger crowd than i'd i mean, it's twice the size of most stadiums in a lot of countries. it was really quite something, and it looked — you know, it was just a sensory overload, there was fighterjets flying and trump comes out and he does a little wave. and the crowd was loving it, i think it was a really supportive crowd for him. i mean, he knew his audience. into the more serious policy stuff in a moment — of big sporting events? yeah, ithink, you know, he's always liked to be seen. supportive, you know, of him. you know, there was a lot of maga hats and "we love you,

it was, you know, a home game for him, pr opportunity. who's become a bit of a politics pundit, to do, and he said, "look at donald trump. he's at every sporting event. he's at every sporting event. the democrats need somebody who can go to these sporting events and be authentic, not like they're showing up to try to gain votes or gain support, but as president trump does, where he actually seems like he fits in that scene." and indeed, you know, wherever he's gone, whether it's the super bowl or this race, you notice that he is met with of really important policy that he is met with applause and cheers. applause and cheers. yeah, or even ufc fights. yeah, or even ufc fights. you know, he's been to many of them with dana white, of course, dana white, of course, one of his closest allies. one of his closest allies. you know, he knows what he's you know, he knows what he's doing in this regard, doing in this regard, with the sporting events. it wasn't just the sports, it wasn't just the sports, of course, bernie — of course, bernie — i mean, we heard a number i mean, we heard a number of really important policy discussions, and you were able to put a number of questions

to president trump, as well, particularly on ukraine. and in this week where we saw some really significant movement, particularly on the administration's position on ukraine and donald trump questioning and volodymyr zelensky after, you know, what had been a very strong alliance between the us and ukraine, what did you make of that? you know, ithought it was quite surprising, even for someone who's been following the us position on ukraine. you know, the other day at mar—a—lago, when i had a chance to ask him a question, i asked him, "sir, what do you say to the ukrainians who feel betrayed or disappointed they're not at these talks going on in saudi arabia?" i think the answer took a lot of people by surprise. do you have any message for ukrainians who, after three years of fighting, might feel betrayed or disappointed at not having a seat at these initial talks in saudi arabia? well, ithink i'm i really disappointed in what's happened. i've been watching i this for three years. it's a war that would've never happened if i was president. i and i've been watching these,

you know, people being killedj at levels that you've rarely seen, not even close - since the second world war. and i'm very disappointed. i hear that, you know, they're. upset about not having a seat — well, they've had a seat for three years, and - a long time before that. this could've beenl settled very easily. it was really quite a hostile response, i thought,

to ukraine, and now he wants something back from it, in the form of these rare earth minerals. and the day previously, he accused kyiv, and zelensky directly, of having broken the deal, or having backed out of it. about zelensky has hardened a lot in the last 72 hours. and at the end of it, president zelensky wouldn't sign this deal to give over some of the rare

earth minerals." and i think he's viewing that as a slight on the treasury from his business days. deals that went ahead or didn't go ahead. than we've seen us presidents view foreign policy before. definitely with biden, we heard the national security argument, right? biden's major argument was that an investment in ukraine is an investment in the defence of democracy, essentially, was i mean, this is a very transactional sort of conversation he seems to be having about ukraine's future, or the defence of nato's eastern flank, or anything like that.

and indeed, he was. and at the time, from what we understand from reporting from our colleagues, new york times and others, it was received very well it was received very well as a way that donald trump could view this conflict as a way that donald trump through that prism, as you said, caitriona, of the art of the deal — and yet, from the telegraph's and yet, from the telegraph's reporting, the actual agreement reporting, the actual agreement that donald trump and his that donald trump and his administration had presented administration had presented was seen as so punitive was seen as so punitive to ukraine and its future to ukraine and its future that they didn't feel that they didn't feel at the moment, upwards of 50% that they could sign it. that they could sign it. you know, i think what'll be you know, i think what'll be really interesting to watch is how various republicans really interesting to watch within his coalition continue to respond to some of the language that we've seen president trump use, president trump use, particularly calling volodymyr zelensky a "dictator", particularly calling volodymyr saying that he only has 4% support — which is not true support — which is not true if you look at polls. if you look at polls. volodymyr zelensky does have, volodymyr zelensky does have, at the moment, upwards of 50%

popularity in ukraine — and the reason they haven't had elections, of course, is because he declared martial law because of russia's full—scale invasion. and we have seen some republicans come out and say, "volodymyr zelensky is not a dictator" — but we have

so, you know, we've talked so much on this podcast that, of everything that president trump has done in the month since the inauguration, this is the issue that seems to be generating the strongest pushback from within the republican party. i think it'll be interesting to see — i mean, ithink, in the end, it will be a test ofjust how strong his hold on the party is, because there's been other issues in the past where other republicans have maybe taken than the president. and eventually, most often, they kind of bend position is very clear. you know, last night, i had another chance in good faith, going forward?

you know, they've taken a lot of territory. - you know, to your point, bernie, that his view so firmly beside all these years, that he's kind down the tracks? i think, especially after zelensky said that trump "lives in a world of misinformation" — along the lines that trump is under the influence

at quite some length. and i think, you know, that tone wasn't there before zelensky's misinformation comment. so i think that irks him beyond a policy level, of all publicly. you even sand vance say that, you know, "that's not a good way to deal with president trump, i think there'sjd vance comments are something that eu leaders will be paying close attention to. as to how they should react to this, how they back zelensky, but not alienate

president trump either. of my sources here in germany are at what we've seen, particularly donald trump referring to zelensky talk with elon musk — and you're seeing a bit more of the afd, the far—right, went over for the inauguration convention, as well. that being said, you know, you get the sense — party in germany.

here really concerned — the fact that they had, if you will, the support — jd vance also met with so, people are paying attention to it, particularly because they're concerned about what kind of influence that might have on the election. of elon musk fans, you do have donald trump fans among the far—right. and our colleague, jess parker, who's our berlin correspondent, like elon musk is one that they look up to,

so they see that as kind of an affirmation of their views, if you will. for elon musk starting to be questioned here in the us. i mean, there are a couple of polls out — pew research had and 3% think he doesn't have enough power, that he should have more power. at the right hand of the leader. we've been talking about this since the election, haven't between elon musk and donald trump — and so far,

we haven't seen that. in the white house, and he's continued to praise him, and some of the concerns about the cuts that have been made, and what impact that might have, and also federal workers who voted for donald trump, who have lost theirjobs — i do wonder, if you do see more friction between the two of them, when that might come the federal worker issue is really interesting, because, i mean, you guys would know this better than me, but when you speak to americans over the years that i've lived is seen as the holy grail for many people, right? great benefits — like, in so many communities, particularly those people who maybe don't have a college degree, it's like, "oh, well, i got a federal

job, i'm set for life. i can buy a house, all of this." not byjust alone, the sort of redundancy package that was being offered, but these firings that we've and hundreds of federal workers being let go. good story about african american federal workers highlighted, you might see kind of more concern about elon musk and doge having some sort of overreach. but if there's public dissatisfaction with i think trump, at a certain

point, if it got much worse, would have to distance himself from him a bit. trump hits the brake? "he does what i say, he doesn't do anything i think we're starting to see more of that kind when doge was first created. treasury secretary, incredibly wealthy millionaire, billionaire as well, steve witkoff, who, you know, is in the middle of the middle east deal, is now in the middle of these

russia talks, "hang on, all of these billionaires surrounding the president, all this stuff is going on — but yet we're still not seeing anything about grocery prices, cost of living coming down, everything that we talked ad nauseam about last year during the election campaign." ijust, out of curiosity, i had to look this morning, especially with these cuts — if we see, you know, for example, the american farmer in any way lose of a messaging gift at a time when they really need one. for the first six months

or year of this administration prices, for example. cuts to medicaid. districts, a number of their constituents who will be affected by such medicaid cuts. so, that could get even more difficult for them — about maybe taking some of the savings from doge cuts and that could very much be the messaging that they're trying to send, to say, "it's notjust affecting your lives and yourjobs. it seems like, you know,

remember when donald trump as he has said, cut waste, fraud, and abuse. and if they can, quote—unquote, "show the receipts" and then, that could then again solidify his position, that issue of tax rebates, i think, will be a really of the tax year here — because, as you say, sumi, they're talking about giving back some of these it's unclear what 20% of what is, though, i mean, the internal revenue service — the tax guys, basically —

you know, it's been mentioned to me several times about, what does this mean for people's tax filings and those tax—rebate cheques that people are expecting, who've overpaid their tax or are maybe, you know, and the point has been made, as well, another big test, you know, we all know that there is obviously big republican support — or traditionally has been large for a large defence budget and a robust military. they'd make at the department of defence would be similar so those jobs that aren't needed, those that are bloat, if you will. but i really wonder,

you know, if you start to see generals fired and the core of the military affected in some way, that could have real pushback not only among well, that's when we can dive into next week, i think, as we've reached the end of the road for today. i know, and apologies for this noisy cafe! to talk to some voters, so i'll leave you guys at this point. well, enjoy germany. around after the president. oh, there's no break with this administration. yeah, exactly! bye!

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