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The spiked podcast

115: Why they hate Trump

The spiked podcast

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Politics, News, Society & Culture, Government

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Trump’s UK trip, feminism and trans censorship. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Fraser here. And before we get into the Spike Podcast, I just wanted to tell you a bit about a very special film Spiked has out this month. It's called Black Guns Matter, and it focuses on Madge Terre, a Second Amendment activist who's fighting against what he sees as the racist policies of gun control.

0:16.0

Check it out on spiked, check it out on YouTube, it really is a must watch.

0:20.0

Now, on with the show.

0:22.0

Hello and welcome to the Spike Podcast.

0:24.0

I'm Fraser Myers and with me this week we have Spiked Deputy Editor Tom Slater.

0:29.0

Hello and Spike columnist Ella Wheelen.

0:31.0

Hi.

0:32.0

Coming up on the show, Trump's UK visit, feminist outrage and transphobia in the whuniverse.

0:38.2

And then I heard that there were protests.

0:42.1

I said, where are the protests? I don't see any protests. I did see a small protest today when I came first.

0:46.5

Some of the things that Donald Trump has done over the last two, three years.

0:49.5

Londoners find a foreign and offensive.

0:53.0

I'm not saying that we shouldn't have business meetings,

0:56.0

I'm not saying we shouldn't talk to him,

0:57.0

but the things I want to say to President Trump,

0:59.0

I probably shouldn't say in front of the next. I'm not going to say.

1:11.0

Donald Trump was in the UK this week and had barely landed before causing controversy. tweeting from Air Force 1, Trump called the London Mayor said

1:14.6

eat Khan a stone cold loser.

1:17.0

This was in response to an observer piece by Khan,

1:19.5

which likened Trump to the European dictators of the 1930s and 40s. A day later, crowds descended on London

1:26.0

to protest against Trump's so-called fascism. Tom, why does Trump get under people's skin so much?

1:32.0

This is something I've been trying to think about this week, because it's precisely that question which it can't,

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